Neue Orchideen des Malaiischen Archipels. VII. 



von 



Dr. J. J. SMITH. 



\iMI\ViCMlî«i tlBIll^OilICilsiN J. J. S. n. sp. 



Cauli« erectus, rigidus, poat tloresceiitiam l'amobUb, mdiciliiis 

 nnmerosis, crassiusculis, rigidis, ramosis. Folia c. 9 - 25, alterna, 

 pntentia, recurva, petiolata, anguste lanceolata, sensim .longe et 

 anguste acumiiiata, plicata, nervis majoribus c. 6 .sabtus promi- 

 nentibus, nervis minoribus interpositis, papyracea, nitida, atroviridia, 

 c. 53 — 58 cm. longa, 5.5 cm. lata; petiolus late canaliculatus, 3 — 5- 

 costatus, basi in vaginam inferne tubulosara dilatatus, cum vagina 

 c. 14-20 cm. longus. Inflorescentia stricta, elongata, dense valde 

 multiflora, fructifera ad c. 80 cm. longa, pedunculo minute puberulo, 

 viridi, c. 56 cm. longo, c. 0.55 cm. diam., vaginulis foliaceis adpressis 

 basi tubulosis acuminatis apicem versus decrescentibus et in 

 bracteas vergentibus tecto, rachide longitudinaliter sulcata, dense 

 et brevissime puberula, viridi. Bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, 

 concavae, dorso dense brevissime puberulae (inferiores dorso ad 

 basin tantum puberulae), multinerviae, membranaceae, virides, 

 c. 3 — 5 cm. longae, 0.8 cm. latae, superiores minores. Flores 

 majusculi, pulchre. lutei, odorati, sepalis dorso puberulis petalisque 

 conniventibus. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, margine apicali 

 incm-vum, obtusum, infra apicem apiculum subulatum viride ge- 

 rens obtusangule concavum, costa média dorso obtuse prominente, 

 dorso 6sulcatum, c. 1.8 — 2.1 cm. longam, 0.425 -0.53 cm. latum. 

 Sepala lateralia oblique lanceolata, margine apicali incurva, obtusa^ 

 apiculo longiusculo subulato viridi dorso infra apicem, obtusangule 

 concava, costa média dorso obtuse prominente, doiso 5sulcata, 

 c. l.V)-2.1 cm. longa, 0.5 cm. lata. Petala e basi breviter 

 cuneato-unguiculata ellipticoovata, obliqua, obtusa, concava, intus 

 haud incrassata, costa média dorso valde obtuse carinata sulcis 

 limitata puberula inter sepala prominente dorso infra apicem 

 breviter apiculata, c. 1.83— 1.9 cm. longa, 0.825-0.9 cm. 



