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* var. succedanea J. J. S. n. var. 



Tuber oblique depresso-globosum, albidum, c. 1.5 cm. longum, 0.2 

 cm. latum, radicibus brevibus patentissimis pilosis ad c. 0.9 cm. longis. 

 Caulis hypogaeus teres, albus, verrucis pilosis donatus, c. 3 cm. longus, 

 initio succédanée 2—3 inflorescentias deinde folium unicum et e parte 

 foliifera stolonem elongatum album superne incrassatum fasciculis pilorum 

 et vaginis teneris donatum c. 12 cm. longum gignens. Folium reniforme, 

 7angulatum, basi altius "cordatum, lobis basilaribus rotundatis sinu acuto 

 sejunctis, viride, c. 4 cm., cum lobis basilaribus 5.5 cm. longum, 5,85 cm. 

 latum; petiolus canaliculars. 7angulatus, viridis, costis sordide purpureus, 

 c, 2.1 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae lflorae, pedunculo dilute viridi, purpureo- 

 punctato, c. 6.8 cm. longo, vaginulis 2 majusculis tubulosis angulatis pur- 

 purço-punctatis ad c. 3.2 cm. longis donato, internodio ultimo sub fructu 

 elongato, ad c. 13 cm. longo. Bractea erecta, pedicellum amplectens, 

 oblongo-triangula, 2dentata (an semper?), concava, viridis, longitudinaliter 

 interrupte purpureo-striolata, c. 0.6 cm. longa. Flos nutans, subhorizontalis, 

 mediocris, leviter suaveolens, sepalis petalisque pallide viridibus, seriatim 

 purpureo-punctatis. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, acutiusculum, concavum, 

 c. 1.95 cm. longum, 0.45 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia suboblique lanceolata, 

 acuta, concava, c. 1.85 cm. longa, 0.35 cm, lata. Petala lanceolata, acuta, 

 leviter concava, c. 1.65 cm. longa, 0.3 cm. lata. Labellum 31obum, lobis 

 lateralibus incurvis gynostemium arete amplectens et supra basin paulo 

 constrictum, intus costis 2 longitudinalibus parallelis basi inconspicuis prae- 

 sertim inter lobos laterales puberulis in lobo medio in costam longitudi- 

 nalem convexam apicem attingentem confluentibus, subtus longitudinaliter 

 sulcatum, explanatum c. 1.6 cm, usque ad apicem loborum lateralium 

 0.75 cm. longum, ad lobos laterales 0.63 cm. latum; lobi laterales 

 gynostemium vix superantes, hypochylium subquadrangulum formantes, 

 ||ft nonnullis maculis pallidissime purpureis notati, apice libero bre- 

 viusculo, porrecto, oblique triangulo, acutiusculo, fascia longitudinali 

 dilute viridi inter lobos laterales; lobus intermedius porrectus, apice 

 vix recurvulus, marginibus lateralibus superne incurvulis, cuneato-obovatus, 

 obtusissimus, minutissime papilloso-ciliolatus, albus, laete purpureo-macu- 

 latus, c. 0.95 cm. longus, 0.575 cm. latus. Gynostemium clavatum, 

 leviter undatum, subtus infra stigma puberulum, album, basi leviter 

 virescenti-suffusum, apice parce pallide purpuree maculatum, c. 0.775 cm. 

 longum, clinandrio alte excavato, filamento subulato. Anthera magna, 

 oblique subcubica, alba, c. 0.225 cm. lata. Pollinia angusta, dilute flava. 

 Stigma margine inferiore rotundatum. Ovarium obeonicum, ôsulcatum, 

 viride, sordide purpureo-punctatum, gynostemio crassius, c. 0.5 cm. longum; 

 pedicellus tenuis, c 0.25 cm. longus. Capsula nutans, flore marcido coronata, 

 rimis 6 in valvas basi apiceque connatas dehiscens, c.1.5 cm. longa. 



Java: Priangan, Bandjar. (C. A. BACKER, leb. Pfl. kult. in Hort, 

 I J. Smith, Mai 191 1), 



