ORCHIDACEiE 



racemes which are less than 3 cm. in length. This form as well as 



the type is figured in the plate. (Plate 90.) 



LoBONG Cave, Clemens 104- B (Type), November 1915. 5000 feet alti- 

 tude. Marki Parei Spur, Clemens 275 A, November 1915. 



21. LIPARIS L. C. Rich. 



Twenty-two members of this genus have previously been re- 

 corded from Borneo of which four are found on Mount Kina- 

 balu. Five new species are described below. 



1. Liparis (§ Distichae) disticha ( Thou.) Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 



(1825) sub t. 882. Malaxis disticha Thou. Hist. PI. Orch. (1822) 



t. 89. 



Gurulau, above Kiau Ridge, Gibbs 4-014', February 1910. 5000 feet al- 

 titude. Epiphytic in primary forest. Flowers reddish. 



2. Liparis (§ MoUifoliae) grandis A. &^ S. sp. nov. Herba 

 robusta. Rhizoma lignosum. Radices fibrosae, striato-sulcatae, 

 rigidae. Pseudobulbi monophylli, parvi, inconspicui. Folium 

 majus, elliptico-lanceolatum vel anguste oblanceolatum, acumi- 

 natum, ad basim longe angustatum, subcoriaceum, nervis cir- 

 citer quinque subtus prominentibus. Petiolus longus, condupli- 

 catus, in laminam folii transeuns. Pedunculus basi folii approxi- 

 matus, folium superans, e basi breviter decumbenti erectus, 

 teres, basi vaginis nonnuUis imbricantibus et bracteis lanceolatis 

 remotis subadpressis usque ad inflorescentiam praeditus. Rachis 

 levissime arcuata. Bracteae inflorescentiae anguste lanceolatae, 

 acuminatae. Racemus laxissimus. Pedicellus filiformis. Perianth- 

 ium in sicco pellucidum. Sepala lateralia linearia, apice cucullato 

 obtusa. Sepalum dorsale paulo angustius. Petala anguste line- 

 aria, obtusa. Labellum e basi cuneata in laminam suborbicu- 

 larem vel interdum late ellipticam dilatatum, subito conspicue 

 mucronatum, marginibus anterioribus eroso-crenulatis, ad basim 



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