ORCHIDACEAE NOVAE MALAYENSES. VIII. *) 



Auctore J. J. S M I T H. 



Coelosryiie iilfra««i.afa Lndl. Gen. et sp. Orch. (1830), 

 40; Fol. Orch. Cuel. (1854), :38 ; Kchb. f. la Walp. Ann. VI 

 (1861), 231; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. III (1855), 667; J. .T. S. in FI. 

 Buit. VI, Orch. (1905), 137; Atl. fig. C; Pfitz. et Kizl. in Pflan- 

 zenr. Heft 32 (1907), 23. 



O var. «iiiiiiBalniiBa J. J. S. n. var. 



Rhizoma brève, repens, ramosum, tlexuosiim, crassius cylin- 

 dricura, vaginis magnis amplectentibus mox exarescentibus om- 

 nino obtectum. Pseudobulbi c. 0.4 — 0.8 cm. dissiti, elongati, supra 

 basin crassissimi, apicem versus longe attenuati, obtusanguli, 

 sordide virides, fusco-suffusi, c. 5.5 — 11.5 cm. longi, supra basin 

 1.2—1.8 cm. lati, Ifolii. Foîium oblongo ellipticum, acute acu- 

 minatum, basi obtusa vel rotundata abrupte in petiolum contrac- 

 tum, plicatum, undulatum, nervis c. 7 supra sulcatis subtus 

 prominentibus, cinereofuscescenti-virescens, opacum, c. 18 — 25 

 cm. longum, 5 — 8.75 cm. latum; petiolus canaliculatus, c. 0.5 — 0.9 

 cm. longus. Inflorescentia apice dense multiflora, diu florens, 

 pedunculo filifornii, apice incrassato, sordide fuscescenti, opaco, 

 c. 8 — 13.5 cm. longo, rachide incrassata, flexuosa, cylindrico- 

 quadrangula, colore pedunculi, opaca, fusce furfuraceo punctata, 

 c. 5 cm. et plus longa, ad c. 0.25 cm. diam., internodiis c. 

 0.2 — 0.25 cm. Jongis. Bracteae alternatim bifariae, caducae, 

 triangulae, acutae, concavae, c. 0.85 cm. longae. Flores 

 succédané!, inconspicui, intervallis c. 1-2 expansi, pallide 

 fuscescentes, semipellucidi, c. 2.4 cm. lati. Sepaium dorsale 

 subellipticum, obtusum, obtusangule concavum, marginibus re- 

 curvulum, dorso obtusangule convexum, 5nervium, c. 1.65 cm. 

 longum, 0.77 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia divaricata, oblique 

 subovato-oblonga, subacuta, canaliculata, intus utroque latere 

 convexa, dorso carinata, c. 1.5 cm. longa, 0.6 cm. lata. Petala 



•j VII in Bull. Jard. Bot. 2e sér. Xo. XIII (1914). 



