COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 165 



Camp T, 700 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



This has the habit of Liparis disticha, Lindl., but the column is not broadly winged 

 to the base. The flowers appear to be green. 



Dendrobium WoLLASTOXii, Eidl., sj). nov. 



Pseudobulbi elliptico-conici, 70 cm. longi, 5'5 cm. in circuitu. Folia oblonga, obtusa, 

 coriacea, 10"5 cm. longa, 4"S cm. lata. Flores 2 vel plures, speciosi. JBractea ovata, 

 lanceolata, acuminata, glabra, pallida viridis, 1 cm. longa. Pedicellus 2 cm. longus. 

 Ovariuni 5 mm. longum, hirtum, album, roseo-punctatum. Sepala lanceolata, 

 acuminata, 5 cm. longa, basi 1 cm. lata, alba, pilis viridescenti-albis tecta, 

 mento lato obtuso kermesino-punctato. Petcda alba, glabi'a, spathulata, 5 cm. 

 longa, 3"5 cm. lata quo latissima, ungue lineari-oblongo, limbo ovato acuminato. 

 Labellum trilobum, glabrum, lobis lateralibus oblongis truncatis 2"5 cm. longis, 

 apice lo cm. latis lacteis, marginibus supra basin versus lineis violaceo-roseis macu- 

 latis, subtus punctis rufescentibus in lineas dispositis ornatis, lobo terminali ovato- 

 acuminato acuto 1'5 cm. longo 2 cm. lato lacteo, basi labelli incrassato decurvo, callo 

 maguo oblongo albo apice trifido et trisulcato. Columna brevis, 1'5 cm. longa, in 

 utroque latere linea violaceo-rosea, et infra stigma macula hippocrepiformi notata, 

 apice lato ; stelidia erecta, dentiformia. Anthera lata, hemispherica, sequilonga. 

 A living plant was brought home by Mr. Wollaston, and flowered by the Honourable 



Charles Rothschild. 



This handsome plant difl'crs from D. Forhesii, Ridl. in its hairy sepals and mauve 



colouring, and from D. ternutense, J. J. Sm. in its acute lip and tritid callus. 



Dendrobium maceophyllum, a. Piich. Sort. Astrol. 22, t. 9. 

 Launch Camp, at sea-level. 

 Disbib. Java, Timor, Philippines, and Papua. 



Dendrobium (§ Crumenati) platybasis, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caulis 30 cm. longus, complanatus, internodiis basalibus 4 flavis politis ancipitibus 

 cum carina mediana in utroque latere. Folia curva, linearia, acuta, 4 cm. longa, 

 3 cm. lata. Flores e fasciculis bractearum in parte nuda terminali 4 cm. longa. 

 Bractece lanceolatae, acuminatse. Pedicellus 6 mm. longus, gracilis. Sepala 

 postica ovata, acuta, 5 mm. longa, lateralis triangularia, latiora, acuta, 2 mm. 

 lata; mentum obtusum, curvum. Petala linearia, angusta, sepalo postico sub- 

 a^quilonga. Labellum 1 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum quo latissimura, obcuneatura, 

 ungue late obtriangulari-obovato, marginibus undulatis minvite denticulatis, caiina 

 media ci'assa carnosa bisulcata. 

 Launch Camp, at sea-level. 



Very near to D. acerosum. Hook, fil., except for tbe dilated bases of the stem, which 

 are flattened and thin, the biggest about 5 mm. across and 3'5 cm. long and narrowed 

 slightly at both ends (those above very distinctly narrowed below), whilst a sharp keel 

 runs down each of the flattened faces. The flowers appear to have been pinkish at 

 the tips. 



