:80 F.M. Bailey: Contributions of the Flora of Queensland and New Guinea. II. 
XXVIL Species novae ex: F. M. Bailey, Contributions 
of the Flora of Queensland and New Guinea. Il. 
-(Ex: The Queensland Agric. Journ., XIX, pt. 5, November 1907, pp. 273—274) 
3. Osyricera ovata Bailey, l. c., p. 273. 
Rhizome or creeping stems somewhat nodulose, slender, more or 
less covered by thin almost transparent scales. Leaves ovate, nearly 
sessile, 5 lines long, 3 lines broad, coriaceous. Peduncles erect, filiform, 
-6 lines long, purplish, enlarged at the base in a cluster of transparent 
bracts. Flowers deep-purple, expanding to a diameter of 3 lines, seg- 
ments acuminate, the labellum very glandular. Only 3 flowers on the 
specimen received, all more or less imperfect, none with a perfect la- 
bellum. In form, size, and colour they closely resemble the Queensland 
‚species of the above genus, O. purpurascens Deane, Fitzg., Austr. Orch.; 
Queensland Flora, 1540. 
Hab.: Ambasi, Brit. New Guinea, Rev. Copland King. 
4. Eria ambasiensis Bailey, l. c., p. 273. 
Upper portion of pseudo-bulb compressed, Lis in broad, covered by 
membraneous sheathing scales. Leaves about 10 in. long, the lower 
1!/, in. somewhat twisted. forming a harshly winged petiole; lamina 
portion oblong, acuminate, about 2 in. broad near the centre; thin- 
eoriaceous, longitudinal-nerves, about 20, for the most part very pro- 
minent in the dried specimen. Racemes lateral, about 10 to 11 in. long, 
of which the peduncle oceupies about 2!/, in. Bracts very numerous, 
ovate-acuminate, scarious about 3 lines long. Pedicel with ovary erect, 
straight, 8 to 9 lines long. Expanded flowers, scarcely exceeding 3 lines 
diam. Sepals ovate-apiculate, incurved, about 2 lines long. Marked with 
3 longitudinal lines, glabrescent inside, scurfy on the back. Petals much 
narrower than the sepals, glabrous, lined like the sepals. Labellum 
attached to the elongated base of the column, the lower portion or 
winged claw and sagittate terminal lobe returned upon the elongate base 
of the column; terminal-lobe very dark-coloured. Margins undulate, scar- 
cely longer than the sepals. Column short and broad. Anther cells 
white. The whole inflorescence clothed by a brown, short, dense scurfy- 
scarious covering. the small scales often almost stellate. The specimens 
received were about 2 in. off the apex of a pseudo-bulb, 2 leaves, and 
racemes. 
Hab.: Ambasi, Brit. New Guinea, Rev. Copland King. 
5. Eulophia papuana Bailey, l. c., p. 273. 
Pseudo-bulb a few inches high of 2 or 3 nodes, somewhat slender, 
clothed by the torn bases of the early leaves or scales, and bearing one 
or more leaves on slender petioles about 2 or 3 in. long. Leafblade or 
lamina lanceolate, 6 in. long. scarcely 1!/, in. broad, 3-nerved, with 
numerous fine longitudinal veins between them. Scape from near the 
