COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 219 



longus, glaber, costatus, dentibus 3 ovatis inucronatis 2 mm. lougis. Coroll(f 

 tubus calyci sequilongus, lobo postico oblongo obtuso i^labro angvisto 2 cm. longo 

 1 cm. lato, cfeteris minoribus 1'5 cm. longis. Labellum ovatuiii, concavuni, 

 cai'nosum, pubescens, apice aiigustiore oblongo lineari ti'uucato basi costis 2 

 elevatis instructo. Anthera oblonga, appendice oblougo longiore quam latiore 

 pubesceate. 

 Geelvink Bay, 2200 ft., May 1873. A. B. Meyer no. 10 (in Herb. Kcav.). 

 Tbis species is distinct in its shoi't simple inflorescence with small spikes, large ligule, 



and ovate lip ending in a linear oblong limb with two raised lines in the concave portion. 



The lip is two-thirds of the length of the shorter corolla-lobes. 



/ Ebiolopha JULIFOE.MIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Canles graciles, 4 mm. crassi. Folia tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, sessilia, 

 basi breviter angustata, 11) cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, praeter basin costae et vaginas 

 pubesceutes glabra; ligula rotundata brevi retusa 2 nun. longa, vagina costata 

 baud cancellata. Injiovescentia 11 cm. longa, spicis 3-4 cylindricis remotis, rhaclii 

 graeili angustata pubescente flexuosa. Braatece ad basin spicaruni sitae lanceolataL% 

 acumiuatae, cuspidata?, papyraceae, pubescentes, ima 1 cui. longa, 8 mm. lata, 

 superiores minores. Brnctece florales breves, ovatae, imbricatae, carinatae, mucro- 

 nulatae, sericeae, 4-5 mm. longae. PedicelU sericei, apice longius ciliati. 

 Ooariuin obovoideum, sericeum, 4 mm. longum. Calyx brevis, tubulosus, 1 cm. 

 longus, minute pubescens, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis marginibus pubescentibus, 

 dimidio tubi fere aequalibus. Corolla tubo calycein breviter superaute, lobis 

 oblongis obtusis glabris, postico cucullato, caeteris apice planis 1 mm. longis 4 mm. 

 latis. Labellum ovato-oblongum, obtusum, corollae fere requilongum. Antliera 

 linearis, loculis angustis, ap[)endice oblongo obtuso apice retuso hirto, loculi 

 dimidio fere aequali. Stylus crassiusculus, stigmate obconioo, apice recuivo 

 hirto. 



Camp VI «, and between Camps VII and VIII, 3100 ft. 



Readily distinguished by its slender rhachis with catkin-like spikes and small 

 flowers. 



\j Eriolopha flagellaris, E-idl., in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3067 (1916). 



Caulis subgracilis, 4 mm. crassus. Folia ovata, lanceolata, cuspidata, basi rotundata, 

 coriacea, glabra, 18 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, ligula brevi rotundata Integra, "vagina 

 costata baud cancellata. Iiijloresceyitia rhachi elongata graeili 70 cm. longa angu- 

 lata pubescente, internodiis 9 cm. longis 1^- mm. crassis, spicis pluribus cylindricis 

 10-11 cm. longis 5 mm. crassis. Bractece basales angustap, lineares, acuminatae, 

 papyracese, 11 cm. longce, 7 mm. latte. Bractece florales ovatae, imbricatse, carinatae, 

 sericeae, 5 mm. longae. Ocarium obovatum. Calyx tubulosus, costatus, sericeus, 

 I'o cm. longus, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis. Corolla tubo calyci aequilongo 

 pubescente, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, basi latioribus 1 cm. longis. liahellum 

 oblongum, obtusum, apice rotundatum, undulatum, G mm. longum. Anthera 



2 f2 



