ORCHIDACEjE 



Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum cum petala galeam formans, 4 mm. 

 longum, uninervium. Petala oblongi-lanceolata, obtusa, uni- 

 nervia, 4 mm. longa, circiter 1 mm. lata. Labellum sessile, subtus 

 obtuse calcaratum, in calcar inflate, semipellucido binis glandulis 

 breviter pedicellatis ellipsoideis dependentibus ; limbus oblongus, 

 obtusus, margine involutus, in disco papilloso-puberulus. Calcar 

 3.5 mm. longum. Limbus labelli 4 mm. longus. Gynostemium 

 circiter 3 mm. longum. 



The flowers are not unlike Vrydagzynea albida, but the habit 

 of the plant is distinctive, the leaves and stems suggesting Cys- 

 torchis javanica BL 



Mindanao, C. M. Weber 333. 



32. HETiERIA BL 



About twenty-five species have been recorded, distributed over 

 a wide range which includes Java, Perak, Upper Assam, Borneo, 

 Malacca, Ceylon, New Guinea, Tenasserim, Singapore, Burma, 

 Himalaya, Samoa, Tahiti, Penang, etc. 



1. Hetceria Blackii sp. nov. Rhizoma longe repens, circiter 

 2 mm. in diametro. Caulis ascendens, gracilis. Tota planta cir- 

 citer 18 cm. alta. Folia petiolata infra medium caulem disposita, 

 inEequaliter lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, lamina 5-7 cm. longa, 

 usque ad 2.5 cm. lata, infra medium, ad basim, rotundata. Peti- 

 olus gracilis ad basim vaginatus, 2-3 cm. longus. Bractese infra 

 racemum 4, lanceolatae, acutae, 8-10 mm. longa?. Racemus laxi- 

 florus, 5.5 cm. longus, circiter 1 cm. in diametro, pubescens. Brac- 

 tese inflorescentiae, flores subtendentes, lanceolatse, acuta?, pubes- 

 centes, ± 5 mm. longa?, concavee, infra medium racemi flores ex- 

 cedentes, pedicellus subnullus, cum ovario circiter 5 mm. longus. 

 Sepala lateralia ovato-lanceolata,uninervia,membranacea, acuta. 



concaviuscula, subpatentia, deflexa, 4 mm. longa, circiter 2.5 mm. 



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