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311; Hooker f. Fl. Br. Ind. 5: 835; Veitch Man. Orcb. PL pt. 

 6, 31; Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 31: 287 (1896), and 32: 326 

 (1896); Journ. des Orch. 7: 215 (1896) ; Ridley Journ. Bot. 36: 

 214 (1898). — C. Lowii Paxton Mag. Bot. 16 : 225, fig., cum ic. 

 (September, 1849); Planchon Fl. des Serres 6: 236-237, fig. 

 (1850-51); Allg. Gartenz. 18: 6 (1850); Josst Beschr. & Cult. 

 Orch. 5(5 ; Linden Pescatorea t. 7. — Pleione asperata Kuntze 

 Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 680 (1891). 



" Racemis pendulis dense multifloris subpubescentibus, bracteis 

 subrotundo-ovatis concavis duris siccis, floi^ibus (maximis) resupi- 

 natis, sepalis lanceolatis carinatis, fetalis conformibus angustio- 

 ribus ecarinatis, labelli cucullati lobis lateralibus erectis ovatis 

 obtusis intermedio oblongo obtuso crispo : disco dense verrucoso 

 costis 3 insequalibus kevibus pone basin." — Lindley, Journ. Hort. 

 Soc. /. c. 



Pseudobidbs 9-12 cm. long, oblong, tapering from the base up- 

 wards. Leaves including the petioles ± 9 dm. long, 8.5 cm. wide, 

 oblanceolate, acute, with about five prominent rib-like nerves. 

 Sheathing bracts subtending the scape imbricating, ± 6 cm. long, 

 acute. Floral bracts glumaceous, 2.5 cm. long, triangular at 

 the tip. Ovary and pedicel longer than the bract. Flowers 

 numerous, in a loose raceme. Lateral sejmls oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, carinate on the median line outside, 3.1 cm. long, 8—9 mm. 

 wide. Petals linear-lanceolate, acute, 3.1 cm. long, 6 mm. wide. 

 Labellum 3-lobed ; disc tuberculate-crested, brownish ; lateral 

 lobes 6 mm. long to base of middle lobe, about 5 mm. wide, 

 obtuse, whitish, prettily stained with irregular brownish streaks 

 along the nerves ; middle lobe 14 mm. long, oblong, or somewhat 

 roundish, margin plaited ; from the base of the lip 3 nerves pro- 

 ceed, which become asperate or tuberculate. 



Epiphyte on trees, alt. 150 ft., Causuran, Prov. Surigao, Min- 

 danao, April 12, 1906, F. K Bolster (no. 294). 

 Borneo, New Guinea, Sumatra, Perak. 



