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multiflorae, pedunculo pallide viridi, c. 2.5 — 3.2 cm. longo, non- 

 nullis vaginulis tubulosis se arapleutentibessuperne accrescentibus 

 et acutioril)iis pallidis ad c. 1 cm. longis tecto, rachide tereti, 

 vix longitudinaliter sulcata, pallide viridi, c. 8 cm. lunga. Bracteae 

 .adpressae, lanceolato-triangulae, acutae, concavae, virescenti-albae, 

 ad c. 0.3 cm. longae. Flores vagi, parvi, valde aperti, succosi, 

 aurantiaci, fere inodori, c. O.G cm. lati. Sepalum dorsale ovarium 

 fera continuum, oblongum, apice valde gibboso-incrassatum, 

 obtusum, concavum, dorso convexum, c. 0.275 cm. longum, 

 0.13 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia patentissima, oblique oblongo- 

 triangula, siiperne valde incrassata et apice gibbosa, obtusa, con- 

 cava, dorso obtusangule convexa, c. 0.3 cm. longa, 0.17cm.lata. 

 Petala parva, oblonga, subacuta vel subobtusa, costa média dorso 

 superne inr;rassata et apice gibbosa, albida, bene 0.1 cm. longa, 

 0.05 cm. lata. Labellum parvum, mobile, obtusangule recurvum, 

 ambitu oblongum, marginibus erectis medio rotundato-obtusangule 

 dilatatis canaliculato-concavum, canaliculo pilis clavatis dense 

 tecto, subtus convexum, apice obtusum et breviter gibbosum, 

 aurantiacum, c. 0.125 cm. longum. Gynosteraium subtus valde 

 excavato-concavum. flavescentialbum, basi marginibusque auran- 

 tiaco-suft'usum, c. 0.1 cm. longum, apice e dentibus 2 triangulis, 

 fllaraento brevi inter dentés, auriculis latis, apice dentatis, dente 

 intermedio subulato. Anthera cucullata, lateraliter compressa, 

 breviter obtuse rostrata, connectivo convexo-costato, alba, c. 0.03 

 cm. longa. PoUinia latei-aliter compressa, triangula, extus convexa, 

 flava. Stigma ovali-orbiculare, alte excavatum. Pes gynostemii 

 cum ovario angulum fere rectum faciens, rectus, basi vix incras- 

 satus, aurantiacus, c. 0.05 cm longus. Ovarium O.sulcatum, 

 pallide llavescens, cum pedicello vix aurantiaco-suffuso c. 0.25 

 cm. longum. 



Sumatra: Benkoelen, Boekit-Barisan, Rimbo Pengadang, 1000 

 m. (Exp. E. Jacob son 1916, Ajoeb, liv. pi. cuit, in Hort. 

 Bog. sub n. 746). 



Allied to B. odoratum Lndl. but differing by the shorter 

 leafstalks, orange coloured nearly scentless flowers and difïerently 

 shaped parts of the îlower. Moreover it is a mucli smaller 

 plant. 



Description from a living spécimen. 



