Excerpt from Orchidaceae Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae, Issued From the Ames Botanical Laboratory North Easton, Massachusetts The high degree of endemism characteristic of the Bornean flora in general prevails among the orchids of Mount Kinabalu. About sixty per cent of the species gathered by Chaplain Clemens proved to be undescribed. Of the material that represents old species very few specimens were noted that are characterized by an extra-limital distribution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.