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apicem versus ancriistatus, truncatus, albus, dimidio siiperiore flavus briin- 

 neo-pi.„ctati.s et papilloso-puberulus, c. 0.3 cm. longus. Ovarium ôsulcatum 

 dilutc vinde, c. 1 cm. loiigum. 



Sum:^ra: Deli ? (Cuit, in Hort. H. J. Jensen, Buitenzorg). Ophir 

 districts, Taloe. (W. Groeneveldt, cuit. sub. n. 396). 



Very near E. Hallieri ]. J. S., but with narrower leaves, fewer flowered 

 ..iflorescences. differently coloured flowers, a shorter, differently shaped 

 midlobe, ^ 



The plant frum Taloe lias, according to Mr. Jacobson, wax-yellow 

 bracts, the lip mside wholly mottled with brown, but belongs, I think, hère 



Descnptio.i from a living spécimen, formerly cultivated in the a'arden 

 of Dr. Hj. Jensen, Buitenzorg. 



Eria (Sect. Mycaranthes) Nieuwenhuisii J J S n sp 

 Gaules elongati, pars adest c. 32.5 cm. longa, I3folia, internodiis ad 

 c. 4 cm. longis, superioribus decrescentibus. Folia patei.tia, auguste linearia 

 ap.cem versus sensim angustata, valde oblique auguste subacuta, non biden- 

 tata, bas. subcontracta, sicco ad c. 21 cm. longa, 0.77 cm. lata, superiora 

 minora; vag.nae tubulosae, internodia longe superantes, apice antice excisae 

 Inflorescent.ae (valde juvéniles) 3, pseudoterminales, multiflorae, pubescentes 

 pedunculo c. 4 cm. longo, nonnullis vaginulis parvis donato. Bracteae 

 tnangulae, acuminatae, concavae, pubescentes. Flores in sectione médiocres 

 sepahs dorso pubescentibus. Sepalum dorsale subovale, obtusum, praeser' 

 t.m supenie cucullate-concavum, dorso convexum et superne incrassatum. 

 bas, latum, 3nervium, fere 0.35 cm. longum, 0.23 cm. latum. Sepala late- 

 ral.a oblique triangula, obtusa, leviter concava, dorso ad apicem incrassata 

 3nervia, c. 4 cm. longa et lata. Petala tenuia, oblique oblongo-obovata,' 

 obtusa, superne subirregulaliter marginata, bene 0.3 cm. longa, bene 15 

 cm. lata. Labellum 31obum, explanatum fere 0.5 cm., usque ad apicem 

 loborum lateralium 0.4 cm. longum, ad lobos latérales bene 0.53 cm. latum 

 Costa longitudinali omnino farinosa, basi in callum incrassata apice in callum 

 oblique conicum obtusum exeunte, carina glabra superne aliformi-dilatata 

 et in laciniam liberam oblongo-trianguLm basin lobi intermedii subattingentem ' 

 exeunte utrinque; lobi latérales patentes, oblique oblongi, apice leviter con- 

 tracîi, oblique truncati et crenato-serrati ; lobus intermedius ex unguesub- 

 trapeziformi conspicue transverse oblongo-dilatatus, c. 0.22 cm usque ad 

 apicem calli apicalis 0.2 cm. longus, 0.37 cm. latus, lobulis'divaricatis 

 Oblique oblongo-trapeziformibus. Gynostemium brevissimum, latum, dorso 

 convexum, c. 0.06 cm. longum, clinandrio concavo, auriculis brevibus, late 

 rotundat.s. Anthera cucullata, late conica, apice late rotundato-bilobula, c 

 0.075 cm. lata. Pollinia 8, breviter pyriformia. Pes gynostemii cum ovario 

 angulum acutum faciens, rectus, apice breviter liber et incurvulus, linearis, 

 c. ^-58 cm. longus. Ovarium pedicellatum clavatum, patentissime pubescens, 

 oene 0.5 cm. longum. . 



