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This belongs to a small group of species of tlie section 

 Distichophylluyn with a deeply divided labellum, narrow side 

 lobes and a broad midlobe, as f. e. B. xanthophaeum Schltr. from 

 Nevv-Guinea and D. kenepaiense J. J. S. In the form of the 

 keels on the lip it much resembles D. xanthophaeum, but bas 

 ovate acute petals and very blunt side lobes of the lip. 



Description from herbarium spécimens. 



neiifli'obiiiiii (sect. Distichophyllum) Hloqiiotteniiiiiii 



J. J. S. n. sp. 



Rhizoma elongatum, repens, teres. dilute griseo-viride, c. 0.5 

 cm. diam., internodiis longis. Gaules c. 4 — (i cm. distantes, elongati, 

 sectione transversa obtuse rhombei cum sulcis 4 latis, dilute 

 tlavo-virides, c. 75 cm. longi, medio c. 0.6 et 0.7 cm. diam., 

 basin et apicem versus attenuati, internodiis c. 1 — 2.5 cm. longis. 

 Folia basi semitorta, late linearia, apice inaequaliter obtuse biloba, 

 tenuiter coriacea, utrinque nitide viridia, nervis 5 supra pallidioribus, 

 Costa média supra sulcata subtus vix prominula, c. 5 — 7 cm. 

 longa, 1 — 1.25 cm. lata; vaginae internodia superantes, tubulosae, 

 apice antice rumpentes, opace dilute flavo-virides. Inflorescentiae 

 ad nodos caulium, Itiorae, pedunculo c. 0.3 cm. longo, nonnullis 

 vaginulis donato. Bracteae minimae, latetriangulae. Flores médiocres, 

 sepalis petalis recurvis, niveis. Sepalum dorsale ovali-ovatum, 

 brevissime subacuminatum, acutiusculum, basi latum, convexum, 

 dorso nitidum, 5nervium, c. 0.75 — 0.8 cm. longum, 0.475—0.5 

 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia oblique oblongo-triangula ad 

 pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum reversum ovario parallelum 

 leviter curvulum conicum apice breviter et anguste calcarifoime 

 c. 0.7—0.75 cm. longum formantia, parte antica oblique subovali- 

 ovata, obtusa et subapiculata vel brevissime subacuminata, convexa, 

 Gnervia, dorso nitida, c. 0.75 — 0.8 cm., usque ad apicem pedis 

 gynostemii 1.5—1.55 cm. longa, 0.5 — 0.55 cm. lata. Petala late 

 rhombea vel obovato rhombea, obtusa, basi cuneata, superne erosula, 

 convexa, c. 0.8 cm. longa, 0.6 cm. lata. Labellum ungue euneato 

 pedi gynostemii et sepalis lateralibus in formam calcaris anguste 

 conici supra basin subventricosi adnatum, Slobum, carnosum, 

 ochraceum, costis 3 validis parallelis in apice lobi intermedii 

 abrupte terininantibus dorso stria rubra notatis, costis lateralibus 

 basin laminae attingentibus, costa média basin versus evanescente 



