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bracts, tlie petals being miich shorter than the dorsal sepal, the not pustular 

 ciishion of the lip, the 2lobed spur and deeply cordate anther. 



The leaves are greeiiish brown with 3 red nerves, the flowers white 

 with brownish red. 



Description froin herbariuiii and an inflorescence preserved in alcohol. 



Coelogyne (sect. Longifoliae) b r a c h y gy n e J. J. S. n. sp. 



Psendobulbi approximati, elongati, sicco tenues, c. 4.5—1! cm. longi 

 2folii, vaginis imbricantibus superne accrescentibus et pseudobulbum 

 superatitibus acutis ad basin. Folia erecta, oblanceolata ad obovato- 

 oblonga, acute acuminata, basi sensim in petiolum angustata, nervis 5 

 sicco subtus prominentibus 2 exterioribus tenuioribus, sicco papyracea, 

 c. 15—25 cm. loiiga, 2.8— 6 cm. lata; petiolus canaliculatus, c. 4 — 5.5 cm. 

 longus. Iiiflorescentia in pseudobulbo iinmaturo terminalis, erecta, deinde 

 nutaiis, multiflora, diu flores gignens, pedunculo compresso, niido, c. 18— 33 

 cm. longo, rachide tlexiiosa, a dorso compressa, c. 50 cm. vel plus longa, 

 internodiis c. 0.85 — 1 cm. longis. Bracteae caducae, initio apicem inflore- 

 scentiae arcte includen'tes, lanceolatae, subulatae, minute apiculatae, concavae, 

 ad c. 2.75 cm. longae, 0.9 cm. latae, superiores minores. Flores succedanei, 

 intervallis aperti, minusculi, c. 2.7 cm. longi. Sepalum dorsale erectum, 

 ovato-lanceolatum, brevi-acutum, apiculatum, concavum, basi subexcavatum 

 basi 7nervium, c. 1.55 cm. longum, 0.48 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia parallela, 

 porrecta, cum sepalo dorsali angulum obtusum facientia, praesertim inferne 

 acutangule cymbiformia, oblique ovato-lanceolata. apicem versus angustata, 

 acuta, apiculata, dorso carinata, 5nervia, bene 1.5 cm. longa, bene 0.4 cm. 

 lata. Petala valde recurva, in dorso floris decussantia, apice patentissima, 

 linearia, acuta, basi paulo dilatata et valde convexa, Inervia, nervo brevi 

 utrinque ad basin, c. 1.4 cm. longa, basi 0.14 cm., medio 0.05 cm. lata. 

 Labellum decurvulum, sepalis lateralibus parallelum et subadpressum, 31obum, 

 concavum, basi subexcavatum, c. 9nervium, nervis 3 majoribus basi 

 incrassatis 3costatum, costa intermedia tenuissima, glabra, infra apicem 

 paulo elevata, costis exterioribus supra basin satis conspicuam dilatatis 

 convexis obsolète marginatis, 1/4 parte superiore apice excepto distinctis 

 et lateraliter compressis, incrassatione longitudinal! convexa utrinque in 

 medio lobi intermedii cum costis exterioribus confluente, omnino glabrum, 

 subtus longitudinaliter sulcatum, carnosum, explanatum c. 1.35 cm., usque 

 ad apicem loborum lateralium 0.37 cm. longum, ad lobos latérales 0.875 

 cm. latum; lobi latérales basilares, erecti, incurvi, gynostemium semiam- 

 plectentes, brèves, oblique subovati, obtusi, hypochylium transversum forman- 

 tes; lobus intermedius magnus, decurvulus, concavus, ex ungueaequilateraliter 

 trapeziformi in laminam vix latiorem ovatam obtusam breviter triangulo- 

 acuminatam dilatatus, totus c. 1 cm. longus, basi 0.56 cm., ad apicem 

 unguis 0.5 cm., lamina 0.575 cm. latus. Gynostemium brève, vix incurvulum, 

 alatum, dorso convexum, subtus concavum, bene 0.4 cm. longum, clinandrio 

 excavato, ala apicali anibitu semiorbiculari, breviter 41obulata, auriculis 



