ORCHIDACE^ 



tative parts, while showing a general similarity, are extremely 



unlike in appearance and detail. Apparently it is an altogether 



distinct species. 



KiNABALU, Clemens, November-December 1915. Marei Parei Spuii, 

 Clemens ^<S^;? (Type), November 1915. Flower purple. Kiau, Clemens 351, 

 November 1915. Flower purple adhering to fruit. 



8. Appendicula minutiflora^. S^ S. sp. nov. Herba subva- 

 lida. Caules approximati, patentes, vaginis foliorum plus minusve 

 obtecti. Folia numerosa, disticha, rotundato-ovata vel ovato- 

 oblonga, apice late rotundato-bilobulata, basi auriculato-amplec- 

 tentia, laminae inferiores minores vaginis infundibuliformibus 

 articulatae. Inflorescentiae omnino laterales, perbreves. Flores 

 minuti. Sepala lateralia late triangularia, obliquissima, acuta, 

 carinata, basi mentum saccatum formantia. Sepalum dorsale 

 lanceolato-ovatum, obtusum vel subacutum, concavum. Petala 

 ligulata vel oblonga, apice late rotundata. Label lum in positu 

 naturali spathulatum, parte inferiore callo hippocrepiformi 

 contracta, parte anteriore semiorbiculari marginibus undulatis; 

 lamina expansa rotundato-ovalis. Gynostemium crassum, pro 

 flore magnum, rostello triangular! bidentato et pede praeditum. 



Plant rather stout, about 30.5 cm. tall. Roots very numerous, 

 fibrous, densely white lanate, ±.5 mm. thick. Stems approximate, 

 spreading, above entirely concealed by leaf sheaths, striate-sul- 

 cate, about 2.3 mm. broad in the dried specimen. Leaves numer- 

 ous, distichous, about 1.5-2.3 cm. long, 1.2 cm. wide, very vari- 

 able in size (the lowermost very small and the middle blades 

 rather smaller than the lower and upper leaves), round-ovate to 

 ovate-oblong, broadly rounded at the apex which is obtusely bi- 

 lobed with a shorter mucro in the sinus, deeply auriculate-clasp- 

 ing at base, widely spreading, subcoriaceous, mid-nerve and two 

 lateral nerves somewhat prominent above and carinate below; 



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