11s 
_. Herba, 60 cm. alta. Folia herbacea, elliptica, acuminata, 
ad basim angustata, 30 cm. longa, 10 cm, lata, subtus pubescentia, 
nervis prominulis 7, petiolo 15 cm. longo dense pubescente. 
Scapus 45 em. altus, dense pubescens, parte florifera 15 em. 
longa. Bracteae persistentes, lanceolatae, acuminatae, agai oa 
ovatae, acuminatae, 1 cm. longae, basi 4 mm. latae. Flores 
-plures, congesti, pedicellis 2 cm. longis ‘deameiitius. Sepala 
oblongo-ovata, acuta, extus puberula. /Petala lateralia sepalis 
similia, minora; labellum 1 cm. longum, lobis lateralibus oblongis 
apicibus rotundatis brevibus, epichilio (lobo medio) profunde 
bilobo, ungue longo angusto, lobis spathulatis unguiculatis 
apicibus subabrupte rotundatis, callis 7-8 in ungue uniseriatis 
tuberculiformibus, calcare gracillimo filiformi 1 em. longo. 
Columna basi angustata, superne incrassata. Anthera ovata, 
acuta. 
Matay Perntnsuta. Jalor, Buket Besar, in sylvis, alt. 
600 m. Gwynne-Vaughan 261 
An unusually pubescent plant, almost velvety on the petiole, 
with a deep-cut terminal lobe, and almost racket-shaped lobules. 
- Vanda punctata Ridley [Orchidaceae- Vandeae]; V. 
hastiferae Reichb. f. affinis, sed floribus parvis et labio lato lyrato 
piscis caudae instar insignis 
Caulis validulus, eo V. insignis similis. Folia anenste 
lorata, inaequaliter biloba lobis acutis, 11 em. longa, 0-7 m 
lata, costa in mucronulo producta. Racemus sexflorus, 15 cm. 
longus. Bracteae parvae, ovatae. Pedicelli cum ovariis gracili- 
bus 3 cm. longi. Flores patuli, 2 em. lati. Sepalum posticum 
angustum, apice incurvo, lateralia oblonga, spathulata, angusta. 
Petala falcata, spathulata, aequilata, omnia flava, rubro-punctata 
in dorso flavescentia. Labellum album, ovatum, lobis lateralibus 
-brevibus oblongis faleatis, epichilio ovato latiore versus apicem 
angustato, apice dilatato bilobo instar caudae piscis, caleare conico 
horizontale brevi, callo in are sito truncato quadrangulari sub 
trilobo. Columna lata, alba, brevis crassa, subquadrata. Anthera 
ovata, plana. Pollinia reniformia, vel ovata, aurantiaca, caudiculo 
oblongo lato, disco magno quadrato atrorubente. Stigma 
ovoideum. Rostellum breve, latum, ovatum 
Maay ARCHIPELAGO. Wetter Island. This new Vanda was 
found in a consignment of Vanda insignis Blume sent from Wetter 
Island near Timor in the Eastern Malay Archipelago, by Mr. 
Pereira of Singapore. It flowered in June 1897, and it is described 
here from the drawings and notes taken at that time. 
\ 1069. Habenaria (Sect. Platyglossa) mediofiexa TJwurrill 
(Orchidaceae-Ophrydeae) ; affinis H. trichosanthae, Wall., sed 
bracteis receptaculo (ovario) aequilongis vel longioribus, floribus 
minoribus, labelli segmento medio lateralibus breviore reflexo 
distinguitur 
ba erecta, pedalis vel ultra, caule tereto — Folia 
caulina lanceolata apice attenuata, acuta, 7 cm. longa, 1-7 cm. 
