188 MK. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



BrLBOPHTLLTJM viEESCENS, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Inst. Buitenz. vol. vii. (1900) 3. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



BuLBOPHYLLTJM DIJBIUM, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xxii. (1909) 36. 

 Utakwa Valley, without exact locality. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



BULBOPHTLLUM ALTICAULE, Ridl., Sp. nov. 



Fseudobulbi cauliformes, graciles, subtriquetri, 7-costati, 15 cm. longi, 2 mm. crassi, in 

 rbizomate 3 mm. crasso remoti. Folinm elHpticum, acutum, ad basin angustatum, 

 coriaceum, carina prominula, 15 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, petiolo sulcato 2 cm. longo. 

 Scapns 18 cm. altus, peduncvilo 12 cm. longo, vaginis 4-5 tubvilosis acuminatis 



1 cm. longis dissitis, racemo denso 6 cm. longo multifloro. BractecB 5 mm. longse, 

 lanceolatte, acuminata^, miniite punctatse. Fedicelli 8 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo- 

 ovata, lateralia basi connata, falcata, obtusa, apice extus papillosa, minute 

 mucronata, 5-nervia, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Fetala lanceolata, 5 mm. longa. 

 Labellum carnosum, latum, curvum, obtusum, basi latius, apice linguiforme, 5 mm. 

 longum, 3 mm. latum, costa media elevata. Colimina oblonga, erecta, ventre alata 

 alls tenuibus, stelidiis minutis acutis terminatis, pede aequilongo. Anthera ovata, 

 tenuis, apice acuta. 



Camp VI a, 500 ft. • . 



The flowers are apparently pink with darker tips to the sepals ; the dense-flowered 

 racemes stand stifiiy erect close to the narrow stem-like pseud obulbs. 



BULBOPHYLLUM PAEDALINUM, Ridl., Sp. noV. 



Rhizoma 2 mm. crassum, pseudobulbis cauliformibus basi incrassatis 2 cm. longis 

 fibrillis vaginae tectis. Folium lanceolatum, aj)ice breviter acuminatum, obtusum, 

 ad basin attenuatum, coriaceum, carinatum, 12 cm. longum, 1'7 cm. latum, petiolo 



2 cm. longo. Scapus 20 cm. longus, erectus, validulus, tloribus mediocribus 3-4 

 secundis, inferne vaginis cyUndricis acuminatis 6 mm. longis. Fractece tubulosse, ' 

 apice lanceolatse, acutse, cuspidatse, 5 mm. longoe. Fedicellus cum ovario 7 mm. 

 longus. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, subtequalia, posticum pauUisper angustius, 

 1*9 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, basi dense rubro-punctata, apice flava. Fetala lanceo- 

 lata, triangularia, acuminata, columnse sequilonga. Labellum 1*5 cm. longum, 

 ad basin 2 mm., latum, ungue deflexo brevi flavo, lobis 2 rotundatis erectis, lamina 

 cylindrica profunde sulcata, marginibus sulci eversis, purpurea, trichomatibus planis 

 linearibus furcatis dense tecta. Columna majuscula, 4 mm. longa, basi angusta, 

 pede brevi, marginibus superne alatis, stelidiis brevibus lanceolatis obtusis. Anthera 

 magna, erecta, oblonga, apice rotundato. 



Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 and 3900 ft. 



In some respects this species suggests an affinity with B. calUpes, J. J. Sm. and 

 its allies, but the racemose inflorescence and deflexed, not straight, claw of the lip 

 separate it. 



