250 Hants fbom new Caledonia. 



floriforo ; hracteh fl()rontil)us cadncis ; Jforjhiis podicellatis suLpatentibus 

 albisj hibello flavo, a pice roseo-tincto ; sepaUs ol)tusis 7-nerviis reqiiilongis 

 2'8-3'3 ciiK long. l*l-l-2 cm, lat. ; s^cp, dorsale late oblanceolato ; sep. 

 lateralilus? su1)ol)lique elliptico-oblongis ; petalis oblaiuM^olato-ligiilatis apice 

 p^enc truiioatis n^nerviis 2'C-2 8 cm. L, '7 rm, lat.; lahello convoltito aiitice 

 trilobo, lobis lateralibiis obhise tiiaiigulariluiy, intormeJio broviter orbicu- 

 laro retuso, cariiiis 2 parallels mcdianis e basi in apicem vix apiculalam 

 dficurrentibus, 2'G-2-8 cm. longOj calcare nullo; coJamna 2 cm. longa facie 

 concava siipcnio ampliata et alata. 



Mt, Arago ; £i-equent in some paits of moist forest; scbists. 1408. 

 Leaves dark green, nerves prominent making slieaths and stem ridged. 

 Flowers, ovary and pedicel white ; lip creamy yellow with faint rosy patches 

 ontside mouth. 



Apparently al!ie<I to the endemic Phajus Rohertsii F. Muelb, which I have 

 not seen, but differing in colour of flow(n' and details of size and shape 

 of fh)ral leaves* Is also near tlie Malayan I\ amhoinensis l?b, collected 

 bv Banks and Solander in Otaheite, but has larf^er flowers. 



PiiAJUS FLAVUs Ijindl. Mt. Mou; Conifer forest, on fallen log; 3500ft. 

 498. Flowers yellow; lip with brown folded edges, A small form of this 

 Mahiyan species. 



Earina DErLANCHEi Rchb. f. Mts. north of Ngoye ; al)un<hint in dry 

 scrub ; serpentine ; 1000-3000 ft, 2072. Flowers shiny green, transparent, 

 lip rather lighter, 



E. VALIDA Rchb. f. Mt, Mou; epiphyte; serpentine forest; 2500ft. 508. 

 Ignambi ; on l)ranches in forest ; 2000-4000 ft, 1G1>1, Taom ; tcrrostri!il ; 



frequent in upland serpentine scrub ; among rocks ; 3000 ft. 232G. Flowers 



Avliite, slightly fleshy, scentless. 



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Calanthe AyGR.?<:ci flora Rolib. i. Ermltage stream; serpentine ; 300 £t. 

 205. Mt. Cuniila ; forest ; scliists ; 1000 ft. 1152. 



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C. Langei F. Muell. Mt. Arago ; 1500 ft. 1-435. Ignambi ; gneiss ; 

 1000-2500 ^i, 1()82. On logs in moist forest. Flowers orango-yellow with 

 pale (ransparent spurs. 



C. OKEADUM Itendle, sp, iiov, (PL 13. iig. 9.) Phinta terresiris glaJ)er ; 

 foUis magi lis lanceolatis, basi in vaginam ungustatis super ne acuniinatis 

 plicato-venosis, yenis i)riniariis conspicue prominentibus 5, lamina speciminc 

 6 dm. long, 7'5 cm. hit,; scapo erecto tereti valido, folio breviorc, 1 2~^" 

 pedale, bracteis Aaginantlbus tubulosis dissitis 3'5-3 cm. longis pra3dito, 

 snpi'rne sublaxe florifero; bracteis florentibns obsoletis ; ^o/'Iiw^ sine aroma 

 erecto-pateniibus semiapertis, })edicellis gracilibus c. 1 cm. long.; perianthii 

 segmentis albidis apice \iridescentibus ; sep, dorsale concavo obovato apice 



