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MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
elliptica, acuta, 4 em. longa, 1:5 em. lata, atro-viridia, nervis 6 elevatis, vagina 1 em. 
longa, nervis pluribus elevatis. Scapus 13 cm. longus, basi (dimidio) nuda crassius- 
cula glabra. Racemus strictus, floribus ad 14 erectis mediocribus. Bracteæ 
lanceolate, acute, 4 mm. longe, 1 mm. late. Ovarium cum pedicello 2 em. 
longum, erectum. Sepala linearia, obtusa, 9 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, posticum 
erectum, lateralia porrecta. Petala linearia, angustiora et breviora, 7 mm. longa. 
Labellum oblongum, integrum, versus basin angustatum, apice rotundatum, obscure 
undulatum, breviter obtuse apiculatum, 6 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, callis bilobis 
carnosis, lobis brevibus oblongis rotundatis. Columna erecta, curva, apice dilatata, 
anguste alata. 
Camps XI to XIII, between 8300 and 10,500 ft. 
'The petals and sepals appear to have been yellow, the lip green. 
LipARIS () DISTICHÆ) LOLIACEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Pseudobulbi conico-cylindrici, 15 mm. longi. Folium gramineum, lineare, acumi- 
natum, acutum, 50 cm. longum, 7 mm. latum. Scapus anceps, gracilis, 30 cm. 
longus. Racemus 5-9 cm. longus, 5 mm. latus. Bractee lanceolate, subobtuse, 
haud imbricate. Pedicelli 1 cm. longi. Sepala deflexa, elliptica, 5 mm. longa, 
2 mm. lata, carinata, mucronulata. Petala subspathulata, 4 mm. longa, obtusa. 
Labellum carnosum, 5 mm. longum, ungue brevi lato, lamina hastata, lobis duobus 
ad basin erectis, versus apicem angustata, apice obtuso pustulato pubescente, callo 
inter lobos basales crasso obscure lobato. Columna brevis, lata, alis rotundatis latis 
ad apicem juxta stigma abrupte angustatis. Anthera complanata, rotundata, rostro 
semi-ovato rotundato. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
The flowers are apparently red. This is allied to Z. pseudodisticha, Schlechter, of 
New Guinea, but differs in its lip narrowing to a point, and in the wings of the column 
being abruptly narrowed at the top just above the stigma, instead of being carried up 
to the clinandrium. 
LipARis ($ Disricna) TRITICEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Rhizoma elongatum, gracile, 15 mm. crassum.  Pseudobulbi dissiti, 9 cm. remoti, 
ovoidei, 5 mm. longi, vaginis 2-3 lanceolatis cuspidatis ad 4 em. longis tecti. 
Folia 1-2, anguste linearia, acuta, graminea, 22 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Scapus 
gracilis, anceps, 19 cm. longus, nudus. Racemus ad 3 cm. longus et 8 mm. latus. 
Bractee distiche, approximate, circiter 34, lanceolate, acuminate, acute. Pedi- 
celli 1 cm. longi, graciles. Sepala oblonga, lanceolata, obtusa, mucronulata, carinata, 
deflexa, 4 mm. longa. Petala oblanceolata, angustiora, 3 mm. longa.  Labellum 
sessile, 3 mm. longum, late oblongum, quadratum, apice rotundatum, minute 
trilobum, lobis minutis lateralibus rotundatis, medio æquilongo lineari, lateribus 
ad basin in pseudolobos 2 erectos compressis, callo magno carnoso rotundato bilobo. 
Columna brevis, curva, haud marginata, alis prope stigma rotundatis obtusis. 
Capsula 6 mm. longa, oblanceolata, costis prominulis, pedicello 6 mm. longo. 
