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Podojhilus bancanusJ.J.S. n.sp. 



Caules plus minusve repentes, ramosi et radicantes, filiformes, bene 

 foliati, ramis c. 10 cm. loiigis, internodiis c. 15 cm. longis. Folia patentia, 

 basi seniitorta, subovato-obloiiga, acuta, loiigissime miicroiiata, 3nervia cum 

 nervis 2 accessoriis, costa média supra sulcata, temiia. c. 0.4— 0.65 cm. longa, 

 0.14 — 0.22 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae. Infloresceiitiae terminales et raro 

 axillares, nutaiites, laxe plurifiorae, subsessiles, ad c. 1.25 cm. longae, racliide 

 teiiui, flexuosa, internodiis c. 0125 cm. longis. Bracteae alternatim bifariae, 

 reflexae, triangulae, inferiores acutae, superiores obtusae, concavae, ad c. 0.1 

 cm. longae. Flores ad c. 10, parvi, c. 0.3 cm. longi. Sepalum dorsale late 

 triangulum, obtusum. conico-apiculatum, concavum, Inervium, fere 0.2 cm. 

 longum, 0.17 cm. latum. Sej^ala lateralia lacinia brevi oblique rotundata 

 concava ad pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum reversum cum ovario 

 anguluni acutum faciens saccatum rotundato-truncatum anlice inflato-bilo- 

 bulum fere 1 cm. longum formantia, superne divergentia, oblique ovato- 

 triangul.i, obtusa, brevissime apiculata, leviter concava, Inervia, bene 0.175 

 cm., tota 0.275 cm. longa, parte libéra 0.15 cm. lata. Petala porrecta, 

 oblique angulato-obovato-ovalia, obtusissima, vix apiculata, Inervia, c. 0.16 cm. 

 longa, 0.12 cm. lata. Labellum porrectum, apice obtusangule recurvum, 

 concavum, subtus convexum, Snervium, explanatum ambitu subovale, apice 

 rotundatum cum apiculo obtuso, basi utrinque lobulo auriculiformi reverso 

 rotundatoinstructum et abrupte in appendicem reversam obverseaequilateraliter 

 trapeziformem truncatam repandulo-41obulatam longitudinaliter plicatam 

 enerviam c. 0.075 cm. longam 0.1 cm. latam contraclum. totum c. 0.25 cm. 

 longum, 0.15 cm. latum. Gynostemium brève, dorso convexum, latè 

 marginatum, usque ad apicem rostelli 0.14 cm. longum, clinandrio conspicuo, 

 concavo, auriculus triangulis. obtusis. Anthera cucullata, cordata, triangulo- 

 acuminata, apice minute .31obulata, connectivo leviter incrassato, c 0.08 cm. 

 longa. Pollinia 4, oblique pyriformia, stipite lineari, bifida, laciniis oblongis 

 concavis, glandula parva, tota c. 1 cm. longa. Rostellum porrectum, 

 conspicuum, antheram bene superans, concavum, subtus convexum, acute 

 2dentatum. Pes gynostemii reversus, linearis, medio valde incurvus, 

 inexplanatus c. 0.1 cm. longus. Ovarium oblongo-obconicum, 6sulcatum, 

 c. 0.1 cm. longum; pedicellus 0.075 cm. longus. 



Banka: Soengai Liât, Goenoeng Betong, 260 m., on stone-blocks in 

 moss; common. (H. A. B. Bùnnemeijer n. 1913, November 1917). Goenoeng 

 Menoembing near Muntok, 250 m., on stone-blocks in forest, common. 

 (H. A. B. BùNNEMEijcR n. 1451, October 1917). 



This differs from P. sciuroides Rchb.f. and P. bilabiatus J. J. S. 

 in the short mentum, broad petals, the form of the lip, the anther being 

 much shorter tlian the rostellum. 



The flowers are said to be white 



Description from dried spécimens and very few flowers preserved in 

 alcohol. . 



