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"breviter obtuse contracto et crassiusculo, marginibus incurvo,. 

 irregulariter marginato c. 0.07 cm. longo et lato. Gynostemium 

 brave, usque ad apicem rostelli c. 0.075 cm. longum, clinandrio 

 alte excavato, ovato, filamento obtuso. Anthera basi in clinandrium 

 immersa, cucullata, cordata, apicem versus angustata, 2dentata(?l, 

 connectivo incrassato, antice in carinulam rotundatam hyalinam 

 producto, c, 0.07 cm. longa. Pollinia 4, inaequimagna, clavata,- 

 stipitibus 2 convolutis rotundatis hyalinis, glandula magna sagittata 

 antice acutissima postice in lacinias 2 magnas oblique oblongas 

 obtusas basin versus angustatas stipitibus raulto breviores exeunte, 

 tota c. 0.12 cm. longa. Rostellum eiongatum, porrectum. alte 

 opartitum, laciniis subulatis, exterioribus longissimis. Stigma 

 semilunatum. Pes gynostemii incurvus, linearis, basi excepta a 

 sepalis lateralibus liber, c. 0.25 cm. longus. Ovarium sessile, 

 6sulcatum, c. 0.125 cm. longum. 



Celebes: Goenoeng Paka Paka. (Exp. L. van Vuuren,. 

 Rachmat n. 680, September 1913). 



An ally of P. lucescens Bl. and P. imitans Schltr , differing 

 from both in the size of the plant and the form of the petals,. 

 lip and anther. 



Decsription from a small dried spécimen. 



P(Hlo(*liilii«i iiitermcMliii* J. J. S. n. sp. 



Pusillus. Gaules filiformes, ramosi, c. 10 cm. longi, inter- 

 nodiis c. 0.15 — 0.175 cm. longis. Folia patentia, articulata,. 

 semitorta, lanceolata, setaceo-acuminata, basi canaliculato-condu- 

 plicata et cauli adpressa, tenuia, ônervia, c. 0.4-0.75 cm. longa, 

 0.1—0.17 cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, internodia subaequantes. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales vel pseudoaxillares, nutantes. laxe pauci- 

 florae, pedunculo filiformi, c. 0.3 — 0.4 cm. longo, rachide flexuosa, 

 filiformi, c. 0.3 — 0.7 cm. longa. Bracteae reflexae, ovatae, infe- 

 riores acuminatae, superiores acutae, ad c. 0.1 cm. longae. Flores 

 c. 4 — 7, parvi, c. 0.23 cm. longi. Sepalum dorsale subovato- 

 oblongum, obtusum, vix apiculatum, concavum, nervo 1 dorso 

 prominente, c. 0.15 cm. longum, 0.075 cm. latum. Sepala 

 lateralia lacinia oblique suborbiculari concava antice connata ad 

 pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum inflatum cum ovario 

 angulum acutum faciens ambitu oblique subglobosum inaequaliter' 



