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which it according to the description differs by its larger leaves, 

 broadly ovate sepals and a differently sliaped lip. 

 Description from a living spécimen. 



Oberoiiia lampoiii;'eii«ii« J. J. S. n. sp. 



Gaules approximati, elongati, compressi, c. 4.5 — 5.25 cm. 

 longi, c. 8 — lOfolii. Folia inartieulata, patentia, lateraliter com- 

 pressa, oblongo- ad lanceolatotriangula, saltem superiora breviter 

 acute acuminata, basi supra fissa, carnosa, opaca, dilute viridia, 

 mediana vel inferiora maxima, dorso ad c. 3.25 — 3.75 cm., margine 

 superiora 2.8 — 3.7 cm. longa, basi 1 — 1.1 cm. lata, apice libero 

 ad c. 1.1 — 2.2 cm. longa, 07 — 0.8 cm. lata. Inflorescentia sessi- 

 lis, subdense multiflora, superne laxa, apice sterilis cum bracteis 

 adpressis, c. G. 2 cm. longa, rachide dense muriculatohirtella, 

 dilute viridi. Bracteae adpressae, ovarium aequantes, oblongo trian- 

 gulae, acute acuminatae, concavae, dorso et praesertim margine 

 muriculato-hirtellae, pallide virides, c- 0.10 cm. longae. Flores 

 patentissimi, valde aperti, pallide llavo-virescentes, c. 0.1 (i cm. lati. 

 Sepalum dorsale ovatum, acutum, basi latum, planum, dorso 

 praesertim versus apicem hirtellura, c. 0.075 cm. longum, 0.00 

 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia obli(iue ovata, breviter acuminata, acu- 

 ta, dorso parce hirtella, c. 0.08 cm. longa, 0.05 cm. lata. Petala 

 oblique oblonga, obtusa, leviter concava, erosula, c. 0.05 cm. longa. 

 Labellum planum, medio constrictum^ basi excavatum, fere 0.1 

 cm. longum, lobis lateralibus basilaribus, auriculiformibus, oblique 

 triangulis, obtusis, lobo intermedio majusculo, basi aetiuilato, trans- 

 verse ovali, apice bilobo, grosse eroso, c. 0.05 cm. longo, 0.07 

 cm. lato. Gynostemium brève, a dorso compressum, dorso convexum. 

 Anthera cucullata, suborbicularis, apice obtuse producta, anibitu 

 ovata, albida, vix 0.02 cm. lata. Stigma semiorbiculare. Ovarium 

 muriculato-hirtellum, pallide viride, cum pedicello subglabro al- 

 bido c. 0.15 cm. longum. 



Sumatra: Lampong near Menggala. (H. A. Gusdorf, liv. 

 pi. cuit, in Hort. Bog. sub n. 62 pp.). 



1 could not find a description to suit this plant. It bas ra- 

 ther short stems, triangular leaves, hairy intlorescences and flowers, 

 slightly eiose petals. The. lip is constricted in the middle, the 

 midlobe bilobed and irregularly dentate. 



Description from a living plant. 



