instructae, striatae et verruculis velutinis parce interposais subretic'ulatae. 

 Folia laneeolata, acute acuminata acumen (15 mm. longum), basi attenuata 

 acuta inaequali, (420X80) crasse chartacea, glabeirima supra grisea, 

 s.ubtus pallide viridi-grisea. Petiolus brevis gracilis 10-12 mm. concavus. 

 Ligula ovata 10 longa Vagina striata et obsolete minute reticulata. 



Inflorescentia lateralis spicato-racemosa cum scapo basi incurvp demum 

 erecto 250 mm. longa. Pars inferior pedunculis squamis semiamplexicauli- 

 bus imbricatis acutis' vestita Squamae aecrescentes X 10 (infima 15 summa 

 35 mm. longa) dorso, sicut squamae basilares, striatae et verruculatae. 

 Internodia glabra. Racemus (pars florifera) 140 mm. longus rachis 3 mm. 

 crassus lin sicco). Flores subdistantes breviter (2—3 mm.) pedicellati, 

 nunc patuli, 



Bracteae parvae (S mm.), membranaceae marcescentes apice rotundatae 

 ciliatae. Bracteola inconspicua in apice pedicelli. Calyx tubulosus sensim 

 dilataius apice subaequaliter 3-dentatus, dentibus trigonis acutis, 17 (in vivo 

 20) mm. longus, dentés 6 mm. longi), basi et apice puberulus. Corollae 

 tubus elongatus, calyce 1/3, demum fere duplo longior (32 mm. long) 

 Petala oblonga apice acuta in exsiccatis scariosa; dorsale paullum longius 

 et latins (15X5). Tubus stamineus supra petalorum insertionem elongatus. 

 in flore juvenili brevis integer, in fiore adulto magis elongatus et antice 

 fissus (cum filamento conrlexens). Labellum parvum usque ad basin bi- 

 partitum petala vix superans. Lobi lineares, erecti, 10 mm. longi 1 mm 

 lati, sibi invicem applicati, in flore juvenili filamento oppositi apice nunc 

 sca'riosi Per anthesin labelli lobi tubo elongato antice fisso convehuntur 

 et separantur, demum marcescentes ad appendicula filifoimia 12 mm. longa 

 filamento dilatato utrinque quasi adnata reducti. Stamen longum et longe 

 exsertum in flcre juvenili labello oppositum et paullo longius. Filamentum 

 longum latissimum cymbiforme, (14 X 7) apice brevi-constrictum, patte 

 constricta tereti 2 mm. longa, ad basin partis constrictae utrinque appen- 

 dicula subulata basi dilatata minuta (2 mm. longa) instaictum ( stamino- 

 dium). Anthera ellipsoidea, thecis contiguis utrinque rotundatis, apice vix di- 

 varicatis, connectivum membranaceum inter thecas paullum productum 

 acutiusculum Ovarium giobosum verruculosum, stylus glaber stamini ae- 

 quilongum. Stigma cylindrico-cupulare, ostio terminali ciliato. Nectaria mi- 

 nuta (1 mm) lobata, carnosa 



Distribution. 



West-Sumatra: East-Coast (Deli). Above Bandar-baroe in forest ± 

 1000 M., common. LÖRZ1NO No. 5912 „Herb, rhizome subterraneous. 

 Leafstems scattered, 2 M. high. Leaves darkgreen above, brightgreen beneath. 

 Inflorescence lateral, scape curved at the base 200 - 300 mm. high. Bracts 

 early marcescent, small. Calyx tubulose, lowerhalf red brown, upperhalf 

 •greenish yellow. Pedicel 6 mm. ovary 6X4 mm. calyx 20 mm. X 4, near 

 the top dilated to 6 mm. Teeth of the calyx 4 and 6 mm. long. Corol 



