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The latter was roughly described and figured by CTriffith 

 (Not. III (1851), 298; le. I (1847), t. CCC, f. II). 



Hooker. f. (1. c. 802) took up a manuscript name of 

 Reichenbach f., viz. E. pellipes. The description he added 

 suits, as far as it goes, fairly well E. teretifolia Grift'. The plant 

 is said to be a native of the Malayan Peninsula and Bornéo, 

 bat it is not clear whether the description was based on spécimens 

 from the latter or from the former régions, nor it is said whether 

 Reichenbach's name bears upon spécimens from Malacca or 

 from Bornéo. This question is of importance as it is, I think, 

 not at ail certain that those plants are really identical. 



Ridley, who formerly kept apart £". pc/Zipes Rchb. f., united 

 it afterwards (Mater. FI. Mal. Penins. I (1907), 100) with E. 

 teretifolia Griff. The very short description does not clear up 

 the question. 



In the Buitenzorg Herbarium there are spécimens collected 

 by Ridley on the Thaiping Hills in Perak and labelled iJ. j^fiWipes 

 by this author. They are, I think, specifically distinct from 

 plants collected bj" H. Hallier on G. Kelam in Bornéo. 



The species described above difïers from ail the plants of 

 this affinity I hâve seen by the broader sepals, the broader lip 

 bilobed at the apex and the short anther glabrous in front, very 

 broad at the apex and retuse at the apex and the back. 



Description from a living plant. 



WA'X'A (sect. Mycaranthes) VaïiyUHlHMiii J. J. S. n. sp. 



Caulis validus. Folia loriformia, apicem versus angustata, 

 apice valde obliqua, breviter apiculata, dimidio longiore semi- 

 obtusa, dimidio breviore acuta, basi conduplicata, nervis in sicco 

 subtus et Costa média excepta etiam supra prominentibus, coriacea, 

 c. 31 — 33.5 cm. longa, sicco 2.5 — 3 cm. lata ; vaginaè tubulosae, 

 lateraliter compressae. Inflorescentiae c. 3 pseudoterminales, 

 validae, elongatae, valde multiflorae, densae, pedunculo c. 11cm. 

 longo, stellato-pubescenti, nonnullis vaginulis bracteiformibus 

 parvis donato, rachide crassa, cylindrica, longitudinaliter multi- 

 costata, stellato-pubescenti, 20 cm. et plus longa, c. 0.575 cm. 

 diam. Bracteae reflexae, ovato-triangulae, acute apiculatae, con- 

 vexae, apice concavae, dorso in medio praesertim infra apicem 

 obtusangule incrassatae, carnosae, dorso ad basin parce puberulae, 



