COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 205 
covered with very curious scale-hairs, flat elongate triangular or lanceolate and pustular. 
The petals are much larger than the sepals, and the anther is very large in proportion 
to the column, with large dark red-purple pollen-masses. 
THNIOPHYLLUM GRANDIFLORUM, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. 
Schutzg. Südsee, 221. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
A very fine species with very large flowers for the genus. The fruit is cylindrical, 
7 cm. long and 8 mm. through, with hardly elevated ribs. — — 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
MICROTATORCHIS ALATA, Ridl., sp. nov. | ; 
Caulis brevissimus. Folia linearia, falcata, obtusa, 1-2 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, costa 
elevata mucronulo terminata. Racemi graciles, 2-3 cm. longi, omnino floriferi, 
rhachi tenui bracteis decurrentibus alata. Bracte@ lineares, acuminate, vix 1 mm. 
longe. Flores dissiti, 4 mm. longi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Sepala linearia, 
acuminata, caudata, fere ad basin libera, angustissima, 4 mm. longa. Petala 
similia. Lahellum lanceolatum, acuminatum, acutum, 4 mm. longum, basi 1 mm. 
latum, calcare saccato globoso brevi. Columna brevissima, stelidiis longis erectis 
lanceolatis acutis. Pollinia 2, elliptica, rufo-brunnea, caudiculo apice lato trian- 
gulari, disco longo lineari. Capsula lageniformis, oblonga, costis vix elevatis, 
8 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Allied to M. perpusilla, Schlechter, but with larger leaves, very much smaller bracts, 
and a winged rhachis. The wings are rather peculiar, they are quite thin and green, 
widest just below each bract, and gradually narrowing to the next one below. 
MICROTATORCHIS MULTIFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Radices crassi, suberosi, nec complanati. 
oblonga, coriacea, abrupte in cuspidem acutum angustata, 4 mm. longa, 1:5 mm. lata. 
Scapi 5 mm. longi, ad basin floriferi, flexuosi, quadrangulares. Bractee ovate, 
lanceolate, cymbiformes, patentes, 1 mm. longs. Flores parvi, flavi. Pedicellus 
cum ovario quam bractea brevior. Sepala ovata, triangularia, acuta, fere ad basin 
libera, lateralia angustiora, et magis lanceolata. Petala anguste lanceolata, sepalis 
æquilonga. .Labellum late ovatum, excavatum, abrupte cuspidatum, æquilongum, 
calcare subgloboso basi angustato. Columna brevis, stelidiis brevibus obtusis. 
Pollinia 2, minutissima, elliptica, caudiculo filiformi gracili, disco longiore lineari 
oblongo. Capsula oblique pyriformis, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. crassa, pedicello 1 mm. 
longo. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Allied to M. papuana, Schlechter, but a taller plant with free sepals and petals. The 
flowers appear to have been orange-yellow. 
Caulis 3 mm. longus vel brevior. Folia 
