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crowded together in the terminal buds, giving them a curious 

 tufted appearance. 



Rhododendron cuneifolium var. subspathulatum. 



A much branched twiggy plant, leaves mostly spathulate 

 apices not truncate as in the type ; flower tubular, lobes quite 

 rounded. At 4,500 feet. Flowers red waxy. This might per- 

 haps be distinguished as a separate species, but the materials, 

 comprising but a single flower, are hardly adequate. The type 

 was obtained on Kina Bain by Dr. Haviland. 



Nepenthes tentaculata Hook fil. The only species seen, on the 

 top of a felled tree, at 4,000 feet altitude. Not rare in 

 North Borneo. 



Eria megalopha n. sp. 



Rhizome slender J inch thick covered with short brown 

 sheaths, roots long and wiry. Stems distant -J- to an inch apart 

 slender slightly thickened above, covered with brown short 

 scattered sheaths, 4 to 5 inches tall less than | inch through. 

 Leaves 2, narrow lanceolate acuminate base acute 7 nerved "d~ 

 inch long -J inch wide. Flower orange from a tuft of papery 

 brown sheaths J inch long, above the leaves. Pedicel and 

 ovary very slender § inch long. Upper sepal lanceolate i inch 

 long, lower ones broader subfalcate. Petals linear lorate, nar- 

 rower. Lip -J inch long, base narrow fleshy curved, with a 

 process at base, lateral lobes falcate obtuse broad, terminal one 

 broadly subquadrate margins rounded. Apex broad truncate \ 

 inch across ; two low rounded ridges between the lateral lobes, 

 and a single large thin keel edge denticulate running the whole 

 length of the midlobe and ending in a projecting point, with 

 three short parallel ridges on each side at right angles to cen- 

 tral ridge. Column long arched. At 4,000 feet alt. Flower 

 orange. Allied to E, neglecta Rid!, but differs in its very slender 

 stems, remote from each other, and remarkable lip with an 

 unusually large central keel. 



Calanthe Shelfordi n. sp. 



Leaves nine, petiole 3 inches long tapering into the lan- 

 ceolate acuminate blade 1 foot long, 2 inches across, Ave nerved, 



