ORCHIDACE^ 



ens 80 and 233. Clemens 231 shows a smaller oblong-elliptic leaf 



and a scape very slightly longer than the petiole. 



Coelogyne amplissivia is closely allied to C. sulphurea Reichb. 



f., but is clearly distinguishable by its oblong, truncated leaves, 



larger flowers, and truncate column wing. 



KiAu, Clemens 80 (Type), November 1915. 3000 feet altitude. Flower 

 salmon with a band of brown above. Marei Parei Spur, Clemens '231^ 

 November 1915. Flower green tinged with cream ; Clemens 233, November 

 1915. Flower green with purple under lip. 



2. Coelogyne Clemensii A. &, S. sp. nov. Herba robusta. 

 Radices crassae. Pseudobulbi pyriformes vel cylindracei, mono- 

 phylli. Folium lineari-oblongum vel oblongum, ad apicem basim- 

 que sensim angustatum, erectum, rigidum, valde plicatum. Peti- 

 olus longus, canaliculatus. Inflorescentia heterantha, perbrevis, 

 e basi decumbenti suberecta, ad rachidem vaginis imbricantibus 

 plus minusve obtecta. Rachis arcuata. Bracteae inflorescentiae 

 persistentes, ovatae vel obovato-oblongae, convolutae. Flores 

 simultanei, subcarnosi. Sepala lateraHa elliptico-oblonga, valde 

 cymbiformia, apice cucullato complicato-mucronata. Sepalum 

 dorsale simile, apice rotundatum. Petala anguste elliptica, acuta. 

 Labellum in positu naturali gynostemium amplectens et ad me- 

 dium convolutum, deinde sensim dilatatum; expansum ovale, 

 indistincte trilobatum ; lobi laterales longitudinal iter semiorbic- 

 ulares, apice rotundati; lobus medius suborbicularis, plica magna 

 utrinque praeditus; carinae tres humiles e basi labelli fere ad 

 apicem decurrunt. Gynostemium gracile, rectum, apice ala lata 

 truncata instructum. 



Plant stout. Rhizome woody. Roots numerous, stout, long, 

 fibrous, flexuous, ±1.5 mm. in diameter. Pseudobulbs 4-5 cm. 

 long, slender pyriform to cylindric, more or less oblique, mono- 

 phyllous, striate-sulcate in the dried specimen. Leaf about 



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