ORCHIDACE.E 



Bornean species in habit, hence referred to it with a Uttle uncer- 

 tainty. The withered segments remain at the apex of some of the 

 fruits, but the hp is missing." 



KouNG, Gibbs 4^01, February 1910. 1000 feet altitude in secondary 

 forest. 



30. BROMHEADIA Lindl 



Five species of this genus have previously been found in Borneo, 



one of which is a native of Mount Kinabalu. 



I. Bromheadia divaricata A. S^ S. sp. nov. Herba valida. 

 Caules complanati, vaginis fohorum omnino obtecti. FoHa dis- 

 ticha, patentia, eUiptica vel oblonga, crasse coriacea, nitentia. In- 

 florescentia terminahs, ramosissima, latissime divaricata. Racemi 

 numerosi, arcuati. Bracteae minimae, distichae, rigidae, dense 

 imbricantes, cymbiformes. Flores magni, spectabiles. Sepala lat- 

 eraha oblonga, acuta, subobliqua, apice valde carinata. Sepalum 

 dorsale persimile. Petala oblanceolato-oblonga, tenuiora, acuta. 

 Labellum in circuitu lanceolato-oblongum, trilobatum; hypo- 

 chilium ellipticum, zona media lata incrassata, lobulis parvis 

 triangularibus terminans; epichilium obovato-oblongum, parte 

 anteriore suborbiculari papilloso-incrassata retusa. Gynostemium 

 crassum. 



Plant very stout, apparently tall. Stems complanate, entirely 

 concealed by the leaf sheaths, sheathed stems ±8.5 mm. broad. 

 Sheaths coriaceous, strongly striate-nervose and more or less 

 rugose in the dried specimen. Leaves about 10—12 cm. long, 

 2.5—4 cm. broad, elliptic to oblong or occasionally lance-oblong, 

 obtuse with unequal broadly rounded lobules, slightly decurrent 

 at the rounded deeply clasping base, distichous, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, very thick and coriaceous, more or less rugose and appar- 

 ently very fleshy in the living plant, shining especially above, 



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