ORCHIDACE.E 



variations from the type. Clcmcm 31 shows plants 28-34 cm. high, 



with leaves up to 13.3 cm. long and 2.1 cm. broad ; Clemens 315 



presents only the lateral branches of the plant, with shorter leaves 



than the type, as well as a rather short spur. Both collections 



show slightly longer lateral lobes of the lip. 



GuRULAU Spur, above Kiau, Gihbs 3993, February 1910. 5500 feet al- 

 titude, in high forest jungle. Epiphyte, with brown ^owera; Clemeyis 315, 

 November 1915. Flower brown, petals mottled, column yellow. Kiau, 

 Clemens 31, November 1915. 3000 feet altitude. Flower pinkish and yel- 

 lowish brown. 



2. Trichoglottis magnicallosa A. <§ S.sp. nov. Herba va- 

 lida. Radices in visu paucae, crassae, rigidae, lignosae. Caulis 

 suberectus, vaginis coriaceis foliorum pro parte obtectus. Folia 

 disticha, late patentia, oblongo-elliptica (raro oblonga), apice 

 oblique bilobata et mucronata, basi complicata, coriacea. Inflo- 

 rescentiae numerosae, in visu uni- vel triflorae. Flores magni, 

 spectabiles. Perianthium late patens, crassius. Sepala oblanceo- 

 lata, apice latissime rotundata. Petala cuneato-spathulata, apice 

 latissime rotundata. Labellum multo minus, trilobatum ; lobi 

 laterales parvi patentes, lineares, apice rotundati, crassi ; lobus 

 medius linearis, valde pubescens, apice obscure emarginatus, callo 

 permagno convexo e basi ad ultra medium praeditus ; lamella 

 ovata pubescens in basi concava stat. Gynostemium breve, eras- 

 sum. 



Plant robust, about 50-69 cm. high. Roots puncturing the 

 lower leaf sheaths, very stout and rigid, longitudinally sulcate, 

 woody, about 3 mm. thick. Stem suberect or gently arcuate, 

 zigzag, about 4.5-5.5 mm. thick, partly concealed by the tubu- 

 lar, coriaceous, striate-nervose leaf sheaths. Leaves distichous, 

 horizontally spreading, up to 24 cm. long and 4.5 cm. wide, but 

 averaging about 13.5 cm. long, 3.7 cm. broad, oblong-elliptic 

 or more rarely oblong, terminating in rounded lobules that are 



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