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subglobosointlatum, miniatum. inferne c. 0.075 cm., apice 0.14 cm. 

 latum. Gynostemium brève, incurvulum, ochrascens, rubro-notatum, 

 c. 0.1 cm. longuin, apice truncatum, clinandrio vix concavo. 

 Anthei'a cucuHata, subsemiglobosa, miniata, iii rostnim angustum 

 obtusum ojhrascens acuminata, fere 0.1 cm. longa. PoUinia 2, 

 pendula, .subglobosa, dilute flava, cum stipite inferne lineari apice 

 filiformi albo et glandula pallide tlava fere 0.1 cm. longa. Rostel- 

 lum majusculura, cum gynosteraio angulum acutum faciens, sut- 

 rectangule incurvum, in lacinias 2 subulatas partitum, flavum, 

 basi miniatum. Stigma parvum. Ovarium 6sulcatum, rubrum, fere 

 0.3 cm. longum. 



Sumatra: Benkoelen, Boekit Kaba, Soeban Ajam, 1200 m. 

 (Exp. E. Jacobson 1U16, Ajoeb, liv. pi., cuit, in Hort. Bog.) 



A very distinct but inconspicuous species, which in habit 

 resembles a Sarcanthus. The flowers are a good deal smaller than 

 those of R. elongata Lndl. 



Description from a living spécimen. 



Ascoceiiii'ïani aiiresini J. J. S. n. sp. 



CauliS breviusculus, radicans, sectione transversa ovalis, ad 

 c. 25 cm. longus, 0.5 — 0.55 cm. latus, internodiis brevibus, 

 obliquis, c. 0.5 cm. longis. Folia alternatim bifaria. patentia, 

 supra basin recurvula, linearia, plus minusve oblique acute biden- 

 tata cum apice carinae dentiformi interposito, obtusangule cana- 

 liculata, subtus obtusangule convexa, praesertim apicem versus 

 carinata, acute marginata, rigida, carnosa, viridia, sordide atro- 

 violaceo-suffusa, c. 6 — 14.5 cm. longa, inexplanata 0.67 — 0.95 

 cm. lata; vaginae sese amplectentes, internodia bene superantes, 

 basi tubulosae, apice obliquae. Inflorescentiae erectae, subdense 

 multiflorae, pedunculo brevi, angulato, c. 1-1.4 cm. longo, non- 

 nullis vaginulis triangulis donato, rachide valde acutangula, viridi, 

 c. 3 — 4 cm. longa. Bracteae triangulae, acuminatae, acutae, con- 

 cavae, ad c. 0.225 cm. longae. Flores quaquaversi, erecto-patentes, 

 c. 0.8-0.9 cm. lati, 1.2 — 1.3 cm. longi, aurei, sepalis petalisque 

 plus minusve incnrvuHs. Sepalum dorsale plus minusve obovatum, 

 obtusum, interdum breviter apiculatum, concavum, Snervium, c. 

 0.56 — 0.6 cm. longum, 0.275 — 0.32 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia 

 obhque subelliptica, margine antico obtusangule dilatata, obtusa. 



