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penduli angusti tuberculati intiis pallide flavescentes. Folia plane viridia, 

 laminae basi acuta, P. 2.5.-3,25. Ligula glabra, ciliata. Inflorescentia magna 

 densa, bracteis 50 vel pluribus, longe pedunculata, habitu C. euchromae. 

 Bracteae comae lanceolatae valde acutae vix distincte mucronatae, purpureae 

 infra medium pallidiores, intermediae viridi- et albidostriatae, florales pallide 

 virides (91) basi albidae, late ovatae, valde acutae patentes, subcanaliformes 

 et subrecurvae, pursis dimidium bractearum baud superantibus plerisque bre- 

 vioribus, latis baud valde convexis. 



Flores iis C. euchromae sat similes sed minores et pallidiores, labelli 

 lobo mediano citrino, corollae lobis insigniter minoribus, staminodiis 

 longioribus, angustioribus. 



Bulb round 45 X 45 or smaller, or cylindrical, vertical, densely 

 annulated. Primary and secundary rhizome branches growing horizontally and 

 vertically, short, cylindrical, often swollen in the middle or clavate, 50 — 60 X 20, 

 consisting of 9 — 11 internodes, falcate, resembling long maggots, shining 

 lightbrown, appressed setose. The edges of the internodes, with small thorn- 

 like appressed processus. Internally the bulb and rhizomes are sordid 

 lemon-yellow,, 236 — 241 — 266. Young rhizomes externally yellowish white, 

 pointed, internally pure lemon-yellow (211). Roottubers slender, 50 X 12, 

 Internally very pale yellowish. 



Leaves rather broadly lanceolate, e. g. 500 X 200 + 200 -f- 400, 575 X 1 75, 

 500 X 180, 650 X 200; average P. 2.5—3.5.; all quite green. Flowering 

 stem 600 mm. high, peduncle 13 mm. thick. 



Comabracts rather numerous (8), acutely lanceolate, with an almost 

 obsolete mucro, upperhalf redviolet, 556, almost white at the base, with 

 very short pouches, 75 X 20 mm., (pouches 15). Intermedial bracts palegreen 

 with violet stripes 55X 26 (pouch 25.) Mean bracts pale yellow-green 

 (291), 45 — 50X28— 25, pouches 20 — 24. The shape of the mean bracts 

 is broadly ovate like those of P. euchroma more acute at the top. The 

 sterile inferior bract is widely trigonous, 40 X 40 and 50 X 35. No peduncular 

 leaf. 



The flowers resemble those of C. euchroma but are distinct by the longer 

 calyx (13 mm. in a flower of 50 mm.) with truncate lobes, the bracteoles 

 25 — 30 mm. long. Tube with the ring 20, faux 15X25. Side petals ovate 

 oblong rounded, small. (13X9)- Dorsal petal 15X12, broad, cucullate 

 with a large hairy rostellum. Staminodes cream-yellow, 221, very obliquely 

 elliptic oblong, obtuse, 15X8. Lip with a prominent endlobe and broad 

 semiorbicular sidelobes 20X18, central bar sulfureous, orange-yellow in 

 the bud, 156. 



Distribution: 



I received of this species flower-bearing specimens from the teak-forest 

 of Randublatung, the species is undoubtedly much related to C. soloensis, 



