Smith : Orchidaccac novae MaLayenses X. 75 



In nrs. 4367 and 4667 the midlobe of the lip is less erose on thc edj^es 

 Description from herbariiini and an inflorescence preserved in alcohol 

 (n. 4902 only). 



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Eria (sect. Aeridostachya) purpurcoccntrum J. J. S. n. sp. 



Pseudobulbi approximali, oblongo-ovoidei ad ovoidei, conipressi, c. 3 

 cm. loni^i, 1.5-2 cm. lati, 2folii, vaginis c. 5 approximatis siiperioribus 

 accrescentibus conduplicatis triangulis acutis pellucidis coriaceis pallide 

 virescentibus majoribus articulatis ad c. 11 cm. longis ad basin. Folia erecta, 

 divergentia, lorato-lanceolata, acuta,basi longe angustata,obtusangule concava, 

 Costa média supra sulcata subtus prominente, cariioso-coriacea, vix nitidule 

 viridia, c. 26—28 cm. longa, 4,7— 4.4 cm. lata. Inflorescentia ex axilla vaginae 

 summae, dense multiflora, cylindrica, pedunculo pallide viridi, cinnamomee 

 stellato-tomentoso, c. 10 cm. longo, pluribus vaginulis bracteiformibus 

 adpressis minutis donato, rachide arciiata, tereti, longitudinaliter sulcata, 

 indumento pedunculi, c. 10 cm. longa, cum floribus 2 cm. diam. Bracteae 

 minutae, adpressae, triangulae, concavae, pallide virides, cinnamomee tomen- 

 tosae. Flores parvi, quaquaversi, patentissimi, c. 0.425 cm. lati, 0.7 cm. 

 longi, sepalis dorso cinnamomee basi magis purpuree stellato-tomentosis. 

 Sepalum dorsale cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens, incurvum, valde 

 concavum, late subovale, apice obtuse acutatum et glabrum, basi latum, 

 fere 0.3 cm. longum, 0.2 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia oblique oblonga 

 concava ad pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum longum cum ovario 

 angulum acutum fere rectum faciens supra basin recurvum oblongum 

 subcylindricum apice rotundatum iiifra apicem obselete constrictum c. 0.28 

 cm. longum formantia, antice divergentia, concava, oblique late triangula, 

 margine postico rotundata, apice breviter auguste obtusa, albida, infra 

 apicem purpurea, apice ultimo albida, usque apicem ovarii 0.25 cm. 

 longa, margine antico 0.47 cm. metientia. Petala incurva, apice recurvula, 

 basi leviter concava, oblique oblonga, falcatula, basin versus leviter dilatata, 

 obtusa, albida, fere 0.3 cm. longa, 0.13 cm. lata. Labellum parallelum pedi 

 gynostemii erectum, apice recurvum, basin gynostemii attingens, obsolète 

 31obum, '75 partibus inferioribus (lobis lateralibus) incurvis concavum, 

 dorso convexum, ecarinatum, oblongum, magnam partem purpureum, albo- 

 marginatum, explanatum bene 0.4 cm., usque ad apicem loborum lateralium 

 fere 0.3 cm. latum, lobis lateralibus minimis antice obtusis, lobo intermedio 

 recurvo, undulato, transverse subquadrangulo, angulis anticis rotundato, 

 brevissime recurvo-triangulo-acuminato, c. 0.125 cm. longo, 0.18 cm. lato. 

 Gynostemium brevissimum, cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens, dorso 

 convexum, sordide purpureum, vix 0.1 cm. longum, clinandrio excavato, 

 apice lato aequaliter obtuse 3dentato, auriculis latis bilobulis, lobulo postico 

 longiore triangulo tenui aibo, lobulo antico brevi obtuso carnoso atropurpureo. 

 Anthera plane cucullata, obtusa, atropurpurea, pallide marginata. Stigma 

 semilunatum. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum acutum fere rectum 



