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hasin attenuatnm, 33 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum. Bractea ad basin racemi in vagina 

 folii inclusa, tennis, papyracea, lanceolata, acuminata, 3 cm. longa. Bacenms 19 cm. 

 longus, rhachi paullo complanata. Flores 10, dissiti, pedicellis 3 cm. longis. JBractecp, 

 lauceolatae, lineares, longe acuminatse, I'O cm. longae. Sepala subsequalia, linearia, 

 obtusa, 1"4 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Fetala angustiora, linearia. Labellum orbi- 

 culare, integrum, ungue brevissimo, lamina 1"3 cm. longa et lata, callo minimo 

 oblongo truncato. Solmnna brevis et crassa, fere erecta, 2 mm. longa, 1 mm. 

 crassa, eius et cHnandrii marginibus totis late tenuiterque alatis, alls trans- 

 lucentibus. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 



" Pale raw sienna with greenish central stripe." 



This has the habit of L. ton'icelleusis, Schlechter, but is larger and has broader leaves. 

 The column is very remarkable, quite unlike any in this section, being very short and 

 stout, nearly quite straight, with broad, thin, pale wings running along both sides 

 and continued along the back of the clinandrium. 



LiPARis (§ PLEioPHrLLUM) CONGESTA, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Radices elongati, lanuginosi. Folia linearia, acuminata, ad basin longe angustata, 

 19 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, papyracea, nervis elevatis 3. Scapiis brevier, 15-18 cm. 

 longus, basi nudus 5-6 bracteis linearibus acuminatis 1 cm. longis angustissimis 

 exceptis. Racemus congestus, multiftorus. Flores parvi. Bractece lanceolatse, 

 longe acuminatae, 5-8 mm. longse, pallidDe. Pedicelli cum ovariis graciles, 1 cm. 

 longi. Sepalum posticum oblongo-lineare, 5 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, lateralia 

 latiora, oblonga, obtusa, triuervia, fere 2 mm. lata. Petala lineari-iiliformia, 

 longioia, angusta. Labellum ungue brevi, lamina 5 mm. longa et lata Integra 

 flabelliformi rotundata margine obscure denticulata, callo hippocreniformi ad basin 

 laminae carnoso in nervis crassiusculis 2 medianis decurrente, nervis lateralibus 

 incrassatis ramosis. Columna brevis, crassiuscula, 3 mm. longa, alls brevibus 

 oblongis truncatis. Anthera ovata, breviter obtuse rostrata. Capsula erecta, 

 oblauceolata, basi angustata, 1"5 cm. longa, pedicello 2 cm. longo. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



The pseudobulbs are short and reduced to a small subcylindrical stem, covered by the 

 leaf-bases, which are not articulated. The leaves are not as thin as those of typical 

 Mollifolice, whilst the blade is gradually narrowed towards the base, where it dilates a 

 little. The main nerve of this narrowed portion runs at first centrally, but where the 

 leaf widens it runs to one side and becomes rajiidly more slender. 



LiPARis (§ CoriifolIxE) latifolia, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. PI. 30. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 

 Bistrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



LiPARIS (§ COEIIFOLI^) INSECTIFERA, Ridl., Sp. nOV. 



Herba epiphytica, rhizomate 3 mm. crasso, pseudobulbis cylindricis 1'5 cm. longis, 

 ad basin foliis 2 ovatis acutis papyraceis uervosis pallidis tectis. Folia 2, coriacea, 



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