报道了中国兰科植物一新记录种,即西蒙长足兰【Pterocemssimondianum(Gagnep.)Aver.],并提供了描述和图片。本种形态与长足兰[P.1eopardinum(Par.&Rchb.f.)Seidenf.&Smitin.]相似,但叶明显较宽,偏斜;花淡黄色,略被绛紫色斑块或条纹;子房光滑;花粉块为孔裂等,易于区别。
Pteroceras simondianum (Gagnep.) Aver., a newly recorded species from Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. This species is similar to P. leopardinum (Par. & Rchb. f.) Seidenf. & Smitin., but differs by having distinctly wider and oblique leaves; light yellow flowers with a few crimson-purple blotches and bars; glabrous ovary; sub-spherical pollinia with a small, porous-like cleft.