ORCHIDACE^ 



in natural position 3.5-4 mm. long, strongly arcuate, thickened 

 at the base, pro vided above with a rounded membranaceous wing. 



This species has several allies. The plant is taller, the leaves are 

 longer and narrower, with longer petioles and lip than Lipcuns 

 matuanensis J. J. Sm. L. tyicallosa Reichb. f. has several shorter 

 leaves, an obtuse instead of sharply mucronate lip and a suberect 

 column. Unlike L. acaulis Schltr., the scape of this species ex- 

 ceeds the leaf and the flower has a different callus. The Philippine 

 L. jarensis Ames^ is particularly closely allied, but it has slender 

 scapes much shorter than the leaves and slightly smaller flowers. 



The tall stout scapes of this plant with the many-flowered 

 lax racemes of large flowers and the mucronate lip are charac- 

 teristic marks. 



KiNABALU, Haslam, July- August 1916. 



3. Liparis (§ Molhfohae) kamborangensis A. d^ *S. sp. iiov. 

 Herba humilis, erecta. Pseudobulbi parvi, pyriformes, approxi- 

 mate Folium singulum, ovatum, acuminatum, petiolo longe 

 vaginanti praeditum. Pedunculus leviter flexuosus vel suberec- 

 tus. Bracteae inflorescentiae anguste lanceolatae, obtusae, sul- 

 catae, carinatae. Sepala lateralia lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, 

 apice minute cucuUata. Sepalum dorsale persimile. Petala line- 

 aria, obtusa, circinnata. Labellum cuneato-subquadratum, parte 

 apicali leviter triangulari, conspicue apiculatum, margine ante- 

 riore utrinque dentibus septem subulatis irregularibus praedi- 

 tum, prope basim callis duobus subparallelis instructum. Gyno- 

 stemium arcuatum,e basi lata ad partem superiorem angustatum. 



Plant small, stout, strict, up to 16.5 cm. or more tall. Roots 

 fibrous, apparently few and unbranched, closely white lanate. 

 Pseudobulbs approximate, +8 mm. tall, pyriform, oblique. Leaf 

 about 4 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, spreading, broadly ovate, acu- 



1 For description cf. page 293. 



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