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laterales breves rotundati, medius longus integer subacutus, auri- 
cule longs» recurve, fovea depressa, callus basalis in venis duabus 
ad basin attenuatus ; stelidia dentiformis acuta. 
Java; cult. in hort. Peradeniya, comm. Dr. Trimen ! 
I suppose this to be the plant intended by Prof. Reichenbach, 
though he says that in his plant the flowers were “ flavi auriculis 
purpureis et labellum apice bidentato utrinque paucidentato.” 
50. MrcnosTYLIS POLYPHYLLA, n. sp. 
Caules 2 approximati, haud pseudobulbosi, omnino foliati, 
biunciales; folia alterna subzqualia, inferioribus autem minoribus, 
4-8, lanceolata acuta subplicata, petiolata, petiolis vaginantibus 
laxis, lamina 3 uncias longa, $ unciam lata; scapus 9-uncialis 
erectus subteres superne angulatus, basi 5-unciali nuda, bracteis 
paucis exceptis; racemus densus multiflorus; flores parvi fla- 
viduli; bractes lanceolate acuminate setacex deflexe, pedicellis 
tenuibus subzquales; sepala lanceolata obtusa, lateralia obliqua ; 
petala lanceolata angustiora ; labelium lateralibus subsquale, 
late cordatum hastatum, apice obtuse trilobo, lobis lateralibus 
brevibus rotundatis obtusis, medio longiore elliptica obtuso; 
auricule late obtuse ; callus ad basin hippocrepiformis, in venis 
duobus attenuatus, in fovea longiuscula; stelidia brevia lata 
truncato-rotundata. 
New Caledonia, Vieillard, no. 374! Herb. Brit. Mus. 
51. M. TAURINA, Reichb. f. in Linnea, xli. p. 97. 
Caulis vix incrassatus, 6-uncialis, undique laxe foliatus; folia 
8-10 dissita lanceolata acuta aliquando acuminata, obliqua tenuia 
petiolata, petiolis longis vaginantibus, lamina 3 uncias longa, $ 
unciam lata; scapus elatus 9-12-uncialis angulatus, basi longe 
nuda, bracteis paucis exceptis; racemus multiflorus; flores dissiti 
sulphurei vel purpurascentes, parvi; bractex lanceolate acuminata 
reflex: circiter }-uncialis ; sepalum posticum et petala subsimilia, 
lanceolata lorata obtusa subsequalia ; sepala lateralia ovata multo 
latiora obtusa; labellum magnum, sepalis lateralibus æquale, 
trilobum, lobi laterales lati rotundati, apices acuminati lineares, 
lobus medius longior lanceolata, apice breviter bifido ; auriculis 
magnis rotundatis, in media laminæ ad basin, depressione elongata 
obscuriore; calli nulli; columna longiuscula arcuata, stelidiis 
loratis obtusis elongatis. 
New Caledonia, “ Bord de Cangui,” Vieillard, no. 3274, no. 
3276 ! 
