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unita, pallide ocliracea, 0.025 cm. longa. Ovarium viride, cuiii 

 pedicello dilute viridi c. 0.65 cm. longum, valde 6costatum. 



Celebes: Goenoeng Keppe. (Exp. L. v a n V a u re n, Rach mat 

 n. 548, Augustl913). G. Taloang. (E.xp. L. van Vuuren 1913, 

 Rach mat, liv. pi. cuit, in Hort. Bog. sub n. 174). 



Allied to M. trigonopetala .J. J. S., but differing especially in 

 the form of the lip. 



I formefly eiTcnieously united Schlechter's section Tri- 

 gonopetalum \vith Pseudoliparis. 



Description from ILving plants. 



o i^ipari!^ (sect. Cestichis) Tru'ht'chUsi J. J. S. n. sp. 



Pseudobulbi aiipro.xiimiti. ovoidei, plus minusve compressi, 

 sectione transversa late et obtuse elliptici interdum suborbicu- 

 lares, carnosi, atroglaucovirides. c. 2.75 — 3.5 cm. long!, 1.75 — 

 2 cm. lati, Ifolii, vaginis erectis imbricatis conduplicatis acutis 

 acute carinatis opacis pallide glaucoviridibus ad c. 4 — 5.5 cm. 

 longis basin versus decrescentibus ad basin. Folium erectum, 

 lanceolatum, acutum, basi longius petiolato-angustatum et condupli- 

 catum, in utraque parte costae mediae supra sulcatae subtus 

 carinatae nervis distinctisc. 3, subcoriaceum, nitidulum, subglauco- 

 viride, c. 15—18.5 cm. longuin, 3.5- 4.5 cm. latum, petiolo condu- 

 plicato c. 3 — G cm. longo. Intlorescentia terminalis, laxe multitlora, 

 spatha magna, erecta, conduplicata, acuta, carinata, pallide viridi, c. 

 4 - 5.7 cm. longa, 0.67 — 0.9 cm. lata, pedunculo tereti, pallide glau- 

 coviridi, c. 2 — 3.25 cm. longo, rachide obtusangula, longitudinaliter 

 sulcata, pallide glaucoviridi, 7 cm. superante. Bracteae adpressae, 

 interiores late subtriangulae, acute acuminatae, concavae, pallide 

 virides, albido marginatae, c. 0.5 cm. longae, 0.3 cm. latae, superiores 

 minores, lanceolato triangulae. Flores me iiocres, sepalis petalisque 

 semiretlexis, carnsis. Sjpalum dorsale cum gynostemio angulum 

 rectuni taciens, oblongum, apice augustatum. obtusum, valde 

 convexum, c. 0.56 cm. longum, 0.23 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia 

 oblique oblonga, antice vix dilatata, obtusa, valde convexa, c. 

 0.56 cm. longa, 0.275 cm. lata. Petala linearia, apice olitusa, 

 retusa, convexa, c. 0.55 cm. longa, 0.07 cm. lata. Labellum 

 basi medio longitudine c. 0.125 cm. gynostemio adnatum. in c. 

 2/5 partibus supra basin obtusangule recurvum, subtrilobum, callo 



