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N°. Til. GLOBBA PAUCIBRACTEA Val. n. Sp. 
Herba parva, vix semimetralis. Caulis cum inflorescentia 330 mm. 
longus in sicco ochraceus, puberulus. Folia sessilia ovato-lanceolata 
basi acuta vel constricta decurrente, apice sensim acuminata 
acutissima, subtus secus costum sericea, ceterum glabra vel 
glabriuscula, in vivo supra obscure viridia nitentia costa viridi, 
subtus sordide purpurea, costa lata viridi-marginata, 75 x 35— 
90 25, in sicco sordide purpurascentia. Ligula ovata rotundata, 
2 mm. longa, cum vagina apice puberula. 
Racemus nunc subsimplex, 100—130 mm. longus (eum pedun- 
culo), scabriusculus. 
Bracteae pedunculares 1—4 distantes, lineares, acutissimae, 
vaginantes; inferior 30—40 mm. longa, superiores duplo ad 
multiplo breviores, appressae. Bracteae florales parvae distantes 
ovato-lanceolatae deciduae, puberulae, ciliatae, pedunculi secun- 
darii brevissimi nunc biflori, nunc persistentes, 2 summi nunc 
spicati, 15 mm. longi, multiflori, bracteolis imbricantibus, ovatis 
acutis subcarinatis 1—2 mm. longis. 
Flores sessiles, non nisi 2.apicales adsunt. Calyx viridis pu- 
bescens ciliatus, cum ovario glabro 7 longus (in vivo), tridentatus, 
dente anteriore latiore, lateralibus acutis. Corollae tubus 14 mm. 
longus. Lobi 5 mm. longi, valde concavi viridiflavi, decidui. 
Staminodia longa (12 x 2 mm.) lineari-lanceolata, acuta, paten- 
tissima ochracea. Labellum basi bifurcatum, lobis lanceolatis 
acutis, flavum medio viridi-maculatum, macula V-formi. Fila- 
mentum 20 mm., album, latum, connectivum ellipticum flavum, 
calcaria (in alabastro) sat aequalia trigona. 
Distribution: Cultivated in the Bot. Garden a at SOT TT 
sub num. XI B. 145, from Central Borneo, NiguWwENHUIS, | 
coll. N°. 1233. 
This species is very nearly allied to G. deliana, and likawiee | 
finds its place in the synopsis quoted next to G. Hasseltiana. 
Among the new species described by Riper in his survey — 
ae of the Scitamineae of Borneo apron branch hee As. ee a 
; ‘e: Tt is G i propingua Riv. Here the raceme is ‘said to be - ae 
