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thick spur reminds of the form of the lip in S. penang- 

 iannm, miserum, etc. The form of the column and the 

 curious pollinia recalls that of 8. rostellatus, Ridl. 



S. pinifolium, n. sp. 



A dwarf plant 4 inches tall, internodes very short. 

 Leaves crowded erect, sheaths strongly grooved ^ inch 

 long, lamina terete acute 1J inch long -J inch wide. 

 Raceme slender J an inch long 2 or 3 flowered. Bracts 

 very small ovate. Flowers inch long from tip of 

 sepal to spur tip. Sepals, upper one ovate, blunt, laterals 

 broader ovate curved, strongly 3 nerved. Petals narrow- 

 er and shorter linear oblong, slightly dilated towards the 

 tip dull green with red centre. Lip shorter than sepals 

 bright yellow spur short scrotiform, lateral lobes liner 

 subacute erect small, midlobe lias tall acuminate, basal 

 lobes rounded small, callus in spurmouth a small short 

 ridge, on back of spur a short cylindric decurved process. 

 Column rather tall. Anther broad, beak large ovate 

 triangular, pollinia not seen. Rostellar lobes very short. 



Sarawak: Bidi (C. Brookes, comm. J. Hewitt). 



S. strongijloidcs, n. sp. 



Stem elongate ^ inch through. Leaves terete recurv- 

 ed 4-5 inches long ^ inch thick obtuse, sheaths 1 inch 

 long ribbed and closely transversely wrinkled. Raceme 

 5 inches long, flowers distant on pedicels £ inch long. 

 Bracts very small ovate acute. Sepals oblong ovate 

 broad and short, quite blunt. Petals broader almost 

 orbicular ovate. All yellow with red brown centre ¥ % 

 inch long. Lip pale violet, lateral lobes linear obtuse 

 short apex spoon-shaped mid-lobe hastate, narrow, basal 

 lobes broad rounded larger than the side-lobes, tip narrow 

 obtuse crenulate, thin, spur short thick blunt slightly 

 curved forward, tip refuse. In the centre of the mid-lobe 

 near the mouth of the spur is a depression edged by an 

 elevated V shaped ridge in front, in the centre of the 

 depression a thin keel running down to form the spur 



R. A. Soc, No. 50, 1908. 



