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interjectis 0, basi nuda vel pilis raris ciliata, in petiolum gracilem 
3-8 cm. longum sensim angustata, costa subtus prominula, nervis 
utrinque in foliis parvis 5-6, in foliis maximis 10-14; glandulae 
infrapetiolares 0. Pedunculi foliis multo breviores, 3-5 em. longi, 
1-6-flori ; pedicelli filiformes, 2-3 cm. longi; bracteae 3-6 mm. 
longae, lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, deciduae. Flores ad 4 cm, 
expansi, tenerrimi; raphides 0. Sepala 2, late ovata vel oblonga, 
8-10 mm. longa, acuta vel acuminata, membranacea, 3-5-nervia. 
Vexillum oblongo-ovatum, obtusum, fornicatum, muticum, dorso 
rotundatum, costa dorso carinata. ae 2°5-2°7 cm. longae, sub- 
sessiles, basi cuneatae vel paullo constrictae ; lobus basalis amplus, 
rotundatus, distalis paullo longior, late dolabriformis, obtusus ; 
auricula dorsalis magna, reniformis, inflexa. Labellum late infun- 
dibulare, sensim in calear elongatum gracile apice involutum vel 
annulare attenuatum, totum incurvum 3-3°5 cm. longum, ore elongato 
ad 2 cm. longo acuminato horizontali. Filamenta gracilia, 6 mm. 
longa ; antherae in capitulum incurvum connatae, obtusae. Ovarium 
gracile, lente curvatum, acuminatum. Capsulae erectae, ad 2 cm. 
longae, fere lineares, strictae, compressae, basi attenuatae, apice 
acuminatae, polyspermae. Semina minuta, 1°5 mm. longa, oblonga, 
castanea, villis arillata. ’ 
Manipur. Laimatak, 1525m., Nov. 1907, A. Meebold, 6500. 
I. teneriflora is I think nearly allied to I. Forresti, Hk. f., of 
Upper Burma and Western Yunnan at lat. 25°50 N., in which 
the leaves are broader and serrate. It is named in reference to the 
remarkable delicacy of the floral organs. 
+ + Inflorescentia saepissime simpliciter pedicellata. 
12. I. longirama, Hk. f., sp. nov.; I. tripetalae, Roxb., affinis, 
differt caule elato robusto vage ramoso, ramis valde elongatis 
divaricatis foliosis, ramorum ramulorumque nodis glandulis sub- 
ulatis densissime confertis infra petiolos circumdatis. 
Herba? metralis vel ultra, vage ramosa, puberula vel fere 
4-6 dm. longis divaricatis. Folia 8-12 cm. longa, opposita et 
ternatim verticillata, firma, petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata, utringue 
1°5 cm. latum, costa dorso medio alte rostrata apice nen stm 
2°3 cm. longae, stipitatae ; lobus basalis rotundatus, dista ~ oe e 
longior, dolabriformis ; auricula dorsalis magna, protrusa ve: inli¢x 2 
ecurva. Labelli limbus saccatus, 2 cm. longus, basi_rotundatus e 
antice calcare breve erecto limbo dimidio breviore instructus, ore 
horizontali acuto. Filamenta brevia, fi iformia ; antherae obtusae. 
Ovarium subsigmoideo-falcatum, apice inc 
1-15 cm. longae, fusiformes, teretes, rectae a rere 
eet incurvae, oligospermae. Semina obovoidea, 2- 
onga, rugulosa. 2 
aces Irang, 1220 m., Nov, 1907, A. Meebold, 5867. 
