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complanatis, ore obliqua brevibus. Racemi congesti brevissimi 
terminales vix 2 unciam longi. Bracteæ mox sicce brunneæ lan- 
ceolatæ. Flores albi vel virescentes fugaces singulatim expansi, 
quam in ulla specie minores. Sepala lanceolata sequalia acuta, 
haud carinata, polita, flavescentia, unciam longa. Petala paullo 
breviora pallidiora, vena centrali elevata. Labellum petalis equans, 
tenue, 2 unciam longum, oblongum panduratum (explanatum); 
lobi laterales obtusi, linea mediana elevata ante basim lobi medii 
desinit, apice aurantiaco; lobus medius tenuis, margine crispo, 
oblongus obtusus albescens, maculis duabus purpurascentibus ad 
basim, callo spathulato vix elevato flavo centrali. Columna gracilis, 
alba, vix curva, dorso rotundato, ventre plano vix excavato, superne 
subito dilatata ; stelidiis latis rotundatis, margo clinandrii emar- 
ginatus. Pollinia parva flava subtriangularia; discus maximus 
quadratus profunde et late emarginatus. Rostellum profunde 
exseulptum, lobis magnis triangularibus. Stigma magnum, 
margine inferiore integro (2. e. sine lobis). Anthera minima lata 
conica nec pustulosa, apice rotundato, margine antico emarginato. 
Burmah ad Tenasserim, Parish. 
Singapura, in summo arbore vasto (ZZopea, sp.) cum Bromheadia 
alticola. Ad Jurong crescens! 
Planta Parishiana mihi nunquam visa, sed ex descriptione 
planta Singapuriana mihi videtur omnino eadem. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XLII. 
Bromheadia alticola, 
Fig. 1. Entire plant (much reduced). 
2. Portion of a stem (natural size). 
3. Lip (enlarged). 
4. Column (enlarged). 
5. Upper part of column (enlarged). 
6. Capsule (nat. size). 
7. Transverse section of capsule (enlarged). 
8. Pollinia, back and front view. 
