ORCHIDACEiE 



when expanded elliptic in outline, about 1.8 cm. long, 1 cm. broad 

 across the middle, two fleshy pubescent approximate keels ex- 

 tending from the base to the center of the lip; lateral lobes por- 

 rect, free part about 4.5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at the base, tri- 

 angular-oblong, obtuse ; middle lobe in natural position reflexed, 

 about 8 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, triangular-ovate, narrowed to an 

 acute mucronate apex. Column about 1.1 cm. long, slender but 

 provided on each side from the base to the apex with a conspic- 

 uous wing, very slightly arcuate. Anther pileate, shallowly two- 

 lobed, two-celled, granular roughened. Pollinia two, triangular 

 ovoid. Capsule about 4 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, ellipsoid, with a 

 beak about 1 cm. long. 



A less mature specimen, Clemens 82, has leaves 5-8.5 mm. 

 broad with acute sharply and unequally bilobed apices. Clemens 

 39 is a specimen with very mature flowers. 



Cymbidium acutum Ridl. is a nearly allied species that varies 



in the much shorter leaves, short suberect scape, and differently 



marked lip. 



KiAU, Clemens 39, November 1915. 3000 feet altitude. Flower maroon; 

 Clemens 74- (Type), November 1915. 3000 feet altitude. Flower wine pur- 

 ple with cream colored stripe on lip; Clemens 82, November 1915. 3000 

 feet altitude. Flower dark wine color. 



2. Cymbidium pubescens ZzW/. inBot. Reg. (1840) Misc. 

 75. 



KiNABALU, Haslam, July-August 1916. 



3. Cymbidium sanguinolentum Teijsm. 4- Binn. in Nat. 

 Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 24 (1862) 318. 



These collections show the dorsal sepal and the petals slightly 



narrower and the middle lobe of the lip longer than broad. 



KiAU, Clemens 50, November 1915. 3000 feet altitude. Flowers light 

 vellow with purple stripes; Clemens 51, November 1915. 3000 feet alti- 

 tude. Flowers maroon and yellow. 



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