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dentibus c. 4 manifeste brevioribus subaequilongis oblique anguste trian- 

 gulis acutis utrinque, dentibus exterioribus latioribus et paulo brevioribus, 

 auriculis remotis, divergentibus, triangulis, obtusis, explanatum c. 0.33 cm., 

 cum auriculis c. 0.125 cm. longum, 0.5 cm. latum, lobulo intermedio 

 c. 0.12 cm, longo, 0.16 cm. lato, auriculis margine interiore 0.25 cm. longis, 

 bas! 0.3 cm. latis. Gynostemium cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens 

 (incurvum), a dorso compressum, oblongo-quandrangulum, apicem versus 

 leviter dilatatum, c. 0.14 cm. longum, auriculis porrectis, parallelis, verti- 

 calibus, quandrangulis, obtusis vel plus minusve truncatis, antheram superan- 

 tibus. Anthera plane cucullata, transverse ovali-reniformis, 0.07 cm. lata. 

 Ovarium pedicellatum obtusangule curvatum, ôcostulatum, 0.6 cm. longum. 



Ternate: Toramadiahi, 650 m. (V. M. A. BEGUIN n. IIOQ, Novem- 

 ber 1920). 



The nearest ally of this species seems to be M. horielensis }. }. S. hom 

 Ambon, from which it differs in the few-leaves, the colour of the flowers, 

 the fewer shorter and less unequal teeth of the lip. 



„Leaves shining, flowers dirty yellow, crown (lip ?) dark violet". (BEGUIN). 



Description from one dried spécimen. 



"^ PodochJlus forficuloides J. J. S. n. sp. 



Gaules elongati, ramosi, repentes, radicantes, deinde adscendentes, 

 tenuiter filiformes, internodiis c. 0.15— 0.16 cm. longis. Folia parva, patentia, 

 basi leviter torta, apice recurvula, lanceolata, acuta, longe filiforjni-apiculata, 

 5nervia, praeter costam mediam canaliculata, ad c. 0.675 cm. longa, apiculo 

 fera 0.1 cm. longo, 0.17 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae. Inflorescentiae termi- 

 nales, deinde ramulo novello pseudolaterales, brevissimae, c. 2 — 3florae, 

 pedunculo cum rachide c. 0.15—0.2 cm. longo. Bracteae laxe adpressae, 

 ovatae, longe acuminatae, acutissimae, concavae. Flores parvi, c. 0.325 cm. 

 longi, ad sepala lateralia 0.175 cm. lati. Sepalum dorsale erectum, apice 

 recurvulum, carnosulum, parte inferiore valde concavum et tenuius, trian- 

 gulum, ^/j partibus superioribus contractum, obtusum, breviter conico-api- 

 culatum, Inervium, c. 0.2 cm. longum, 0.1 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia 

 lata saccato-concava ad partem inferiorem pedis gynostemii decurrentia, 

 marginibus anticis usque ad médium connata, mentum conspicuum ovario 

 adpressum latum saccatum a dorso compressum antice canaliculo lato longi- 

 tudinali bilobum apice subtruncatum c. 0.15 cm. longum et latum formantia, 

 partibus liberis divergentia, oblique triangula, obtusa, minute apiculata, cana- 

 liculata, praesertim dorso medio carnosulo-incrassata, Inervia, c. 0.16 cm., 

 in toto 0,3 cm. longa, parte libéra 0.1 cm. lata. Petala cum labello coiini- 

 ventia, oblique lanceolata, in ' ^ parte supra basin obtusangule falcata, sujira 

 basin leviter contracta, acuta, apice paulo incrassata, concava, Inervia, c. 

 0.13 cm. longa, 0.03 cm. lata. Labellum apici pedis gynostemii insertum, recur- 

 vulum, marginibus praesertim ad basin anguste incurvis, ovato-triangulum, 



