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falcata, linearia, apiculata, carnosa, basin versus sulcata, 1,5 — 4,5 cm longa, 2,5 — 

 3,5 cm alta. Racemi laterales, erecti, laxiflori, \0 — 20-flori, quam folia vulgo bre- 

 viores v. aequilongi, pedunculus brevis, bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, floi'ibus aequi- 

 longae. Sepalum dorsale late ovatum, brevi-apiculatum, concavum, \ mm longitudine 

 haud aequans, lateralia obliqua, ovata, aequilonga. Petala oblique oblonga, obtuse 

 apiculata, subaequilonga. Labellum late ovali-oblongum v. subrhombeum, utrinque ob- 

 tusangulum, basi gibbo obtuso praeditum, sepalis fere aequimagnum. Gynostemium 

 breve, pes brevi-productus, clinandrium dorso semiorbiculari-ampliatum, altius quam 

 rostellum triangulum apice brevi-excisum, anthera subreniformis, obtusiuscula, pollinia 

 oblique pyriformia, stipiti aequilonga, glandula minuta, rotundata, ovarium brevi-pedi- 

 cellatum, clavatum, brevius quam \ mm. — Flores minutissimi, patuli, pallide virides- 

 centes. — Fl. Decembri. 



Araucarien-Provinz: Neu-Caledonien, Nord-Bezirk. Auf Bäumen in Wäldern 

 der Berge bei Oubatche in 600 m ü. d. M. (Schlechter n. 15 47i!). 



Nota. Gl. Dr. Schlechter corte deceptus icone falsa in Xeniis Orcliidaccis hanc planlulam 

 cum illa P. limenophylax dicta comparat, a qua re vora satis diversa. 



40. P. secunda Lindl. Gen, et Sp. Orch. (1830) 64; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 656; 

 J. J. Smith, Fl. de Buitenz. VI. 500 e. p. — P. micr'otidis Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. III. (1859) 62. — Eria secunda Reichb. f. in Bonplandia V. (1857) 54. — An 

 huc Dendrolirium seeundum Blume, Bijdr. (182 5) 350? — Planta pusilla, caespitifica, 

 radicosa. Folia ad 9 disticha, linearia, obtusa, carnosa, apicem versus attenuata, basi 

 equitantia, saepius curvula, 4 — 5 cm longa, 2 — 4 mm crassa. Racemi (ad 3) foha 

 aequantes v. paulum superantes, pauciflori, rhachis supra leviter fractiflexa, bracteae 

 cymbiformes, ovatae, acuminatae, flores subaequantes, 2,5 mm longae. Sepala ovato- 

 oblonga acutiuscula, lateralia pauHsper longiora et basi obhqua, mentulum vix ita di- 

 cendum efficientia. Petala subobHqua, lineari-lanceolata, acuta. Labellum simplex, sub- 

 rotundum, leviter concavum, basi subpanduratum, obtusum, linea per discum elevatula, 

 margine labelli praesertim basin versus leviter incurvo. Gynostemii pes paulum supra 

 insertionem sepalorum productus. — Flores pallide virides 1,5 — 2 mm diam. sepala 

 1,4 V. 1,6 mm longa. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz; Java. Pantjar (Blume!), Bandoeng (Zollinger 

 n. 317l!); Goeda (Smith). — Sumatra (ex J. J. Smith). — Centromalayische 

 Provinz: Celebes. Tomohon (Sarasin n. 218! u. 808!). 



Nota. An huc ponendum sit Dendrolirium secimdum Blume dubium videtur; est enim 

 illa species diagnosi nimium brevi donata. 



41. P. luzoniensis Rolfe in Arnes Orchidac. I. (1905) 96; Ames, Orchidac. IL 

 (1908) 202. — Gaules caespitosi, brevissimi. Folia (disticha?) linearia, subobtusa, 

 carnosula, 3 — 4 cm longa. Racemi quam folia semilongi, basi vaginulis 1 v. 2 minutis 

 vestiti; bracteae ovato-lanceolata, acuminata quam ovaria cum pedicellis sublongiores, 

 Sepala inter se subaequaUa late ovata, subobtusa. Petala ovata, breviora, subacuta. 

 Labellum subaequilongum, basi saccatum, apice obtusum, triapiculatum. Flores minuti, 

 2 mm diam. 



Provinz der Philippinen: Luzon. Prov. Bataan, Mt. Mariveles am Lamao River 

 (Whitford n. 210). 



Nota. Affinis esse dicitur P. Microtidi Lindl. insularum Malayensium incola, a qua differt 

 racemis brevioribus et forma labelli in illa specle orbiculari. 



42. P. valida Schlechter in K. Schum. et Lauterb. Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 

 Südsee (1905) 193. — Erecta, valida, acaulis. Folia disticha, lineari-ligulata, inaequali- 

 biloba, subcoriacea, carinata, ad 40 cm longa, 2,2 — 2,6 cm lata^ vaginae sese invicem 

 amplectentes, duplicatae, 8 — 12 cm longae. Scapi erecti c. 40 cm alti, vaginulis dissitis 

 acuminatis vestiti; inflorescentia spicata, densa, multiflora, ad 15 cm longa, bracteae 

 lanceolatae, acuminatissimae, flores subaequantes. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, acutum, 

 lateralia aequilonga, brevi-acuminata, basi antice valde ampliata, mentum efficientia. 

 Petala oblique oblonga, obtusa, quam sepalum dorsale paulum minora. Labellum e 



