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clinandrio parvo, concavo cum costula longitudinali in rostellum decurrente, auriculis 
obtusis. Anthera cucullata, longe ultra thecas producta, ambitu subquadrangula 
vel melius 7-angula, apice abrupte subulato-acuminata, basi truncata, c. 0-14 em. 
‘longa, connectivo in costulam longitudinalem incrassato, thecis suborbicularibus. 
Pollinia 4, geminata, lateraliter compressa, triangula, extus convexa. Ovarium 
pedicellatum 6-costatum, c. 0°9 em. longum. Capsula oblongo-obovoidea, basi 
acuta, c. 1-1 em. longa, pedicello e. 1:1 em. longo. 
Hab, Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, forest patch by 2 lake, edge of forest in 
humus, terrestrial, 7000’. Fl., Fr. Dee. 5689. 
The first species of the section Rhachidibulbon recorded from New Guinea. 
It much resembles L. brevistylis J. J. 8. (2. montana Lindl. var., brevistyiis 
J, 0: Bide 
Flowers green with a brown labellum. 
Liparis (§ PLatycaiius ?) Gipsstm J. J. 8., sp. nov. 
Rhizoma repens, radicans, teres, vaginis magnis ad ¢. 3°25 cm. longis tectum. 
Pseudobulbi ¢. 2°5 em. distantes, cum rhizomate angulum anguste acutum facientes, 
sicco tenues, teretes, ¢. 2°5 em. longi, 1-folii, basi nonnullis vaginis magnis acute 
acuminatis ad c. 4 cm. longis cincti. Folzwm inarticulatum, erectum, lanceolatum, 
acuminatum, acutum, basi sensim in petiolum angustatum, nervis 5 majoribus subtus 
prominentibus, siceo membranaceum, ec. 9°75-10°5 em. longum, 2°1—2°25 em. latum ; 
petiolus canaliculatus, nervosus, c. 2°5-4 em. longus. Inflorescentia in pseudobulbo 
maturo terminalis, folio brevior, satis multiflora, pedunculo ¢. 4°5 em. longo, vaginula 
angusta acuta c. 2°75 em. longa ad basin, rhachide fractiflexa, ¢. 6cm. longa. Bractee 
adpressz, lanceolato-triangule, acutissimx, concave, 1-nervie, ad c. 0°55 cm. longe. 
Flores c. 16, quaquaversi, patentes, sepalis patentissimis, convexis. Sepalum dorsale 
oblongum, superne angustatum, obtusum, 3-nervium, costa media dorso apicem versus 
prominente, ¢. 0°65 cm. longum, 0°25 em. latum. Sepala lateralia divergentia, 
oblique oblonga, faleatula, obtusa, vix apiculata, 3-nervia, costa media dorso pro- 
minente, ¢. 0°67 em. longa, 0°3 em. lata. Petala reflexa, linearia, obtusa, basi 
leviter oblique dilatata, leviter convexa, 1-nervia, c. 0°57 cm. longa, medio 0-06 em. 
lata. Labellum porrectum, cum gynostemio angulum acutum faciens, basi gyno- 
stemio adnatum, in utraque parte canalicule late longitudinalis convexum, subtus 
convexum, e basi contracta quadrangula sensim dilatatum, 2-lobum, obcordatum, 
lobis remotis obtusis grosse crenatis cum lobulo brevi obtuso in sinu, basi contracta 
excepta ciliolatum, 3-nervium, nervis exterioribus ramosis, callo majusculo antice 
dentes 2 erectos parallelos falcato-triangulos acutiusculos utrosque basi antice in 
costulam brevem exeuntes gerente in basi, explanatum c. 0°67 cm. longum, antice 
0-45 em. latum, parte contracta c. 0-2 em. longa, 0°275 em. lata. G, ynostemium 
superne valde hamato-incurvum, dorso convexum, basi valde dilatatum, medio labello 
adnatum, ovario multo latius, ¢. 0°32 cm. longum, basi 0°17 em. latum, clinandrio 
concavo, intus ad basin rostelli dente acuto instructo, auriculis subquadrangulis 
Anthera cucullata, transverse quadrangulo-ovalis, apice truncata, basi emarginat: 
bidentata. Stigma obverse rotundato-triangulum, margine elevatum. Ovarius. 
6-suleatum, cum pedicello c. 0-4 em. longum, curvatum. : 
Hab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, forest patch by 3? lake, epiphyte in forest 
7000’. Dee. 5082 and 5897. 
