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Description from a few leaves with the upper portion of tlie pseudo- 

 bulbs and two flowers preserved in aicohol. 



„Pseudobiilbs olive green, partly suffused piirple, leaf dull dark green, 

 tinted purple especially above, pedicel and ovary greenish yeilow dotted 

 light purple, latéral sepals whitish with a very light yellowish brown 

 hue, dotted light purple on both sides, dorsal sepal a shade daiker than 

 the latéral ones, the dots iiiside larger and darker than on the latéral 

 ones, petals light purple with 7 dark greenish yeliow threads, lip apical 

 portion with a dark greenish yeilow médian band and dark purple papillae, 

 the basai lobes light purple bordered greenish yeilow brown, cohimn yel- 

 lowish white, basai lialf suffused light purple, anther light yeilow with 

 very minute purple dots and a yeilow bar over the tip, apical margin green- 

 ish yeilow, poUinia transparently yeilow, column foot wiiite with a little 

 purple". (E. Jacobson). 



B u 1 b o p h y 1 1 u m f a r i n u 1 e n t u m J. J. S. n. sp. 



Rhizoma validum, repens, teres, strato exteriore suberosum, c. 0.7 cm. 

 diam. Pseudobulbi c. 3.5 cm. distantes, oblique depresse globosi, apice 

 paulum contracti, obtusi, c. 2.2 cm. alti, 2.7 cm. diam., Ifolium. Folium 

 erectum, petiolatum, lanceolato-oblongum, apice recurvulum, obtusum, retusum, 

 basi in petiolum angustatum, margine acuto recurvum, costa média supra 

 canaliculata subtus prominente, coriaceum, c. 27 cm. longum, 7.2 cm. latum; 

 petiolus dimidio supetiore canaliculatus, dimidio inferiore teres et esulcatus, 

 c. 15 cm. longus. Iiiflorescentiae e basi pseudobulborum, strictae, laxe 

 racemosae, satis multiflorae, pedunculo subtereti, c. 15.5 cm. longo, 

 vat^inulis c. 7 superioribus accresceiitibns et laxioribus basi tubulosis 

 superne paulo ampliatis carinatis puncticulatis ad c. 2.75 cm. longis donato, 

 rachide valde costata, glabra, c. 12 — 14 cm. longa. Bracteae lanceolatae, 

 acutae, concavae, parce furfuraceae, Snerviae, ad c. 0.8 cm. longae. Flores 

 quaquaversi, c. 1.6 cm. laii et longi, sepalis petaiisque porrectis, divergentibus, 

 Sepalum dorsale in '/4— Va parte supra basin obtusangule recurvum, e 

 basi triangulo-oblonga sensim lineari-subulato-acuniinatum, acutum, basi 

 concavum, supra basin convexum, ceterum angulato-canaliculatum, intus 

 dense papillosum, 3nervium, c. 1.33 cm. longum, basi 0.275 cm. latum. 

 Sepala lateralia e basi oblique triangula sensim lineari-subulato^angustata, 

 acuta. basi leviter concava, ceterum canaliculaia, dorso crasse angulato- 

 carinata, intus dense papillosa, 3nervia, c. 1.45 cm. longa, basi 0.3 cm. lata. 

 Petala divergentia, e basi oblique obloiiga sensim lineari-filiformi acuminata, 

 canaliculata, intus basi excepta et marginibus papillosa, Inervia, c. 0.95 cm. 

 longa, 0.15 cm. lata. Labellum mobile, curvatum, auguste linguiforme, 

 apicem versus sensim angustatum, obtusum. basi truncatum, supra canaiicu- 

 latum, canalicula costis 2 ante apicem convexo-confluentibus limitata, costa 

 tertia minore in canalicula, costis omnibus basi dilatatis et in partem planam 

 papillosam confluentibus. subtus fascia longitudinali convexum cuni sulco 

 longitudinali et marginibus concavum, c, 0.36 cm. longum, 0.175 cm. 

 latum. Gynostemium crassiusculum, rectum, dorso convexum. c. 0.275 



