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248 PLANTS FROM NEW CALKDONIA. 



radicihus filiformibus floxiiosls glabris; psevdohulhis ovoideis 4-7 mm, long. 

 3-5-4 mm. crass. glaLris uiilfoliaiis ; folio pateuto vel crecto-patento 

 oblonoo-elliptico ohtiiso ojlabro coriacoo 12-15 cm. long. 3-5-5 mm. lat. ; 

 saqus filiFonnibus glabris intcrdum folia excodentibus intcrdum brovionbus 

 busi ct sub medio vno-iinilis obsossis uniflons ; hractea oyato-acuaiinata eirc. 



1 mm, long. ; sppalis subroqnilon^is, mm., 3-nervatis, pc^p. dorsale ovato 

 subacute, sop. lateralibus late ovatis brevilcr acutis basi ad columuro podem 

 cobrorcntibus et mentnm efformantibus; petalis lanceolatis, subaciiHs, 4 mm, 

 long, ; hihello crasso apice columnrc pedis curvato oscillantt^, sub medio v;ilde 

 reflexo, parte inCei'Iore '75 mm. long, irapezoideo lateribus superne incur- 

 vatis, parte superiore lingui forme sub medio sulcato 1^2 mm. Ion 





cohimna breve vix •Jf) mm, long, pede producto demuni sursum curvato; 

 orario graciiiter pedicellato cdavato anguste alato. 



No note of locality. 1818. 



Ilescmbles in size and babit tho endemic B. ngoyense Scblccliterj but 



differs in floial details. 



BuLBoniYLLUM CoiiPTONii Uendlo, sp. nov. Planta ^}\n\\\\yi\c^^pse.}tdohulho 

 oblique ovoideo 1'4: cm. 1., 1*1 cm. crass, e rbizomate repente oriundo, uni- 

 foliato ; foVio petiolato, oblongo-elliptico, glabro, corlaceOj cm.l. (petiolo 

 1*0 cm^incluso) 2'4 cm. lat. ; scapo erecto folium excedente tenui terete glabro 

 vaf>"inis paucis superne acuminaiis dissitis obsesso, apice paucifloro \\\ cm. b, 

 1 mm. crass. ; hracteis disticliis arete com])ressis lato ovatis acuminaiis 

 olabris ovario brevitor pedicellato p;iullo brevioribus 5 mm, 1. ; flore (unus 

 adest) inter mediocres erecto ; sepalo dorsale lanceolate acuminate apice 

 carinato-incrassato 1'2 cm. b, sep, lateralihus e basi latiore, 5'5 mm., oblique 

 ovatis apice falcate acuniinatis carinulatis 1*2 mm. 1. ; petaJh_ coknnna3 

 suba^quilongis llgulato-oblongls apico tridenticulatis carinulatis 5 mm. 1. ; 

 labello crasso busi concave cnllis 2 instructo ct latoribns elevatis tum ovato- 

 acuminato et margine cronulato in facie superiore sulcato 11 nnn.L; coJumna 

 crccta in pedem snbpequilonguni transeuiite ; ovario clavato sulcato. 



No note of locality. 1790. 



Hecalls another endemic species, /i. pachi/antJaim Schlecliter^ in habit and 

 MMieral structure, but is a smaller plant with flowers about half the size. 



CiRRriOPETALUM TiioUAUSii Lindb Mt. Mou ; on vertical trunk ; damp 





oully ; cretaceous forest ; GOO ft. 529, Lip flexible, spotted with dull dark 

 rcdj petals pale. Pacific Islands, 



EtiiiX KAiUKOUYENSis Schlecliter, Itivor Ngoye ; on wet earth in stream 

 course; serpentine; 500 ft. 1021. Lip rose-coloured; rest of flower 

 apricot. 



riiKEATiA KEOCALEDONICA Sclilccliter. Mt. Humboldt ; epiphytic on 

 fallen trunk by stream; forest; 1000 ft. 1032. Tonine ; trees in creek- 

 side forest ; 1000 ft. 1U30. FloAcrs white. 



