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BLUMEA 38 (1993) 129-130 Note on therare terrestrialorchid Apostasiaelliptica found in Borneo A.D.Poulsen InstituteofBiological Sciences,DepartmentofSystematic Botany,AarhusUniversity, Nordlandsvej68,DK-8240 Risskov,Denmark Apostasiaelliptica J.J. Smithhasonly beencollectedtwicebefore, in Sumatra and ontheMalay Peninsula.Thespecies hasnowbeen foundinBorneo. Thecollection by Bünnemeijer (107) fromSumatra, Westcoast Reserve, Ophir District, NofTalurepresentsthetypeandis depositedin BO. TheMalay Peninsula collectionfromPerak, G. Kerbau was madeby Md. Haniff(4019). TheBornean materialwas collectedby theauthorofthisnote,inBrunei, Temburong District, near Fig. 1.ApostasiaellipticaJ.J.Smith.Afruitingspecimenfrom Borneo.PhotographA.D.Poulsen. 130 BLUMEA Vol. 38, No. 1, 1993 thesubcamp PondokBusiriontheway toBukitBelalong. Specimensofthelattercol- lection are deposited intheherbariaofBRUN, K, andAAU.The determinationby A.D. PoulsenandH.AE. Pedersen as A.elliptica using thekey in DeVogel (1969) wasconfirmedbythelatter. One specimen (Poulsen89) was collectedinfloweron May25, 1991.Twoaddi- tionalspecimens were collectedinlateflowerand youngfruits(see Fig. 1)onMarch 20, 1992afewhundredmetres fromthefirstlocation. During aquantitative inven- tory ofgroundherbsinFebruary 1991onesingle sterileindividualof.A.elliptica was found29.7 m S and 22.3mE fromtheNW corner ofa permanent 1-haplot (Plot number2) establishedby Universiti BruneiDarussalam, atanelevationof250m. This plantwas leftundisturbed. Allfour specimens ofA. elliptica known fromBorneo havebeen recordedfrom thesameridge in Brunei,occurring onlyonthedrierridge top nearoron atrailand atelevationsbetween250and550m.AsA.elliptica isnot a common species inthe area, the establismentofaNationalParkof45.000hain theBatu Apoi Forest Re- serve, whichincludes thelocalitiesofthis discovery, willbe important forthefuture survival ofthis species in Borneo. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The fieldwork was undertaken aspartofthe BruneiRain ForestProject 1991-92 organizedbyUni- versiti BruneiDarussalam and theRoyal GeographicalSociety. The authorwould like to acknowl- edgethe supportofthe corporatepatrons(RoyalBrunei Airlines, TheBaringFoundation,Daiwa- DICAM, Greencard Trust,HongkongBank,Morgan GreenfellAssetManagementand Nomura- NIMCO) and Brunei ShellCo. for theircommitmenttothe Kuala BelalongField StudyCentre. Thepresentstudywas conducted duringascholarship from theFaculty ofScience,Aarhus Uni- versity andfinanced by theDanish NaturalScienceResearch Council (Grantno. 11-9018). REFERENCE Vogel,E.F.de. 1969. Monographofthe tribeApostasieae(Orchidaceae). Blumea 17: 313-350.