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Bracteolae adsunt. Flores graciles. Calyx tubulosus apice dilatatus et breviter 

 spathaceus, lobus lanceolatus acutus subdenticulatus et ciliatus, 50— 55 mm. 

 long., pilosus basi sericeo-pilosus. Coroîlae tubus paulium longior (55 —60), 

 gracilis. Petalum dorsale late ellipticum cuculiatum +25 mm. long, anteriora 

 basi connata patentia. Labeilum lobo mediano lato rotundato ante petala 

 6 mm. projecto, margine crispulo sensim in auricula lata brevia ereeta et 

 convoluta dilatato, explanatum late rotundato-ovatum versus basin attenuatum, 

 32 mm. longum, 16 mm. infra medium, 12 mm. ad apicem latum; album 

 macula semilunari rubra notata. Anthera valde elongata (25 mm.) sessilis 

 labello inde a basi opposita baud tarnen auriculis adnata (sicut in H. elon- 

 gata); thecae totae , fertiles, apice divergentes connective bipartite, lobis 

 magnis rotundatis (3 mm.) supra thecas producto Stylus et stigma glaber. 

 Stigma capitatum parvum subglobosum, dorso gibbosum, ante ostio magno 

 obsemiiunari occupatum. Stylodia semicylindrica tenuia in tubum 6 mm. 

 longum conniventia. 



Distribution. 



Sumatra: Nature reservation Sibolangit, in humid forest 500 M. (LüR- 

 ZING No. 5513, 6. 2. IS. „Infiorescenses numerous crowded, periodically 

 flowering, short peduncled halfcovered in in the soil, obovate-fusiform, 120 

 mm. long, 45 mm. broad. Outerbracts rigid, pale grey with a dark red margin, 

 becoming larger with the innerbracts, therefore top of the spike entirely red. 

 Bracts much appressed, with a rather stiff patent mucro. innerbracts and 

 enclosed parts of the outerbracts white with a brownish membranous marge, 

 mucilaginous. Flower, 1 — 3 open at a time, partly produced above the nar- 

 rowed top of the spike. Calyx spathaceous with an acuminate top. Petals, 

 pink (lakrood, sic). Superior lobe larger, anterior lobes half way united. 

 Labellum oblong-ovate with a wide claw, limb a little dilated, entire, finely 

 crisped, white pale yellow bordered, with a red semilunar patch. Connective 

 emarginate, subbilobed, whitish, thecae yellowish. Capsule smooth"). 



? Philippines. (ELMER no. 10246). 



This species shows relations to //. alliacea conica RIDLEY) which 

 it resembles by the shape of the spike and the character of the bracts and 

 also somewhat by the projecting crisp. The very long anther with bilobed 

 crest and the whole shape of the flowerlimb refer also certainly to the long 

 peduncled species of this group. (H '. elongata etc.). By the, leaves and indû- 

 ment of the bracts it resembles very much a specimen of ELMER. (No. 10246) 

 determinated as H. conica in our Herbarium. 



Horastedüa cyathifera VAL. in Nova-Guinea (1913) 929; Zing. D. N. 

 m ENGL. Jahrb. 52 (1914», 53. (Tab. 12). 



Distribution. 



South- West-N.-Guinea: Alkmaar. (VERSTEEG! n. 1523. Römer! 414), 

 North-East-N.-Guinea: Kami-mts., 1C00 M, (SCHLECHTER ! 17768). 



