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.) 



Malaxis nigrescens (J , J. Sm.) A. & S. differs markedly from 

 M. graciliscaiJa in the form of the lip, while M. obovata (J. J. Sm, ) 

 A. & S. has larger leaves, larger flowers, and broader petals. M. 

 commelimfoUa (Zoll.) O. K. has much shorter leaves, a shorter 

 peduncle, shorter teeth on the lip, and flowers of two colors. 31. 

 bidentifera (J. J. Sm.) A. & S. has much larger leaves, a shorter 

 peduncle, smaller flowers, and different lip. 



Marei Parei Spur, Clemens 2S8, November 1915. Flowers yellow. 



3. Malaxis kinabaluensis (Bolfe) A. 8^ S. comb. nov. Mi- 

 crostylis kinabaluensis Rolfe in Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. 42 

 (1914) 146. 



This species closely resembles Malaxis cordifolia (Rolfe) A. 



& S. in habit, but has longer, less caudate leaves, much shorter 



and broader petals, and a broader terminal lobe to the lip. 



Penibukan Ridge, between the Dahobang and Kinitaki Rivers, Gihhs 

 4-06o, February 1910. 6000 feet altitude. In mossy forest. Flowers orange. 



4. Malaxis multifiora 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 pliiri-alatus. Bracteae inflorescentiae lineares, acu- 



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