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Sumatra: Padangsclie Bovenlandcn, A^^am, Boekit Batoe Banting. 

 (W. Groenbveldt, cuit, sub n. 951). 



Ttiis species is a near ally of B. atratiim J. J. S., but différent in the 

 long pendulous leaves, much shorter inflorescences with a puberulous rachis, 

 smaller flowers, quite différent sepals, petals lip and column. 



,, Dorsal sepal light green with irregular blackish purple dotted lines, 

 apical half sonietimes dotted aiui bordered blackish purple; latéral sepals 

 greeiiish white, irregularly dotted with blackish purple, tip and border 

 blackish purple; petals blackish purple with 3 greenish white longitudinal 

 nerves; lip black." (E. Jacobson). 



Description from a living stérile plant and inflorescences preserved 

 in alcohol. 



Bulbophyllum (sect. Osyricera) o s y r i c e r o i d e s J. J. S. n. sp. 



Rhizoma repens, teres, crassiusculum, c. 0.4 cm. diam, Pseudobuibi 

 parvi, c. 0.4—0.5 cm. distantes, depressi, disciformes, c, 0.3—0.35 cm. 

 aiti, 0.45—0.5 cm. diam., Ifolii. Folium erectum, petiolatum, lanceolatum, 

 apice subacutum (anguium subrectum formans), basi sensim in petiolum 

 acuniinatum, margine acuto recurvum, costa média supra sulcata subtus 

 coiivexo-prominente, carnoso-coriaceum, c. 10 — 12 cm. longum,2 — 2.25 cm. 

 latum; petiolus usque ad basin canaliculatus, c. 2.8 cm. longus. Inflore- 

 scentiae e basi pseudobulborum, laxae, satis multiflorae, pedunculo subtereti, 

 c 7—7.5 cm. long"o, vaginulis c. 3 tubulosis apiculatis carinatis donato, 

 rachide arcuata, non valde incrassata, angulata, glabra, c. 4 — 5.5cm.longa, 

 c. 0.2 cm. diam. Bracteae ovario adpressae, triangulae, concavae, dorso 

 transverse rugulosae. c. 0,15—0.3 cm. longae. Flores parvuli, quaquaversi, 

 patentes, glabri, c. 1 cm. longi. Sepalum dorsale cum ovario anguium 

 obtusum faciens, valde recurvatum, sublineare, acutum, dorso infra apicem 

 minute gibbosum. canaliculatum cum latçribus convexis, 3nervium, c. 0.74 

 cm. longum, medio c. 0.17 cm. latum, basi paulo dilatatum. Sepala lateralia 

 sub labello porrecta, parallela, marginibus proximis apice excepto 

 conglutinata, oblique oblonga, subfalcatula, obtusa, valde convexa, 3nervia, 

 c. 0.65 cm. longa, 0.25 cm. lata, unum late ovatum 21obum formantia, 

 Petala parva, basi gynostemio adpressa, apice recurva, oblique obovata, 

 obtusa, basi excepta eroso-serrulata, apiculata, valde convexa, basi satis lata, 

 Inervia, 0.2 cm. longa 0.13 cm. lata. Labellum immobile, porrectum,sigmoideum, 

 cariiosum, supra visum ambitu oblongum, obtusum, infra médium constrictum, 

 basi utrinque in dentem obtusum exeuns, marginibus veris inferne 

 angustissimis recurvis in parte anticamagis conspicuis et crassioribus. 

 marginibus spuriis patentissimis iii ^/g partibus supra basin approximatis 

 et evanescentibus. parte basilari supra leviter concava cum sulco loiigitudinali 

 usque ad c. 2/3 partes supra basin labelli, subtus costa crassa convexa sulco 

 longitudinali instructa usque ad apicem labelli sed superne minus conspicua, 

 epichylio valde convexo subtus praesertim inferne concavo, totum c. 0.5 cm. 

 longum, inferne 0.13 cm. superne 0.17 cm. latum. Gynostemium brève, 



