ORCHIDACE.E 



outline, provided with a basal pair of auricles; limb ±2 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. broad, three-lobed, furnished at the base under the 

 column with a small transverse callus ; lateral lobes very broadly 

 and obtusely triangular; middle lobe semi- to suborbicular, 

 bilobed, porrect, with a small, oblong, obtuse tooth on either 

 side; auricles about 1.5 mm. long, deltoid, rounded at the apex, 

 directed straight backward or slightly spreading. Column up to 

 1.4 mm. long, stout, two-winged. (Plate 88.) 



Malaocis nigrescens {3 . J. Sm.) A. & S. differs markedly from 



4-065, February 1910. 6000 feet altitude. In mossy forest. Flowers orange. 



4. Malaxis multiflora A. &,S. sp. nov. Herba erecta. Radi- 

 ces fibrosae, flexuosae. Caulis brevis, vaginis foliorum omnino 

 obtectus. Vaginae tubulatae, laxae, inflatae, scariosae. Petiolus 

 vix distinctus. Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 'obliqua, acu- 

 minata, mucronata, basi late rotundata, tenuia, nervis tribus 

 prominentibus. Pedunculus strictus, usque ad racemum nudus, 



angustissime pluri-alatus. Bracteae inflorescentiae lineares, acu- 



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