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Card. Bull. Singapore 69(2) 2017 
14-28 mm laterally between lips; upper lobes broadly elliptic, 4-7 x 7-11 mm, lower 
lateral lobes elliptic, 3-12.5 x 4-13 mm, lower central lobe round-elliptic, 4.5-10.5 
x 6.5-17 mm. Stamens arising 7.5-16 mm above the corolla base; filaments white or 
pale yellow, glabrous, 7.5-9 mm long, 0.8-1.3 mm wide; anthers white or pale yellow, 
hairy dorsally, 3.5-4.5 x 2-2.5 mm, apically coherent but not joined by a connective, 
thecae divergent; lateral staminodes 3.5-4.5 mm long, 0.2 mm wide, arising c. 7.5-16 
mm above the corolla base, central staminode 0.6 mm long, arising c. 8 mm above 
the corolla base. Disk annular, margin irregular, dark, 0.4-0.5 mm high. Pistil 13 
(immature)-28 mm long, eglandular hirsute throughout; ovary 0.7-1.3 cm long, c. 1 
mm diameter; style c. 1.2 cm; stigma broadly bilobed, lobes 1.1-2 mm long, 0.9-1.3 
mm wide, elliptic. Fruit brown when ripe, 3-7 cm long, 1-1.5 mm diameter, densely 
eglandular hairy, straight. Seeds not seen. 
Distribution. Peninsular Thailand. 
Habitat. On limestone, in shade. 
Provisional IUCN conservation assessment. Near Threatened NT. This variety has an 
EOO and an AOO within the limits to be considered endangered; it is, however, known 
from many localities. 
Additional specimens examined. Unknown locality: 1930, Kerr, A.F.G. 240 (L). THAILAND: 
Krabi: Nai Chong, Khap Thong Thai, 30 m, 19 Jan 1966, Hansen, B. & Smitinand, T. 11997 
(BKF, E, K, SING); Aoluk, Ban Naiyuan Khaek, c. 20 m, 5 Sep 1982, Shimizu, T. etal. T-29113 
(BKF); Mueang Krabi, Thambon Krabi Noi, Wat Tham Seua, 85 m, 11 Sep 2008, Middleton, 
D.J. et al. 4443 (BKF, E); Cult. RBGE from Middleton, D.J. et al. 4443, Middleton, D.J. 5208 
(E); Khao Phanom Bencha National Park, c. 100 m, 13 Sep 1983, Smitinand, T. s.n. (BKF); 
between Krabi and Panom Bencha, 0 m, 24 Oct 1991, Larsen, K. et al. 42534 (AAU, BKF); 
Muang, near Panom Bencha National Park, Tham Khao Pheung, 60 m, 17 Jun 2006, Williams, 
K. et al. 1826 (BKF); Khao Kopi, c. 50 m, 14 Aug 1965, Smitinand, T. 8929 (BKF); Ao Luk, 
8 Oct 1970, Charoenphol, C. et al. 3444 (AAU, E); Plai Pray a, Wat Ban Hian, 24 Sep 2010, 
Triboun, P. & Sonsupab, B. 4583 (E). Phang Nga: Pungah, 6 Dec 1918, Hanijf & Nur 3880 
(SING); Muang, Tham Khao Ngoom, 20-50 m, 7 Sep 1982, Shimizu, T. et al. T-29191 (BKF); 
Mueng, Suan Somdej, 11 Dec 1986, Phengklai, C. & Smitinand, T. 6015 (BKF); Tupput, Tham 
Saeng Tham Nimit Dharma office, 60 m, 23 Feb 2001, Chayamarit, K. et al. 2655 (BKF); 
Mueang, Thamnamphood, c. 50 m, 1 Jan 2000, Wongprasert, T. 001-11 (BKF); Mueang, Sra 
Nang Manora Forest Park, 224 m, 17 Nov 2014, Suddee, S. et al. 4800 (BKF); Khao Phang 
Nga, 200 m, 27 Feb 1929, Kerr, A.F.G. 17265 (K); Muang Phangnga, Sra Nang Manora Forest 
Park, 16 Sep 2010, Middleton, D.J. et al. 5449 (E); Kan Bow Koranee cascade, 9 May 1973, 
Geesink, R. & Santisuk, T. 5292 (L). Surat Thani: Phanom, Khlong Phanom National Park, 
200 m, 7 Sep 2008, Middleton, D.J. et al. 4361 (BKF, E). 
18b. Microchirita mollissima var. glabra C.Puglisi, var. nov. 
Differs from the type variety in the lack of an indumentum dorsally on the anthers 
and the small projection of the filament at the insertion. - TYPE: Thailand, Krabi, 
