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Phreatea ouBATCiiENSis Sclilecliter, Ignambi ; 1G20. Tonine ; 1929* 



Epiphyte; forest bj stream; 1000 fL Flowers ivory white. Xative namCj 

 Mangaounin. 



r. CoMPTONii Ilendle, sp, nov. (PL 13. figs* 10-12,) Plaiita epi- 

 phytica parv:i. G cm, alta, rldzomate {ibbreviato, pseudobiilbis dense obsesso ; 

 radicihus flexnosis glabris; pseudohulbis c. "5 cm. long, ut apparet 2-foliatis ; 

 foliis erectis lignlatis obtusis apice iiia^qualiter bilobulatis basin versus paullo 

 angustatis iitrHK|ue glabris, 5^5 cm. L, c. '5 cnu lat. ; scapo radicali erecio 

 ten III gIal)ro supra basin vaginula turn bracteis lineari-acmniinitis meni- 

 branaceis (7-4*5 mm. long.) iiistructo ; racemo c. 20-floro 3 cm. L ; JlorUms 

 minufcis pedicellatis bracteas ovato-acuminatas cxcedentibus ; sep. dorsale 

 coneavo late ovato subacuto ( + 1 nnu. long.)^ sep. lateralibus oblique late 

 ovatis subacutis 1'5 mm. b aiifceviore conjunctis ; petalis ovatis breviter 

 acutis vix 1 mm. longis ; lahello sub medio late oblongOj su[)ra medium 

 dilatato, apice late rolundato 1 mm. 1. ; cohunna breve c. '5 mm. L 



Mt. Mou ; epiphyte on fallen log in moist forest; 3000 ft. 580- Flowers 

 white. March. 



Apparently near the cndeniic species P. pacliyplvjUa Schlcchter^ but differs 

 in floral details. 



SrATHOGLOTTis ViErLLARDii Rclib. f. Cap i3ocage ; creek^ide, scrub area, 

 ser[)entine ; 900 ft. 1395. Sepals and petals pink ; lip purple and yellow. 

 Dutch New Guinea. 



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S, UNGUICULATA Beutli. & Hook. f. [Limodorvm inigmculatam Labilb, 

 'S'. hreviscapa Schlechter). Ignambi ; gneiss ; 1000 ft. 1GG3. Isle oC Pines; 

 Jr*teridiuni association^ serpentine plateau ; 300 ft. 2278. Flowers rosy 

 purple ; middle of lip yellow. 



The specimens agree with one in Herb. Mus. Brit, labelled in Pobei;t 

 Brown's hand ^^ Limodorum ungukulatiun l^whiW* Sert. Austr^-Caled. p. 19, 

 t. 25. Nova (;aledonia, Labillardiere." Labillardiere figures and describes 

 a small spur at the base of the lip, which spur is absent from the specimenj 

 but otherwise the plants agree; the lip in Labillardicre's figure conforms 

 very well and shows the characteristic hairy calli at the base of the mid-lobe, 

 Spathoglottis Deplanchei liohb, f. (in Linna3aj xli. ?i^)) is, judging from the 

 description J also conspecific. 



PriAJUS GKANDiFOLius Lour. Mt. Panic ; Ignambi; moist spots inXiaonli 

 region; gneiss; 1000 ft. 1800, 1800 bis. China, Australia. 



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13. figs. 5-7.) Planta terre&tris^ 



anguste lanceoLito plurincrvio, basi in partem petiolarem elongatam angus- 

 tata, superne (juoque angustato acuminate, lamina 17 cm. long. G cm. lat.; 

 scapo bracteis vaginantibus tubulosis dissitis 4 cm, longis instructo superne 





