514 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON" THE 



long, nearly equalling the ovary. The colours are taken from 

 an excellent drawing made by the Eev. "W. Deans Cowan. 



Cynorchis gbanmflora, Ridley, Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 332, 

 has been also collected by Baron in Central Madagascar, no. 133 ! 

 Herb. Kew. 



C. calanthoidf.s, Kranzlin, Verhandl. Bremen, vii. p. 260. — 

 C. gibbosa, Ridley, I.e. Is remarkable for being epiphytic; it 

 was found at Alaki by Eutenberg, growing on a Pandanus. 



C. flexijosa, Lindley, Gen. Sf Sp. Orch. PI. p. 331. 



C. tuberibus oblongis lanatis; radicibus cylindricis pluribus 

 elongatis ; caule gracili sesquipedali, folio uno lineari longo, altero 

 infra breviori vaginaeformi ; spica laxa flexuosa ; floribus medio- 

 cribus ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ampliatis, ovarii dimidio 

 aequantibus ; sepalis ovatis lanceolatis obtusis, postico breviore, 

 cum petalis lanceolatis subacutis connivente ; labelli lobis latera- 

 libus obovatis truncatis, medio cuneato emarginato ; calcare recto 

 cylindrico ; columna brevi ; processubus stigmaticis brevibus cras- 

 siusculis, medio longiore lanceolato obtuso, apice curvo. 



Madagascar : Nosi-Komba in graminosis, fauce purpureo pic- 

 turato, Dec. 1879, Hildebrandt no. 3257 ! ; Iraerina, floribus 

 sulphureis medio purpureo, Jan. 1881, Hildebrandt no. 3837 ! 

 no. 3838 ! ; same locality, Deans Cowan ! ; no specific locality, 

 Hilsenberg fy Bojer ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. ; Itassi lacus, Rutenberg 

 fide Kranzlin, Verhandl. Bremen, vii. p. 261 ; Perville no. 588 ! 

 Serb. Kew. 



C angustipetala, n. sp. ; folio radicali vaginante ovato-lan- 

 ceolato acuto reticulato ; caule validulo ; floribus pluribus aggre- 

 gates ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ampliatis, quam ovarium 

 multo brevioribus ; sepalo postico ovato galeato, lateralibus ovatis 

 latis ; petalis lanceolatis, quam sepala brevioribus et multo angus- 

 tioribus ; labello 4-lobo, laciniis subgequalibus latis oblongis trun- 

 catis, margine crenulatis, pubescentibus, basi marginibus evectis 

 ad processus adnatis : calcare filiformi acuto sexunciali ; aQthera 

 carinata; processubus stigmaticis crassis obtusis rectis, medio 

 lanceolato obtuso longiore evecto ; ovario pedicellato. 



Madagascar, Hilsenberg Sf Bojer ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This plant is closely allied to C. flexuosa, Lindley, which it 

 resembles in the form of its leaf and the shape of the stigmatic 

 processes. It is distinguished by its broader lip with crenulate 



