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ovato-friangulus, acutus. convcxiis, c. 0.24 cm. latus; calcar saccatum, a 

 laterc visuiii subconicum, aiiticc visiim oblonî^iiin, apice rotundatiim liaiid 

 vel vix inflatum, pariete postico basi pedem gynostemii coiitiiiuiim, cum 

 ovario an^iiluni aculuin faciens, siipeiiie recurvulum, c. 0.35 cni. loiiguni, 

 0.2 cm. latum, lamella erecta transversa lata breviuscula macerata loii>;itii- 

 diiialiter plicata apice irreoulariter 8 -9deiiticulata et crenulata intus in 

 pariete postico. Gyiiostemium brève, crassum, latum, ^ibsque anthera c. 

 0.225 cm. loiigiim, cliiiandrio leviter coiicavo cum costula longitudinal! 

 utrinque in denticulum termina'ite, apice late obtuso. Anthera k-viter cu- 

 cullata, aequilateraliler trapezifomiis, apice in rostrum brève obtusum apice 

 incurvo spurie subtruncatum abrupte contracta, membranacea, fere 3 cm. 

 lata, connectivo basi iiit^T thecas leviter incrassato. Pollinia 4. in corpuscula 

 2 oblique et breviter ovata unita, postica minora, cum stipite lineari-ob- 

 longo basi angustato et glandula majuscula oblonga convexa c. 0.24 cm. 

 lonja. Rostellum submalleiforme, reveisum, bipartitum, laciniis adscenden- 

 tibus, triangulis, acutis. Stigma alte excavatum. Ovarium 6sulcatuni, c. 0.73— 

 - 0.9 cm. longum. 



Simaloer. (Native collector Achmad n. 528, July 1918; native name 

 Poeloeng pareman). 



Differs from P. truncatiim J. J. S. in the less lobed leaves, smaller 

 inflorescences wilh shorter branches, the colour of the flowers, longer 

 side lobes, a proportionaly shorter midlobe and the spur being recurved at 

 the apex but not or hardly inflated, and with a différent lamella in the throat. 



„Stem attaining a lengih of 4 meters. Flowers light yellow with dark 

 red dots. The natives use the young leaves in case of fever." (Achmad). 



Description from dried spécimens. 



û Microsaccus canaliculatusj. J. S. n. sp. 



Caules elongati, ramosi, dependentes, apicibus incurvi, tenues, pal- 

 lide virides, ad c. 22 cm. long!, radicantes, radicibus partim cauli sub 

 vaginis adpressis, internodiis c. 0.15—0.175 cm. longis. Folia s.ubpatentis- 

 sima, lateraliter compressa, oblique triangula, apicem versus angustata, 

 subacuta vel subobtusa, utroque latere convexa, rigida, carnosa, nitida, 

 dilutius viridia, deinde transverse rugulosa, dorso c. 0.45—0.75 cm. 

 longa, 0.225—0.35 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, brèves, apice obliquae- 

 Inflorescentiae vaginam dorso perforantes, patentes, brevissimae, 2florae 

 pedunculo abbreviato, aibo, nonnuUis vaginulis imbricantibus albis 

 superne accrescentibus tecto. Bracteae patentes, ovario adpressae, condu- 

 plicatae, iriangulae, acutiusculae, praesertim apicem versus carinatae, 

 semipellucide albidae, c. 035 cm. longae. Flores parvi, nivei, per 

 paucos dies viriditatem conservantes, c. 042 cm. lati, 0.46 cm. long!. 

 Sepalum dorsale erectum, oblongum, in 2/3 partibus supra basin vix 

 constrictum, apice rotundatum, dorso convexum, carnosulum, c. 0.26 cm. 

 longum, 0.12 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia erecto-patentia, divergentia, pe- 



