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Tt differs from the insufficiently described M. pedicellaris in the inflor- 
escence showing a distinct naked portion at the base, in the pedicels which 
have 3-4 times the length of the sepals, and in the teeth of the lip ; from 
M. pectinata. by the more numerous and smaller leaves, smaller flowers, 
longer auricles of the lip, etc.; and from M. wariana by the more numerous 
smaller leaves, the differently coloured flowers, longer auricles to the lip, ete. 
The leaves appear to have been coloured. 
The flowers are said to be purple. 
Denprosium (§ CapEtIA) potamoPHiLum J.J.S. in Bull. Jard. Buit. 2° sér. 
n. Vill. (1912) 18.—Cadetia potamophila Schltr. Orch. D. Neu-Guinea, 
(1912) 438. 
Schouten Islands, Wiak, Bosnik, epiphytic on strand tree. Jan. 6282. 
Distrib. N.E. New Guinea, 
Schlechter’s sketch and description suits this plant very well; the 
length of the spathe, however, is 1 em., whereas Schlechter gives 0°5 cm. 
Flower white, labellum veined, with purple tip. 
Denprosium (§ AportM) pseupocaLczotum J. J.S. in Bull. Dép. Agric. Ind. 
Néerl. n. v. (1907) 34, ete. 
Manokoeari, Langgén, epiphytic on prostrate tree, overhanging sea. 
Jan. 6227. : 
Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 
Flowers mauve. 
Denprosium (§ Aporum) rxconspicuum J. J. S., sp. nov. 
Caules elongati, ramosi, valde compressi, laxe flexuosi, nitidi, axe foliati, superne 
valde attenuati et folia rudimentaria gerentes, parte adest 74 cm. longa, internodiis e 
basi apicem versus paulo dilatatis, ad c. 4 em. longis et 0°47 cm. latis. Folia erecto- 
patentia, lateraliter compressa, lanceolato-linearia, acuta, sicco margine superiore 
c. 4°7 cm., margine inferiore 5:2 em. longa, 0-4 cm. lata; vagine tubulose, valde 
compress, ensiformes, internodia equantes. Inflorescenti@ e nodis caulis partis 
superioris, fasciculatz, squamat, pedunculis brevibus, 1-floris. Flores parvi. Sepa- 
lum dorsale triangulum, obtusum, 3-nervium, c. 0°25 em. longum, 0°225 em. latum. © 
Sepata lateralia lacinia oblique triangula ad pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum 
obtusum cum ovario angulum fere rectum faciens medio fere valde obtusangule 
ineurvum fere 0°25 cm. longum formantia, marginibus anticis libera, oblique triangula, 
obtusiuscula, 4-nervia, ¢. 0°25 em. longa, basi 0°36-0°37 cm. lata. Petala oblique 
lanceolata, acuta, 1-nervia, e. 0°26 cm. longa, 0°07 cm. lata. Labellwm cum pede 
gynostemii angulum acutum faciens, supra basin et in # partibus supra basin 
obtusangule recurvum, unguiculatum, valde dilatatum, 3-lobum, basi 3- supra basin 
5-nervium, fascia lata longitudinali incrassato apice 3-loba, lobulo intermedio 
laterales bene superante basin lobi intermedii vix attingente, explanatum, c. 0:4 cm. 
longum, ad lobos laterales 0°35 cm. latum, ungue oblongo-quadrangulo ; lobi laterales 
sinibus parvis a lobo intermedia separati, late trianguli, fere quadranguli, obtusi, 
irregulariter marginati; lobus intermedius laterales superans, es laté 
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