ORCHIDACE.E 



size of the yellow flowers, and in the more prominent anterior 

 chin on the column. 



IVIarei Pakei Spur, Clemens 398, December 1915. Flower yellow. 



9. ANOECTOCHILUS BL 



Previously but one species of this interesting genus was reported 

 as Bornean. Anoectochilus spicatus Miq. from Dutch Borneo is 

 apparently endemic. 



I. Anoectochilus Reinwardtii BL Fl. Jav. nov. ser. 1 (1858) 

 40, t. 12, f. 2, t. 12 b, f. 14-29. 



In Clemens 263 the fringes of the lip are somewhat fewer 



than the normal number, which is variable. 



Marei Parei Spur, Clemens 263, November 1915. Flowers purplish; 

 Clemens I/JO, December 1915. Flowers cream color. Kiau, Clemens 164^ 

 November 1915. 3000 feet altitude. Flowers purple. 



10. VRYDAGZYNEA BL 



This genus is represented in Borneo by three endemic species, 

 V. Beccarii Schltr., V. elata Schltr., and the following: 



I. Vrydagzynea grandis A. S^ S. sp. nov. Herba terrestris. 

 Rhizoma crassum, longe repens, glabrum, in nodos divisum. Ra- 

 dices paucae, e nodis orientes, densissime brunneo-lanuginosae, 

 plus minusve simphces. Caulis foUis paucis, approximatis fere in 

 medio ornatus. Folia ovata,abruptius acuta, ad petiolum cuneato- 

 angustata, chartacea, nervo in medio subtus carinata, folia infima 

 atque suprema minora. Petioli breves, in vaginas laxas tubular- 

 esque exeuntes. Spica densissima, crasso-cylindracea. Bracteae 

 lineari-oblongae, prope apicem subito angustatae, sulcatae. Peri- 

 anthium connivens. Sepala persimilia, lanceolata, late obtusa, 

 parte superiore carnosa. Petala sepahs similia,tenuiora. Labellum 

 calcaratum ; lamina in positu naturali deltoidea, extensa lingui- 

 formis, papillosa, prope basim breviter bilamellata ; calcar cylin- 



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