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rLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



gneiss; 200 ft. 1837. Niaouli association. Flowers whito tinged 

 rose on inside o£ segments and lip ; scentless. 



Avitli 



LuisiA TERETiFOLiA Giiud. Anso Jc la Mission^ Noumea ; on tree-trunks 

 near sea and in mangrove swamps. 420. Lip deep purple-brown, velvety; 

 otlier [)oriantli-sogtnonts greenish, tinged with brown. 



JSarcociiilus neocalkdonicus Uendlcj sp. nov. Plan fa epipbytica, cauh 



repente 2 mm. crass, radicibus elongatis flexuosis cinereis glabris pniodito et 

 vaginis foliorum persistcntibus obtecto ; foliis ligulatis apice obtusis et 



obli 



I 



quo 



eniarginatis 



crassinsculis glabris 4-5 cm. long. 7-^8 mm. lat. ; 



racemh pondentibus foliis suba^quilongis, nt apparet c. 15-floris; hradeis 

 parvulisj ovato-deltoideisj 1 nun. b>ng. ; Jlorihus parvis, glabi'is ; sep. lateraJi- 

 hits ligulato-oblongls oblusls 1-nerviis concavis 5 mm, long, ; sep. dorsaJe 



lati 



lore et magis concave; pelalis lineaii-ligulutis superne vix 



latioribus 



obtusis 1-nerviis sepnla vix requantibus ; lahello valde ungnicnlato ungue 



complanato crasso 1*5 mni, long,^ supcrnc subito reflexo et 3-lobato c. 2 mm. 



long., lobiri lateralibus oblique triangularibus qiioque in apicem tenuem 



curvatum cxcurrente, lobo intormedib parvo saccifornie, disco callis binis 



parallelis medlanis instructo ; columna breve crassa 1 mm. long., ejus pede 

 c, 1^5 lon^. 



Tgnambi ; forest ; 1000 ft. 1G21. Flowers orange-yellow ; lip Avith two 

 fine U|)wardly directed })oints. Aug. 



Ap{)arently near the other endemic species, S. varum Sclilechter and 

 S. koghiensis Schlechtcr, but distinguished by floral detailSj especially of 

 the lip. 



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MiCROTATORCHis FASCIOLA Schlecliter. Ignambi ; forest; 3000 ft. 15G9, 

 1053. Touine; t'ot-est ; 3300 ft. 1985.. On tree-trunks 



amono; mosses, 



clingino; hj flat green ribbon-like roots ; flowers transparent green fading 

 to yellow. 



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PoDOcniLUS YiEiLLARDii Sclilccliter. Poume ; on bare rocks with very 

 little humus, in scrubby wood ; serpentine ; 1300 ft. 237, Flowers white, 

 delicate. 



I'hUAXis iiiGiDA llchb. f. Uivcr CombonI ; terrestrial ; very abundant in 

 serpentine scrub (and also on gneiss and in light woods). 2210. Flowers 

 one or two open at a time, lasting one day ; lip white in centre with lateral 

 blotches of purple and yellow hairs within, other perianth-segments white ; 

 slight scent ; usually oaten by beetles. 



Si'UiANTHES AUSTRALIS Liiidl. Tgnambi ; Niaonli-Pteridium-Gleichenia 

 association ; 1000 and 2000 ft. ; gneiss. 1493, 1819. Mt. Panic ; forest- 

 clearing ; gneiss ; 1500 ft. 1830. Australia, New Zealand; temperate and 

 tropical Asia. 



