192 ME. H. ]Sr. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



A very distinct species of this small genus -with its rigid coriaceous leaves, and stiff 

 terete, sometimes branched stems, three-lobed lip, and distinct rounded spur-like mentum. 

 The whole plant dries black ; the flowers appear to have been deep purple except the lip, 

 which looks whitish. The genus PocBphyllum was formed by myself to include a plant 

 described by Sir J. D. Hooker as Agrostophylliim pauciflorum, and transferred at first 

 by me to JEi'ia. It was published in ' Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula,' 

 Monocot. vol. i., in the early part of the year 1907- By some error, the printer in 

 printing a general title-page" to the whole three volumes put the date 1908 (the date of 

 the printing of the index) instead of 1907. The same year, bu.t apparently a month or 

 two later, J. J. Smith published another species of the same genus under the name 

 Lectandra farviflora, n. gen. & sp., in the 'Bulletin du Departement de 1' Agriculture 

 aux Indes Neerlandaises,' xiii. (1907) p. 59. The ^enu?, Pocephylliim I believe, therefore, 

 ante-dates Lectandra. The species known are P. paucijlormn, Ridl. (Malay Peninsula), 

 P.parvijlormn {Lectandra parvifiora, J. J. Sm.) (Java), P.podochiloides ( Trichotosia podo- 

 chiloides, Schlechter) (New Guinea), and the species described here for the first time. 



Po^PHYLLTJM PODOCHILOIDES, Ridl. Trichotosia podochiloides, Schlechter, in K. Sebum. 

 & Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 182. 

 Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI «, 3100 ft. 

 " Hood creamy, petals transparent pale green, lip crimson." 

 Listrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Ceratostylis clavata, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xix. (1908) 11. 

 Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Ceratostylis tenericaulis, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caiiles csesjiitosi, gracillimi, basi angusti, vaginis pallidis ad 1 cm. tecti, 7-14 em, 

 longi. Folium subterminale, lineare, acuminatum, carnosum, superne sulcatum, 

 dorso convexo 2*2 ad 1*5 cm. longum, 1 mm. latum. Capitulum 5 mm. longum, 

 bracteis pluribus lanceolatis acutis pallidis glumaceis 1 mm. longis. Sepalum 

 posticum lanceolatum, acutum, dorso sericeum, 1 mm. longum, lateralia oblongo- 

 lanceolata, acuta, sericea, mento cylindrico-clavato 5 mm. longo sericeo. Petala 

 lanceolata, obtusa, breviora. Labellum lanceolatum, obtusum, lateribus basi tenui- 

 bus elevatis, apice terete obtuso carnoso obscuro, linea mediana in disco elevata. 

 Columna stelidiis niagnis oblongis apicibus rotuudatis ti'uncatis dimidio labelli 

 sequalibus. Anthera minima, ovata, rotundata, minute cristata. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



Allied to C. clavata, J. J. Sm., but much more slender. 



Ceratostylis Armeria, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Casspitosus, caulibus teretibus 15 cm. longis basi vaginis ampHatis tectis, radicibus 

 copiosis tenuibus. Folium erectum, subterminale, angustum, teres, sulcatum, 

 2-5 cm. longum, 1 mm. crassum. Capitulum subgloboso-oblongum, 4 mm, longum. 

 Bractea; ovatce, acutoB, glumacese, pallidae, costatce. Flores rosei, 5 mm. longi. 



