ORCHIDACE^ 



1. Goodyera kinabaluensis Rolfe in Gibbs in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. 42 (1914) 159. 



GuEULAU Spur, above Kiau Ridge, Gibhs 3997, 4-003, February 1910. In 

 primary forest, 5000-5500 feet altitude. 



2. Goodyera rostellata A. S^ S. sp. nov. Herba terrestris, 

 parva, suberecta vel deflexa. Rhizoma decumbens, glabrum. Fo- 

 lia lanceolata, acuminata, ad basim rotundata, paulo obliqua, 

 supra valde reticulata. Caulis vaginis paucis in parte superiore 

 ornatus. Spica subdensa, multiflora, subsecunda, glanduloso- 

 pubescens. Bracteae ovaria excedentes, ad basim latae, subito 

 longe acuminatae, marginibus inferioribus eroso-ciliatis. Peri- 

 anthium connivens. Sepala concava, late obtusa, uninervia. Se- 

 pala lateralia ovata. Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ovatum. Petala 

 cuneato-spathulata, apice subcarnoso rotundata et retusa, mem- 

 branacea. Labellum saccatum, suborbiculare, pilis multis longis 

 intus praeditum, ad apicem in laminam parv^am deltoideam 

 abrupte constrictum. Gynostemium parvum, rostelli brachiis 

 binis conspicuis lanceolato-acuminatis ornatum. Anthera e basi 

 cordata ad apicem angustata. 



Khizome decumbent, glabrous, about 1.75 mm. thick, with 

 short unbranched roots. Plant small, ±12.5 cm. tall, suberect or 

 deflexed. Leaves two or three, about 5 cm. long, 1.75 cm. or more 

 broad, above closely reticulated with white, below with a slight 

 coppery tint, lanceolate, acuminate, with a slightly oblique, 

 rounded or subcordate base, mid-vein prominently carinate be- 

 neath. Stem clothed above with about four sheaths, the lower- 

 most like a small deltoid leaf. Spike 5-6 cm. long, rather densely 

 many-flowered, subsecund, closely pubescent and apparently 

 glandular throughout. Bracts about 7.5 mm. long, when mature 

 exceeding the ovaries and clasping them at the base, below broad, 

 abruptly long acuminate, deeply cellular-ciliate below, one- 



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