— 471 
S. Diplomeris hirsuta Lindl. Tuberidiis parvis 
oblongis folio 1 basilari oblongo acuto amplexicauli ad 6 cm 
longo ad 2,5 cm lato longe hirsuta ut tota planta caule ad 
8 cm alto saepissime unifloro, bractea cucullata late oblonga 
acuta vaginante quam ovarium breviore. Sepalo dorsali late 
oblongo acuto lateralibus ovatis acutis omnibus sparsim pilo¬ 
sis, petalis angustis linearibus simplicibus, labello maximo e 
basi cuneata flabellato antice rectuso utrinque rotundato si- 
nuato dente triangulo in sinu, calcari filiformi scapum fere 
aequante incurvo; gynostemio magno, antherae canalibus pro- 
tensis, cum rostello maximo emarginato cucullato tenui supra 
lobato connatis arrectis, processubus stigmaticis brevioribus 
parallelis. — Flores speciosi campanulati 3 cm diametro, cal¬ 
car 5 cm long. 
Diplomeris hirsuta Lindl. G. et Sp. Orch. 330; Hook. f. in FI. 
Brit Ind. VI, 167. - Diplochilos hirsutum Lindl. Wall. Cat. N. 7065 
ft Lot. Beg. unter 1.1199. 
Son Tr / ?f ischerTheil dea Himalaya. Nepal (Wallich!). West Bhootan 
. 4 ; diplomeris chinensis R. A. Rolfe. „Tubere 
ovoidei-globoso, caule abbreviato monophyllo, folio lanceolato 
acuto basi attenuato, scapo gracili glabro unifloro bractea ob- 
ongi-laiiceolata subacuta concava, sepalo postico ovati-oblongo 
» ’l 80 ’ lateralibus obliquis late semiovatis obtusis, petalis ob- 
1( P«s latissime semiovatis brevibus apice rotundati-obtusis, 
a lo obovati-orbiculari trilobo basi hreviter et latissime un- 
guiculato lobis late obovatis truncatis v. emarginatis, calcari 
ongato basi inflato conico apice gracili, columna lata. — 
a erid. 5—8 lin. (1—1,2 cm) longum, folium 6 cm longum 
10 mm latum, scapus 5 cm—10 cm longus, bractea 6— 
mm lon ga, sepala 9 mm, lateralia 6—9 mm lata, petala 
mm longa 6—7 mm lata, labellum 1,2—1,5 cm longum, 
CaIcar 1-5-2,3 cm longum." 
^Remarkable for the inflated balse of the spur. w 
Diplomeris chinensis B. A. Rolfe in Kcw Bullet. 1896, 203. 
word-West-China; Chekiang, Tieutai Alt. 330 m. (Faber N. 95!) 
