ORCHIDACEiE 



8. KUHLHASSELTIA J. J, Sm. 



The genus Kuhlhasseltia is at present a small one with repre- 

 sentatives in Java, the Phihppine Islands, Ambon, and Borneo. 



I. Kuhlhasseltia kinabaluensis A.S^S. sp. nov, Herba ter- 

 restris, gracilis, e basi longa decumbenti erecta. Folia plus mi- 

 nusve tria, scapi basim versus approximata, ovata, acuminata, ad 

 basim rotundata,marginibusplus minusve undulatis. Pedunculus 

 basim versus glabratus, in parte superiore densissime albo-pubes- 

 cens, vaginis circiter sex praeditus. Vaginae tubulares, apicibus 

 longe acuminatis. Inflorescentia subdensa, plus minusve erecta, 

 rachide densissime albo-pubescenti. Bracteae ovaria torta prae- 

 cedentes, ovaria ad basim vaginantes, in apicem subulatum longe 

 attenuatae,marginibus irregulariter ciliatis, uninerviae, carinatae. 

 Flores plus minusve undecim. Sepala lateralia lanceolata, paulo 

 obliqua, obtusa, uninervia. Sepalum dorsale deltoideo-lanceola- 

 tum, obtusum, uninervium. Petala lanceolata paulo sub medio 

 subito angustata, obtusa, uninervia. Labellum in circuitu ob- 

 longum, e basi profunde sulcata in unguem fere conduplicatum 

 protensum, subito in laminam extensum; lamina reniformis, 

 emarginata, marginibus plus minusve undulatis et erosis; un- 

 guis extensus orbicularis, ad basim callis duobus rotundatis. 

 Gynostemium breve, rostello bifido ornatum, atque parte ante- 

 riore tuberculo conspicuo praeditum. 



Plant about 24 cm. tall, slender, erect, with a long decumbent 

 freely rooting base. Leaves of the season two or more, approxi- 

 mate near the base of the scape, about 2 cm. long, 1.2-1.5 cm. 

 wide, ovate, gently acuminate, rounded at the base, separated 

 from the sheath by an almost imperceptible isthmus, thin, 

 more or less undulate on the margins. Peduncle glabrate below, 

 very closely white pubescent above, provided with about six 



sheaths from the base to the inflorescence. Sheaths ±1.5 cm. 



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