232 MR. R. A. ROLFE ON THE APOSTASIER. 
florentem et alteram eodem tempore fructiferam indagavi" 
(Blume). 
This, the original species of the genus, I have not seen; and 
have therefore reproduced Blume's short description, adding also 
that of Prof. Reichenbach, who has seen Blume's specimen. 
2. N. LiNDLEYI, n. sp.—Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, 
petiolata. Scapus bipedalis v. altior. Racemus elongatus, 
puberulis, multiflorus. Bractex anguste lanceolate, puberule. 
Ovarium puberulum, triquetro-oblongum. Sepala lineari-lanceo- 
lata, minute puberula, cum petalis et labellum euspidatis. Petala 
sublatiora, extus carinata.  Labellum petalis subsimile, callo 
medio lineare paullo incrassatc. Filamenta ultra dimidium libera. 
Capsula ovoideo-oblonga, triquetra, subglabra. 
Hab. Borneo; Low! Island of Penang; Curtis, n. 469! 
A tall plant, reaching to 3 or 31 feet high. Leaves 1-2 feet 
long by 1i-2in.broad. Racemes 10-15 in. long, with numerous 
flowers. Bracts 1-21 in. long by 14-3 lin. broad. Pedicels 1-2 
lin. long. Ovary 4-5 lin. long. Segments 7-9 lin. long. 
Column 1 lin, free portion of filaments 14 lin. long, anthers 
33 lin. long. Free portion of style 3 lin. long. Capsule 4 in. 
long. l 
Evidently allied to the preceding, but with narrower leaves, 
less pubescence, and other differences. Lindley appears to have 
considered it identical with N. Zollingeri, but, as I think, quite 
wrongly. Likewise Reichenbach, who (Bonpl. v. p. 58) re- 
marks :—“ In herbario Lindleyano adest planta quæ omnino 
N. Zollingeri bene evoluta. Inflorescentia prope Celie macro- 
stachyæ seu Calanthidis cujusdam. Ovarium abrupte turbinatum ; 
apice recurrens in rostrum. Sepala linearia, elongata (ovario 
incluso callo longiora) apicibus apiculata, apiculis in carinulus 
exeuntibus. Tepala subbreviora. Labellum prope ejusdem ra- 
tionis, convexum, pagina inferiori carinatum.—Sepala oblique 
inserta. Stylus apice retusus; filamenta lateralia extus de- 
eurrentia. Anthere lineares apice obtuse acute basi cor- 
date; versatiles. Borneo, Lowe." But the sheet referred to 
iu Lindley's Herbarium contains a single specimen of N. 
Zollingeri, Reichb. f. (collected by Zollinger himself, in Java), 
and an enlarged drawing of a single flower, labelled by Lindley 
himself—“ Borneo, Lowe, in Hb. Hooker." This drawing, 
sofully deseribed by Reichenbach, is from the very specimen 
