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lenticulate, free points distinct, lanceolate, acuminate, curved 

 "outwards, ridges elevate 2, short, dark-coloured, rising from 

 the base to near the middle, midlobe o\ate, acuminate, 

 acute denticulate. Column short, thick, straight, apex 

 hooded, hood tall, oblong toothed. Stelidia short from 

 near the stigma, broad, acuminate, upcurved. 



At 6,600 feet. Remarkable for its fleshy flowers. 



135. Platyclinis graminea sp. nov. 



Rhizome woody, stout, 4 mm. through, pseudo-bulbs 

 elongate conic, cylindric, 3 cm. long, 4 mm. through at the 

 base. Leaf long, lanceolate, acuminate, long-narrowed to the 

 base, thin, grassy, membranceous, subacute, mucronulate, 

 nerves 2 pairs, fine; midrib conspicuous, 16 cm. long, 1.5 

 cm. wide; petiole 7 mm. long. Scape enclosed with the 

 petiole in a narrow tubular sheath at the base, 6.5 cm. long, 

 slender, 30 cm. long, lower half nude. Flowers numerous, 

 small. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, much longer than 

 the ovary and pedicel, 2 mm. long. Sepals lanceolate 

 acuminate, narrow, acute, i-nerved, 4 mm. long, i mm. across, 

 at base. Petals f as long. Lip very narrow; nearly entire, 

 lanceolate, acute with 2 thin raised keels at the base, side 

 lobes indistinctly marked; free points minute. Column 

 straight. Stelidia from near the stigma broad-based, apices, 

 acuminate, acute, shorter than the column. Clinandrium, 

 hood ovate 2-3, toothed at the tip. Anther ovoid, pyriform- 

 acute. 



ft At 5,500 and 6,000 feet. 



^^K Allied to P. linearis, Ridl. but smaller, with a different lip. 



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136. COELOGYNE RADICOSUS Sp. UOV. 



Rhizome stout, woody, branched, with numerous long. 



thick, wiry roots, 4 mm. in diameter. Pseudo-bulbs narrow, 

 ,_ cylindric, 6 cm. long, 4 mm. through when dry, 2 cm. apart. 

 \m Leaves 2, coriaceous, lanceolate, acute, narrowed to a stout 

 ' petiole, 9 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, 5 nerved, petiole i cm. 



long. Scape from between the leaves, 11-13 cm. long, 



slender, erect, peduncle about as long as the raceme, flattened ; 



slightly ancipitous. Raceme fiexuous, few flowered. 



Bracts caducous, the lower one lanceolate, acuminate 1.5 cm. 



tlong. Pedicel 3 mm. long. Sepals linear, oblong, obtuse, 12, 

 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 6-nerved. Petals as long, linear, 

 filiform, very narrow. Lip shorter, lateral lobes curved, apicis 

 lanceolate, as long as the column ; midlobe longer, flabellale, 

 rounded, 2 semi-elliptic, thin, flat keels on the disc. Column 

 rather short, hardly curved ; margin of clinandrium large, 

 ovate, obtuse, entire. Rostellum large, rounded. 



At 6,600 feet. A single specimen. 



