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11th January, 23* 
Dear Dr, Smith, 
I should he glad for a name for the accompanying 
orchid, which comes from Sumatra, 
I am sending a few flowers in alcohol and a rough 
sketch of a leaf, natural size. The inflorescence is sim¬ 
ple. shorter than the leaves, the flowers subtended by 
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short broad bracts about 4 the length of the pedicels* 
The pedicels are green, the upper sepal concave, 
greenish pink, green outside in bud, the lateral sepals 
very pale pink, almost white. Petals pale green with a 
broad reddish purple stripe for two-thirds of their length. 
Lip and spur pale mauve—pink. Column white. 
The flowers are fragrant. 
The leaves are thick and wrinkled on both surfaces, 
and the stems on one plant are about 25 cms. long. 
Yours sincerely, 
Dr. J, J. Smith, 
Dorpstraat 64 ., 
Oestgeest (Leiden), 
HOLLAND. 
