ORCHIDACEtE 



7. Habenaria kinabaluensis {Krdnzl.) A. <% S. comh. nov. 



Platanthera kinabaluensis Krdnzl. ex Rolfe in Gibbs in Joum. 



Linn. Soc. 42 (1914) 160. 



KiNABALU, Haviland. Marei Parei Spur, Clemens 261^ November 1915. 

 Flower green tinged with yellow. 



8. Habenaria Stapfii(/ir?'«w2/.)^.<^*S'.com6.woi;. Platanthera 

 Stapfii Krdnzl. ex Rolfe in Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. 42 (1914) 

 160. 



Marei Parei Spur, Haviland. 5000 feet altitude. 



3. CHLOROSA^/. 



The genus Chlorosa has not heretofore been recorded as a native 

 of Borneo. 



I. Chlorosa Clemensii A.&^S. sp. nov. Planta terrestris,acau- 

 lis. Radices paucae, tuberosae. Folium longe petiolatum,ovatum, 

 subito acuminatum, ad basim rotundatum. Scapus folium multo 

 excedens, vaginis paucis vestitus. Vaginae tubuliformes, acumi- 

 natae. Inflorescentia brevis, floribus perpaucis. Bracteae lanceo- 

 latae, ad apicem subulatum acuminatae. Perianthium paulo 

 patens. Sepala similia, linearia, sensim acuminata, magnopere 

 involuta, apice obscure tridentata, trinervia. Petala multo brevi- 

 ora, linearia, uninervia, apice plus minusve tridentata. Labellum 

 ovato-lanceolatum, acuminatum, marginibus maxime involutis, 

 subtus ad basim carinis quinque, parvis, approximatis ornatum. 

 Gynostemium breve, porrectum. 



Roots up to 1.5 mm. thick, tuberous, hairy, few. Plant stem- 

 less. Petiole ±3.8 cm. long, stout. Leaf 4-6 cm. long, 2.6-3.6 cm. 

 broad, rising at an oblique angle from the petiole, ovate, abruptly 

 acuminate, rounded at the complicate base, mid-vein promi- 

 nently carinate beneath especially toward the petiole, thin, 

 many-nerved and cross reticulated. Scape ±15 cm. high, much 



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