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cm. longum, clinandrio concavo, apice rotundato, auriculis porrectis, rectis,. 

 antlieram superantbiis, triangulis, seiisim subulatis. Anthera ciicullata,. 

 quiiiquangiilari-siibglobosa, apice leviter producta et rotundata, minute 

 verruciiloso-papillosa, c. 0.1 cm. lata. Polliiiia 4, inaeqiialia, exteiiora 

 oblique obovata, extus coiivexa, fere 0.05 cm. loiiga, iiiteriora multo 

 minora, ovalia, Pes gynostemii cum ovario anguium obtusum faciens,. 

 obloiigus, triiiicatus, apice breviter liber et incurvus, c. 0.23 cm. l^ngus. 

 Ovarium rotundato-trigonum, 6sulcatum, c. 0.5 cm. longum; pedicellus 

 paulo tenuior, 6sulcatus, c. 0.8 cm. loiigus. 



Sumatra: Kerintji, Patitjoeraii Gading (W. Groeneveldt, cuit, sub n.. 

 1413). 



A distinct species. 



According te Mr. E. Jacobson the pseudobulbs are gteenish yellow, 

 the leaf green, the peduncle, ovary and pedicel light green, the sepals 

 and petals light ochre colour, the former vvith 3, the latterwith 1 brownish 

 red streak along the distal half. lip yellow, the distal half minutely brownish 

 red puiictate, the column light yellow with the auricles blackish brown. 



Description from materials preserved in alcohol. 



û B u 1 b p h y 1 1 u m (sect. Ephippium) c r e p i d i f e r u m J. J. S. n. sp.. 

 Rhizoma repens, ramosum, teres, initio vaginis brevibus tubulosis tec- 

 tum. Pseudobulbi c. 0.7—1.1 cm, dissiti, erecti, ovoideo-conici, sulcis c. 

 6 allis, inter sulcos convexi, c. 12—2 cm. lopgi, 0.7 — 1.1 cm. diam., Ifolii. 

 Folium erectum, oblongum, obtusum, apiculatum, basi brevisime contractum 

 conduplicatlimque, costa média supra sulcata subtus prominente, tenuiter 

 coriaceum, c. 3.2—3.6 cm. longum, 1.4—1.5 cm. latuin. Inflorescentiae ad 

 basin pseudobulborum et in nodis rhizomatis fasciculatae, Iflorae, pedunculo 

 filiformi, c. 1.5 cm. longo, vaginula brevi tubulosa ad basin. Bractea tu- 

 bulosa, carinato-apiculata, c. 0.18 cm. longa, Flos parvus, c. 0.75 cm. latus. 

 Sepalum dorsale subovato-ovale, obtusum, brevissime triangulo-apiculatum,. 

 concavum, nervis 3 dorso proniinentibus, c. 0.725 cm. longum, fere 0.4 

 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia oblique oblonga, obtusa, apiculata, concava, 

 nervis 3 dorso proniinentibus, c. 0.775 cm. longa, 0.34 cm. lata. Petala 

 parva, porrecta, parallela, subquadrangula, apicem versus paulo angustata, 

 late rotundata, basi la;e truncata ','3 parte mediana taiitum affixa, medio 

 leviter concava, Inervia, c. 0.2 cm. longa, basi fere aequilata. Labellum 

 mobile, sigmoideum, concavum, ambitu subspathulato-obovatum, apice late 

 rotundatum, inferne leviter contractum incrassatum marginibus erectis cana- 

 liculatum et costulis 2 parallelis brevibus canalicula separatis instructum, 

 basi in utraque loci insertionis parte lobulo brevi obtuso carnosulo in- 

 structum, anterius costul.i alta brevi lateraliter compressa postice rotundata 

 lobuliformi uîrinque inter marginem, inde basi labelli quadrilobulatum, 

 subtus convexum subrugulosum, supra basin 9nervium, c. 0.475 cm. lon- 

 gum, antice 0.3 cm., basi 0.15 cm. latum. Gynostemium rectum, leviter a 



