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subtruiicatumque. Ovarium 6sulcatiim, c. 0.125 cm. longum ; pedicellus 

 0.2 cm. loiigus. Capsula patens, fusiformis, basi valde contractus, taenioiis 

 3 liiiearibus, cum basi contracta c. 0.1 cm. ionga c. 0.85 longa, 0.35 cm. 

 diam., pedicello 0.15 cm. iongo. 



Sumatra: Padaiigsche Bovenianden, Goenoeng Talang, Laras Talang, 

 1 700 m., epiphytic in the forest. (H. A. B. BiiNNEMEIJER n. 5235, October 1918). 



A very interesting small species, the fiowers of which look like those 

 of a Liparis of the section Plafysfylis, Especially remarkable are the calli 

 of the lip and the broad column. 



^Inflorescence and fiowers light violet", (BiiNNEMEIJER). 



Description from herbarium and an inflorescence preserved in alcohol. 



Dendrochilum (sect. Platyclinis) pholidotoides J. J. S. n. sp. 



Rhizoma valde ramosum, teres, radicans, vaginis tubulosis acutis sicco 

 superne prominenter nervosis opacis obscure punctatis ad c. 2.5 cm. longis, 

 ramis patentibus- Pseudobuibi rhizoma continui, cum eo angulum acutum 

 facientes, c. 1.2 — 1.6 cm. dissiti, sicco auguste ovoidei, c. 0.5 — 1.8 cm. 

 longi, Ifolii. Folium lanceolatum, breviter acutum, apiculatum, basi acuta 

 sensim in petiolum angustatum, nervis majoribus c. 5 subtus in sicco 

 prominentibus, nervis pluribus tenuibus interpositis, papyraceum, c. 6,25 — 

 8 cm. longum, 0.9 — 1.2 cm. latum ; petiolus canaliculatus, c. 0.8 — 1 cm. 

 longus. Inflorescentia in pseudobulbis immaturis, folio evoluto synantha, 

 erecta, laxe multiflora, pedunculo tenui, c, 7.25 — 8.5 cm. Iongo, rachide 

 flexuosa, a latere compresso-quadrangula, lateribus canaliculatis, parcissime 

 muriculato-puberula, c. 6.5 — 7.5 cm. longa, internodiis c. 0.3 — 0.4 cm. longis. 

 Bracteae persistentes, rachidem semiamplectentes, marginibus involutis pedi- 

 cellum includentes, ovarium pedicellatum aequantes vel paulo breviores, 

 semiovales, rotundatae, 5nerviae, c. 0.3 cm. longae, 0.37 cm. latae, 2 

 inferiores stériles adpressae. Flores parvi, patentissimi, c. 0.4 cm. lati, 

 sepalis petalisque incurvis. Sepalum dorsale ovale, rotundatum, concavum, 

 3nervium, c. 0.325 cm. longum, 0.225 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia labello 

 subtus adpressa, oblique ovata, obtusa, concava, 3nervia, c. 0.34 cm. longa, 

 0.225 cm. lata. Petala oblique subovalia, obtusa, basi lata sed medio tantum 

 affixa, concava, basi excepta minute erosula, 2nervia, fere 0.3 cm. longa, 

 0.15 cm. lata. Labellum porrectum, immobile, sigmoideum, 31obum, inferne 

 valde subsaccato-concavum, 5nervium, ecallosum, explanatum c. 0.33 cm., 

 usque apicem loborum lateralium 0.17 cm. longum; lobi latérales 

 basilares, patentes, rotundati, antice in lobulum liberum parvum porrectum 

 triangulum producti, basi excepta eroso-denticulati, hypochylium transverse 

 oblongum basi breviter cuneato-angustatum c. 0.32 cm. latum formantes; 

 lobus iiitermedius latissimus, valde revolutus, convexus, ambitu late et 

 breviter triangulus, apice late rotundatus et in lobulum brevem rotundatum 

 productus, basi truncatus, basi apiceque exceptis erosus, hypochylio latior. 



