ORCHIDACEyE 



tuse and apiculate; spur very short, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, arcuate, 

 dorso-ventrally complanate, truncate at the apex (in every case 

 pierced by an insect). Column about 2.3 cm. long, stout, dilated 

 above, glabrous, plane or concave on the anterior face, angled 

 at the back, broadly rounded at the apex, stigmatic orifice large 

 and conspicuous. 



This plant is very close to Phajus callosus Lindl., but differs 

 markedly in the shape of the lip, the markings of the calli and 

 the spur. 



KiNABALU, Haslam, July- August 1916. 



33. CALANTHE R. Br. 



Nine members of this genus were reported from Borneo, of which 

 three were recorded from Mount Kinabalu. 



I. Calanthe cuneata ^. <§ *S'. sp. nov. Folium ellipticum, acu- 

 minatum, ad petiolum vaginantem angustatum, in sicco mem- 

 branaceum. Pedunculus longus, crassus, folium multo excedens. 

 Rachis pubescens. Bracteae lanceolatae, reflexo-patentes. Flores 

 mediocres, extus pubescentes. Sepala lateralia oblongo-oblan- 

 ceolata, leviter obliqua, acuminata. Sepalum dorsale oblanceo- 

 latum, obtusum vel subacutum, concavum. Petala anguste ob- 

 lanceolata, subacuta. Labellum apici gynostemii adnatum, pro- 

 funde trilobatum ; lobi laterales latissime patentes, oblongi, apice 

 late rotundati; lobus medius cuneatus, retusus, erosus; calcar 

 breve, rectum, extus pubescens. Gynostemium breve, crassum, 

 clavatum, villosum. 



Plant stout. Leaves probably several, about 21.5 cm. long, 

 8 cm. wide, erect-spreading, elliptic, acuminate, narrowed to a 

 sulcate sheathing petiole, membranaceous in the dried specimen, 

 with three to five nerves somewhat prominent beneath. Peduncle 

 stout, much exceeding the leaf, about 85 cm. long including the 



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