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P. pajniana ; (2) in the thick, lanceolate, short leaves of the fertile branches ; (3) in the 

 absence, as far as a fairly good series of specimens shows, of the slender whip-like fertile 

 branches so characteristic of this species. The seed is quite globose, without any point, 

 and the male-flower scales are more ovate and thicker. 



Although specimens of Podocarjms cupi^essinus, collected by Haviland on Mt. Kina- 

 balu at 11,000 ft. altitude, difl'er distinctly from typical forms in the much condensed 

 stiffer leaves, and seem to a certain extent to suggest a connecting-link between these 

 two species, yet I think that the New Guinea plant must be considered specifically 

 distinct. 



ORCHIDEiE: EpiDENDREiE. 



(By H. N. Ridley.) 



MiCROSTYLis LAXA, Kidl., sp. nov. 



Caulis repens, ascendens, gracilis, 14-12 cm. longus. Folia 3, ovata, acuminata, 

 3-4 cm. longa, l-2"5 cm. lata, basi lata, vaginis angustis 1 cm. longis. Macemus 

 23-25 cm. longus, pro majore parte laxe florifer. Bractece lineares, acuminatae, 

 deflexse, 4 mm. longa?. Pedieelli 6 mm. longee. Sepala linearia, oblonga, 5 mm. 

 longa, basi 1 mm. lata. Petala linearia, obtusa, 4 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. 

 Lahellmn ovatum, orbiculare, apice acutum, marginibus dentatis, auriculis 

 longis curvis acutis. Columna brevissima, stelidiis brevibus. Anthera oblonga, 

 rotundata. 

 Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 



Perhaps most nearly allied to M. hydrojjhila, J. J. Sm., but with very short teeth to 

 the rounder lip, longer auricles, and narrower petals and sepals, whilst the colour 

 appears to have been yellow or green, and not purple. 



MiCROSTYLis ACUMINATA, Eidl., sp. nOV. 



Caulis succulentus, 10 cm. longus. Folia 3-4, elliptica, ovata, longe acuminata, acuta, 

 basi rotundata, ad 16 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, petiolis 4 cm. longis latis vaginantibus. 

 Ftacemus circiter 20 cm. longus, ad medium nudus, floribus multis dissitis. Bractece 

 lineares, acuminatae, 1"1 cm. longse, angustissimae, deflexse. Pedieelli filiformes, 

 1 cm. longi. Sepala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, angusta, 4 mm. longa. Petala 

 linearia, obtusa, breviora, angustiora, dimidio sepali sequilata. Labellum sub- 

 quadratum, apice cuneatum, cuspidatum, cuspide longiusculo minute bifido, 

 auriculis longis acuminatis falcatis. Columna curva, longiuscula, stelidiis brevibus 

 latis oblongis rotundatis. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



The lip is rather remarkable for its quadrate form, suddenly sharply cuneate or 

 triangular at the tip, endiug in a narrow linear bifid cusp. The column is rather longer 

 than is usually the case in the genus, and curved. 



