200 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
basales 6 mm. longs, in tubum connate, apicibus ovatis 2 mm. liberis. Pedün- 
culus 2 mm. longus, crassus. Bractea floralis lanceolata, obtusa, 2 mm. longa. 
Ovarium crassum, sessile, 3 mm. longum. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, lateralia 
mucronulata, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Petala paullo latiora, equilonga. 
Mentum cornutum, obtusum, ad apicem attenuatum, ovario zequilongum. Labellum 
brevissimum, 2 mm. longum, ovatum, cordatum, obtusum, apice incrassatum, in 
medio nervo elevato bifurcato. Columna brevis, stelidiis carnosis linearibus obtusis 
mediocribus, processu infra stigma lineari obtuso, margine clinandrii in dorso - 
elongato. Anthera hemispheerica. 
Camp VI 4, 3900 ft. 
Allied to G. fimbriata, J. J. Sm., but there are no cilia on the leaf-sheaths, and the 
spur is longer. 
GLOSSORHYNCHA GRANDIFLORA, Schlechter, in Fedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 203. Glomera 
grandiflora, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. fig. 82. 
Camps XII to XIII, from 11,500 to 10,500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
GLOSSORHYNCHA CARNEA, Schlechter, in Fedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 293. Gomera carnea, 
J. J. Sm. l.c. t. 88. B. 
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
GLOSSORHYNCHA FRUTICULA, Schlechter, in Fedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 293. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
The flowers are rather smaller than given in the description, but I suppose this is the 
plant intended by G. fruticula, J. J. Sm. 
GLOSSORHYNCHA ELEGANTULA, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. 
Südsee, 130. | 
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 
The specimens differ from the plant as described in having cilia on the mouths of the 
sheaths of the leaves, but à specimen in the Kew Herbarium received from Schlechter 
shows distinct cilia. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
MEDIOCALCAR LONGIPES, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caules repentes, 10-15 em. longi, vaginis  tubnlosis tenuibus superne dilatatis 
apice ovatis mucronulatis 5 mm. longis vel minoribus, pseudobulbis gracilibus 
cylindricis 8 mm. longis vix 1 mm. crassis. Folia 2, linearia, basi in petiolum 
attenuata, 5:5 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, apice minute mucronulata. Flores solitarii, 
in pedunculo gracili 2 cm. longo, pedicello eum ovario 1 em. longo. Sepala 
connata, 8 mm. longa, basi breviter gibbosa, lobis acutis angustis. Petala breviora, —— 
. angustissima, linearia, acuta, medio carnosulo, ad marginem tenuiora, labellum — - 
