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Ovarium breve crassum, obconicum, sericeiim. Sepala ad climidium connata, ovata, 

 acuta, aequalia, mento sericeo subgloboso scrotiformi borizontali. Fetala linearia, 

 angustissima, latitudine i sepali sequantia, obtusa. liabellum quam sepala brevius, 

 oblongum, lateribus elevatis tenuibus, apice obtuso linguifromi carnoso, costa 

 mediana incrassata. Columna brevis, stelidiis l)revibus erectis oblongis obtusls 

 truncatis vix longioribus apicibus obscuris. Anthera flavn, ovata, complanata. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Allied to C. teres, Reicbb. fil., but the sepals are connate for balf tbeir length. 



Cbratosttlis glabra, E.idl., sp. nov. 



Caules teretes, 16-20 cm. longi, basi ad 5 cm. vaginis lanceolatis 1-3 cm. longis tecti. 

 Folmm coriaceum, lineari-lauceolatum, subacutum, 13-li cm. longum, 4-5 mm. 

 latum. Ca2)itulnm oblongum, 7-8 mm. longum, bracteis pluribus lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis costatis. Flores glabri. Sepala libera, posticum lineari-oblongum, 3 mm. 

 longum, lateralia late lanceolata, acuta vel subacuta, latiora, mento elongate saccato 

 crasso obtuso 3 mm. longo. Fetala linearia, angusta, acuminata, fere feqiiilonga. 

 Lahellum oblongum, seyjalis brevius, marginibus elevatis tenuibus apice linguiformi 

 carnoso. Columna brevis, stelidiis tenuibus porrectis inagnis oblongis oblique 

 truncatis rigidis obscuris. Anthera ovata, orbicularis, crista obscura. 



Camps VI a, 3100 ft., VI c, 5500 ft. 



AUied to C. piigioniformis, J. J. Sm., but a bigger plant with larger, glabrous flowers. 



Ceratostylis breviceps, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Flanta caespitosa. Caules 15 cm. longi, 2 mm. crassi (in sicco). Folium rigidum, 

 coriaceum, lineari-lanceolatum, ad basin et apicevn angustatum, 9 cm. longum, 

 5 mm. latum. Capitulum parvum, 4 mm. longum, bracteis ovatis acutis pallidis 

 1 mm. longis. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, obtusum, sericeum, 2 mm. 

 longum, lateralia subsimilia, libera, mento cylindrico apice dilatato globoso sericeo 

 3 mm. longo. Ovarium sericeum, cylindricum, aequilongum. Fetala angusta, 

 lanceolata, acuta, sepalis fere tequilonga, multo angustiora. Labellum oblongum, 

 basi saccatum, marginibus elevatis, apice carnoso linguiformi obtuso, sepalis multo 

 brevius. Columna brevis, stelidiis breviusculis lanceolatis apicibus rotundatis 

 pallidis. 

 Camp VI c, 5500 ft., and again at Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 

 This has the habit, stem, and leaf of C. glabra, but is smaller, the bracts of the 



capitulum are thin and glumaceous as in C. tenericaulis, Ridl., and the flowers are 



silky. 



Phreatia Lorentzii, Kranzl. in Pflanzenr. iv. 50. 11. Octarrhena Lorentzii, J. J. Sm. 

 in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xxxix. (1910) 18, and Nova Guinea, Supp. 597. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft., and Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 



Fistrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Smith describes the curious zigzag flattened rhachis as 2-4 cm. long and 24 mm. wide. 

 In Kloss's specimens the inflorescence is developed to 11 cm. long and 3 mm. wide. 



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