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The materials are very scanty, better inatterials might prove to belong 

 to a different species. The anthera-crest however is in both the varieties 

 and in the type crowned with a narrow bi-apicniate crest, by which it 

 differs from all related species. 



var. G. bandarensis. Herba bifoliala vol snbtrifoliata. Folia cnm petiolis 

 et vaginis 700 mm. longa, squamae vaginantes ad 140 mm. longae. Ligu- 

 lae lobi elongati, 15—20 mm, longi, acuminati. Calyx florislSmm longus, 

 stylodia longissima 10 mm. Calyx villosissimus. Inflorescentia densiflora 

 70 mm. longa. Bracteae acuminatae villoso-pilosae, primariae 70 15. "Flores 

 albido-flavi. Labellum in parte superiore unguiculi macula oblonga rubra 

 fugaci notatum." 



Sibulangit, above Bandar 1000 M. in virginal forest Lörzing 1728. This 

 form is much more robust and more hairy than the type and the colour 

 of the flowers is a title different. Also the long acuminate ligula and 

 acuminate bracts seem different. 



■Gastrochilus pulchella, Ridl. 1906, 235. 



Stems several, short, covered with red sheaths, 2 inches tall. Leaves 

 3, ovate to lanceolate acute, base rounded, 3'/2 inches long, 1 '/2-2 inches 

 wide, bright shining green with about 8 pairs of nerves conspicuous above, 

 petiole 1-1 '/a inch long. Spike shorter, acute, several flowered, bracts lan- 

 ceolate acuminate cuspidate red. Flowers opening singly. Corolla tube just 

 projecting, about 1 inch long, lobes linear oblong obtuse white. Staminodes 

 rounded oblong yellowish shorter than the stamen. Lip '/2 inch long, entire, 

 sides elevated, saccate, white, a bifurcate central bar and the broad and 

 rounded tip cherry crimson. Filament short, anther oblong not crested, 

 pubescent. 



"Sarawak Bidi, Jambusan Caves. In wet woods. Flowering September 

 to January. 



This resembles G. pulcherrinia, Wall, of Burma, but differs in its 

 smaller size, short stem, leaves and spike, the lip is beautifully coloured 

 with its crimson red tip behind which is a white spot surrounded by the arms 

 of a redy of which the stem runs to the lip base." (Ridley, non vidi.) 



Gastrochilus apiculatum Val. (Tab. nostra 11.) 



Herba parva. Rhizoma teres tenue, longum, repens apice ascendens 

 Caulis erectus dense foliatus, vaginis alternis crassis glabris inclusum. Folia 

 numerosa (nunc 10) obcuneato-elliptica apice suhahrupie apiciilo acutissimo 

 tenninata, bas! cuneato-attenuata supra glabra subtus parce appresse pilosa 

 imprimis ad costam. Petiolus gracilis haud longus; vagina petiolo duplo 

 longior in sicco valde coriacea glabra an glabrescens? Ligula biloba lobis 

 longissimis linearibus (in sicco fere capillaribus), hirtellis. 



Inflorescentia breviter spicata terminalis, vaginae folii pen.ultimi subin- 



