ORCHIDACE^ 



KiNABAi.r, Haviland. 10,500 feet altitude. Kamborangah, Clemens ^09f 

 November 1915. 8000-10,000 feet altitude. Flower brown. 



II. Dendrochilum Haslamii A?nes sp. nov. Herba parvula. 

 Pseudobulbi subfusiformes, monophylli. Folium lineari-lanceo- 

 latum, obtusum, pedunculo brevius. Racemus elongatus, gra- 

 cilis, multiflorus, arcuatus. Bracteae inflorescentiae concavae, 

 acutae, subpatentes. Floras minuti. Ovarium globosum, minu- 

 tum. Sepala lateralia valde reflexa, oblongo-ovata, acuta, subtus 

 carinata. Petala porrecta. Labellum carnosum, in lobos diver- 

 gentes productum, mucronatum. Callus hippocrepiformis in 

 disco labelli. Gynostemium minutum. Stelidia basilaria, linearia. 

 Ala apicalis obtusa, Integra. 



A diminutive species, less than 1 dm. tall from base of pseudo- 

 bulb to tip of raceme, allied to D. kinabaluense Rolfe and 

 D. quinquelobum Ames. Pseudobulbs 1-2 cm. long, slender, sub- 

 fiisiform, clothed with closely appressed sheaths, monophyllous. 

 Leaf 4.5-6 cm. long, ±4 mm. wide, shorter than the scape, hardly 

 petioled, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, with a prominent 

 mid-nerve. Peduncle 5-9 cm. long to the tip of the raceme, 

 curved. Raceme up to 7 cm. long, very slender, about twenty-five- 

 flowered. Bracts persistent, somewhat shorter than the pedicel 

 and ovary, strongly concave, acute, more or less spreading. Pedi- 

 cel and ovary 3 mm. long, comparatively stout (the ovary rotund, 

 .5 mm. long). Sepals strongly reflexed, equal and similar, oblong- 

 ovate, strongly concave, lightly carinate along the median nerve 

 externally, 1.75 mm. long. Petals 1.5 mm. long, only slightly 

 spreading, directed forward, similar to the sepals but rather more 

 ovate, strongly concave. Labellum four-lobed,apiculate, deep yel- 

 low, 2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide from tip to tip of the divaricate ter- 

 minal pair of lateral lobes ; disc rounded below the middle, about 

 1.5 mm. wide, above the middle produced into the large, ovate- 



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