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* Cryptostylis conspicua J.J. S, n. sp. 



Rhizoma validum, breve, verticale, carnosum, radicibus crassis, villosis. 

 Folia erecta, oblique oblongo-ovata, acute acuminata, basi brevissime in pe- 

 tioluin contracta, curvinervia, costa media supra canaliculata subtus valde 

 prominente, nervis 2 majoribus supra sulcatis subtus prominulis utrinque, 

 venis transversis horizontalibus vel marginem versus vix adscendentibus 

 plerumque continuis laxe reticulato-venosa, nitide atroviridia, venis vix ob- 

 scurioribus, subtus pallida, nitidula, herbacea, c. 14.5— 1Q.5 cm. longa, 6— 8.2 

 cm. lata; petiolus teres, antice canaliculars, nitide atroviolaceus, c. 125 — 

 18 5 cm. longus. Inflorescentia erecta, valida, laxe multiflora, pedunculo tereti, 

 nitide atroviolaceo, inconspicue viridule puncticulato, c. 35 — 41 cm. longo, 

 inferne c. 0.6 cm. diam., vaginulis c. 6 tubulosis acutis inferioribus appro- 

 ximatis ad c. 6 cm. Iongis donato, rachide quaquaverse flexuosa, alte bisulcata, 

 colore pedunculi. Bracteae ovario adpressae, concavae, ovato-subquinquangu- 

 lares, sensim angustatae vel leviter acuminatae, acutae, 5nerviae, dilute virldes, 

 ad c. 2.5 cm. longae, 0.8 cm. latae. Flores pulvinis inserti, majusculi, c. 3.2 

 cm. lati, 3.7 cm. longi, sepalis petalisque marginibus involutis filiformibus, 

 dilute viridibus. Sepalum dorsale deorsum spectans, explanatum sublineare, 

 apice angustatum, apiculatum, 3nervium, c. 1.9 cm. longum, c. 0.3 cm. latum. 

 Sepala lateralia patentissima, paulum decurvula, explanata sublinearia, acuta, 

 apiculata, 3nervia, c. 2.1 cm. longa, bene 0.3 cm. lata. Petala deorsum spectantia, 

 parva, explanata sublinearia, acute acuminata, minute papilloso-ciliolata, lner- 

 via, c. 1 cm. longa, fere 0.2 cm. lata. Labellum erectum, magnum, vix recurvu- 

 lum, convexum, basi medio usque ad infra medium alte cucullatum, cuculla antice 

 visa lineari-oblonga, superne sensim evanescente, dorso late convexo-tricos- 

 tata, semipellucida, cuculla excepta antice velutino-puberulum, 5nervium, nervis 

 exterioribus valde ramosis, majoribus dorso sulcatis, basi pallide virescens, 

 ceterum dilute ochrascens, pilis fusco-purpureis vestitum, venis vix obscuri- 

 oribus, fascia longitudinali fusco-pupurea parce obscurius reticulato-venosa 

 in dimidio superiore, explanatum ovato-triangulum, basi truncatum et brevissime 

 2auriculatum, apice vix acutiuscule acuminatum, c 2.2 cm. longum, 1.3 cm. 

 latum. Gynostemium brevissimum, recurvum, cum ovario angulum rectum 

 faciens, albidum, clinandrio apice lato bilobo, verruculoso, lobis utrinque 

 bilobulis, auriculis dentiformibus lobulo inferiori clinandrii adnatis (an sem- 

 per?). Anthera cucullata, ovata, obtusa, interddm apiculata, basi 21obulata, 

 connectivo convexo-incrassato papilloso flavescenti-albo, c. 0.22 — 0.24 cm. 

 longa, Pollinia 2, bipartita, falcatula, subclavata, obtusa, partibus extus con- 

 vexis, flava, cum glandula orbiculari albida c. 0. 23 cm. longa. Rostellum 

 porrectum, bidentatum. Stigma prominens, oblique peltatum, cum rostello sub- 

 orbiculare et angulum obtusum faciens. Ovarium erectum, apice recurvulum, 

 Osulcatum, dilute viride, c. 1.7 cm. longum. 



Java: Batavia, Krawang, auf dem Goenoeng Boerangrang, am Nord- 

 hang, in 1453 m ü. d. M,, im Urwalde, viele Exemplare. (C. A. BACKER 

 n. 14439, bl. im Juni 1914). Ebenda, Pasir Kohok in 1220 m ü. d. M, 

 im Walde, (R. C. BAKHUIZEN VAN DEN BRINK, bl. im Juni 1920). 



