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Lrparis (§ Ecirparis) MABOROENSIS Schltr. Orch. D. Neu-Guinea, (1911) 186. 
Var. BISTRIATA J.J. S., var. nov. 
Planta minor. Folia 4-5°4 cm. longa, 2°3-3°2 em. lata. Inflorescentia 1-flora. 
Sepala et petala c. 0°475-0'44 cm. longa. Labellwm 0°56 cm. longum. Ovariwm 
pedicellatum ec. 0°6 cm. longum. 
Manokoeari, tract to Ambani, terrestrial in “ korang” forest, 800’ 
above the sea. Fl. (green). Jan. 6187. 
Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. — 
I think this plant is LZ. maboroensis Schltr. I have kept it apart because 
of the smaller flowers and the two purple lines on the labellum. 
Mrcrosty.is (§ CREPIDIUM) XANTHOCHILA Schltr. in Schum. et Laut. Nachtr. 
Fl. d. Schutzgeb. Siidsee, (1905) 102, ete. 
Manokoeari, tract to Ambani, terrestrial in high ae on “ korang,” 
800’. Fl. (orange-green). Jan. 6188, 
Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 
Microstytis (§ Crepipium) Gippstaz J. J. 8., sp. nov. 
Caulis e basi decumbente radicante adscendens, c. 11-folius. Folia oblique 
subovato-oblonga, plus minus falcata, subacuta, apiculata, minute undulata, nervis 
conspicuis c. 8 subtus prominentibus, c. 45-5 em. longa, 16-17 cm. lata; 
petiolus canaliculatus, cum vagina ¢c. 1‘6-1°7 cm. longus. Jnflorescentia erecta, laxe — 
multiflora, pedunculo c. 5-25 em. longo, vaginulam bracteiformem 1 gerente, rhachide 
6 cm. superante. Bractee parve, reflexe, oblongo- ad lanceolato-triangule, acute, 
ad c. 0°27 cm. longer. Flores patentissimi. Sepalwm dorsale subovato-ovale, 
obtusum, convexum, apice concavum, 3-nervium, fere 0°3 cm. longum, 0°175 cm. 
latum. Sepala lateralia reflexa, oblique orbiculari-ovata, obtusa, basi convexa, 
superne concava, 3-nervia, c. 0-26 cm. longa, fere 0-2 cm. lata. Petala oblique 
ligulata, obtusa, 1-nervia, c. 0°25 em. longa, 0°08 em. lata. Labellwm hippocrepidi- | 
forme, fovea triangula concava incrassatione triangula lata convexa circumdata, 
incrassatione parva ad basin, explanatum totum c. 0:48 em. longum, lobis lateralibus 
_ obsoletis vel subobsoletis, obtusis, lobo intermedio late triangulo, in lobos 2 oblique 
triangulos acutos margine interiore repandulos bifido, laciniis 4 elongatis subulatis 
presertim interioribus falcatis et lobum intermedium superantibus ad bene 0-1 cm. 
longis exterius descrescentibus utrinque, auriculis majusculis, anguste oblique trian- 
gulis, acutis vel acutiusculis, fere 0-2 cm. longis, basi c. 0°08 cm. latis. Gynostemium 
a dorso compressum, oblongo-quadrangulum, apice dilatatum, dorso convexum, bene 
0-1 cm. longum, clinandrio concavo, auriculis divergentibus, antheram superantibus, 
oblongis, truncato-obtusis, intus convexis, carnosulis. -Anthera cucullata, transverse 
quinquangulari-reniformis, obtusissima, 0°06 cm. lata. Rostellwm latum, retusum. 
Ovarium pedicellatum ¢. 1-1-1 em. longum, 
Hab. Manokoeari, tract to Ambani, terrestrial in “ korang” forest, 
700’. Dec. 6192. 
The nearest allies of this species are M. pedicellaris Rchb. f., M. pectinata 
J.J.8., and M. wariana Schltr., which all are characterized by the elongate 
pedicel, 
