ORCHIDACEvE 



P. ventricosa Reichb. f., but in the details of the flower it is very 

 different from that species. 



Marei Parei Spur, Clemens 390, December 1915. 



3. Pholidota gibbosa (Bl.) Z>e Vriese 111. Orch. Ind. Orient. 



Neerl. (1854) t. 5, fig. 1. Chelonanthera gibbosa Bl. Bijdr. (1825) 



383. 



LoBONG Cave, Clemens 127, November 1915. 5000 feet altitude. 

 Flowers white with yellow tips. Kiau, Clemens ^^, November 1915. 3000 

 feet altitude. Flowers cream white; Clemens 83, November 1915. 3000 

 feet altitude; Clemens 92, November 1915. 3000 feet altitude, 



4. Pholidota kinabaluensis Ames sp. nov. Pseudobulbi cy- 

 lindracei, diphylli. Folium lineari-ligulatum, acutum, quinque- 

 nervium, pedunculo longius. Bracteae inflorescentiae deciduae, 

 flores superantes. Sepala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, acuta. Se- 

 palum dorsale simile. Petala cuneato-obovata, ad apicem rotun- 

 data. Labellum simplex, in laminam rotundatam apiculatam 

 dilatatum, ad basim profunde saccatum callosum. Gynostemium 

 arcuatum. Ala terminalis trilobata. 



Pseudobulbs 3.5-4 cm. long, ±1.5 cm. in diameter when dry, 

 cylindraceous, rugose, diphyllous. Leaves ±3.9 dm. long, 1.5 cm. 

 wide, linear, ligulate, acute, much longer than the flower shoot, 

 coriaceous, conspicuously five-nerved, passing gradually into the 

 sulcate petiole. Peduncle erect, stout, concealed belowby several 

 ample, imbricating, acute sheaths. Raceme ±12 cm. long. Flo- 

 ral bracts up to 2 cm. long, 12 mm. wide, soon deciduous but 

 present at anthesis, conduplicate, enfolding and concealing the 

 whitish flowers, cuneate-ovate, acute, nervose. Pedicel and ovary 

 about 6 mm. long, smooth or slightly rough. Lateral sepals 

 7-8 mm. long, about 3.5 mm. wide, elliptic-oblong, rounded, 

 acute, strongly concave, lightly carinate dorsally along the me- 

 dian nerve, five-nerved. Dorsal sepal similar to the laterals, 



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