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Beschreibung nach Herbarmaterial und einer lebenden, in Buiten- 

 zorg zur Blute gelangten Pflanze. 



Liparîs speculîfera J. J. S. 



Parvula. Pseudobulbi approximati, oblongo-ovato-elliptici, carnosi, 

 dilute virides, c. 1 — 1.8 cm. longi, 0.625 cm. lati, 3— 4folii. Folia articulata, 

 anguste lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, apiculata, basi sensim petiolato- 

 angustata, costa média supra sulcata subtus carinata, opace satinato-viridia, 

 c. 3.75 — 6 cm. longa, 0.7 — 0.9 cm. lata; vaginae erecto-patentes, inferne 

 dilatatae, in pseudobulbum dccurrentes, carinatae, pallide virides, c. 0.4— 0.9 

 cm. longae. Inflorescentia elongata, nutans, laxe c. 13flora, pedunculo 

 c. 3.5 — 5.5 cm. longo, anguste alato, vaginulis c. 3 ovatis acuminatis 

 carinatis decrescentibus instructo, rachide anguste alata, c. 7.25 — 9 cm. 

 longa. Bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, convexae, cum sulco longitudinali 

 vel margine tantum recurvae, ad c. 0.3 cm. longae. Flores patentissimi, 

 valde aperti, c. 0.9 m. longi, sepalis petalisque ochraceis. Sepalum 

 dorsale erectum, oblongo-ovatum, acutiusculum, convexum, marginibus 

 revolutis, glabrum, Inervium, c. 0.425 cm. longum, 0.225 cm. latum. Se- 

 pala lateralia deflexa, parallela, oblique oblonga, obtusa, convexa, margi- 

 nibus revolutis, dorso carinata, glabra, Inervia, c. 0.425 cm. longa, 0.225 

 cm. lata. Petala reflexa, oblique deflexa, divergentia, linearia, falcatula, 

 obtusiuscula, Inervia, c. 0.375 cm. longa, 0.04 cm. lata. Labellum paulum 

 supra basin deflexum, ambitu oblongum, breviter obtuse acuminatum, 

 magis rubescens, c. 0.375 cm. longum, 0.2 cm. latum, basi valde transverse 

 incrassatum, incrassatione postice truncata et plana, antice callo orbiculari 

 excavato vallo elevato annulari circumdato medio perforato crateriformi 

 pallide flavescenti donata, in flexu leviter constrictum et utrinque plica 

 parvula transversa supra prominente instructum, lamina excavatione magna 

 leviter concava subovali acute marginata pallidiore antice in canaliculam 

 in acumine terminatem exeunte, excavationis marginibus ad basin cana- 

 liculae utrinque in dentem parvum obtusum auctis. Gynostemium leviter 

 curvatum, supra visum ambitu oblongo-ovatum, obtusum, in utraque 

 stigmatis parte dente parvo patentissimo triangulo instructum, subtus alis 

 2 longitudinalibus obtuse triangulis introflexis basin versus angustatis et 



