Smith : OrclUdaceae novae Malayenses X. 61 



c. 0.175 cm. loiigus, 0.4 cm. latus. Gynostemium brève, dorso coiivexum, 

 utrinque iiifra stigma brachiolo subpateiitissimo oblique lineari obtuso 

 recto donatum, c. 0.2 cm. longum, cliiiandrii margiiie postico coiispicuo, 

 aequilateraliter trapeziformi, truncato, concavo, dorso convexp. Aiitliera 

 cucullata, triangula, longe auguste obtuse acumiiiata, basi lobulato-truiicata, 

 beiie 0.1 cm. longa, coiiiiectivo convexo-costulato. Rostellum magnum, 

 porrectum, apicem clinandrii longe superans, triangulum, leviter acuminatum, 

 auguste obtusum, concavum, supra subtusque costula loiigitudinali instructum. 

 Stigma prominens, oblique cupuliforme, semiorbiculare, margine inferiore 

 rotundato elevatum. Ovarium ôsulcatum, c. 0.1 cm. longum ; pedicellus 

 paulo tenuior, c. 0.25 cm. longus. 



Sumatra: Padangsche Bovenlanden, Laras Talang, Boekit Niroe, 1600 

 m., in forest. (H. A. B. BiJNNEMEljER n. 5574, November 1Q18). 



A rather puzzling plant, which in some points is intermediate between 

 Plwlidota and DendrocliUiun. In habit it resembles a small Pholidota, tlie 

 inflorescence might be that of a Dendrochiliim, in the very concave base 

 of the lip without calli and in the form of the footless column especially 

 that of the prominent rostellum and stigma it again is a PhoLidota, but 

 the erose side lobes of the lip and the small arms of the column suggest 

 a Dendroclnliim. 



The flowers are described as very light green, but in the dried flowers 

 there is a distinct oval brown band. 



Description from herbarium material and an inflorescence preserved 

 in alcohol. 



Microstylis ternatensis J.J-S. n. sp. 



Caulis erectus, 0.9 cm. longus, basi vaginatus, c. ofolius. Folia erecto- 

 patentia, divergentia, oblique oblongo-elliptica, acuminata, acuta, basi in 

 petiolum contracta, 5nervia, media^ia c. 18 — 19 cm. longa, 5.5—6.25 cm. 

 lata, inferiora et superiora minora; petiolus canaliculatus, cum vagina ad 

 c. 5,5 cm. longus, superiores breviores. Inflorescentia laxius multiflora, 

 diu flores gignens, pedunculo c. 13.5 cm. longo, vaginula bracteiformi 

 instructo, rachide 23 cm. superante. Bracteae reflexae, subulatae, acutae, 

 Inerviae, ad c. 0.7 cm. longae. Flores médiocres. Sepalum dorsale 

 oblongum, obtusum, convexum, 3nervium, bene 0.4 cm. longum, 0.2 cm. 

 latum. Sepala lateralia oblique erecta, divergentia, oblique ovata, obtusa, 

 convexa, 3nervia, c. 0,375 cm. longa, 0.14 cm. lata. Petala divergentia, 

 oblique oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, leviter retusa, convexa, Inervia, c. 0.35 cm. 

 longa, 0.14 cm. lata. Labellum hippocrepidiforme, 3nervium, nervis exte- 

 rioribus bene ramosis, basi lamella humili transversa basi gynostemii 

 adpressa instructum, fovea lineari-oblonga utrinque fascia satis lata convexa 

 limitata basin lobuli intermedii attingente, lobulo intermedio producto, 

 incurvulo, concavo, ovato, basi lato, apice obtuso, breviter emarginato, 



