COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 189 



BULBOPHTLLUM ERRABLNDUM, Ridl., Sp. IIOV. 



Rhizoma elongatum, 1 mm. crassum nudum, pseudobulbis 3 cm. remotis ovoideo- 

 conicis 3 mm. longis. Folium lineare, acutum, coriaceum, 5 cm. longum, 2 mm. 

 latum. Scapl gracillimi, ad 20 cm. longi, basi (ad I'o cm.) nudi, floribus remotis 

 7-14, pedicellis filiformibus I'l cm. longis, ad 1 mm. supra basin articulatis. 

 JBractea minuta, vix 1 mm. longa, linearis. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, apice rotun- 

 data, svxbsequalia, tenuiter trinervia, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, patentia. Petala 

 obovata, truncata, apice lata, emarginata, dente minuto intermedio, quam sepala 

 subduplo breviora. Luhellnm oblongum, obtusum, carnosum, 15 mm. longum, 

 marginibus liirtis. Columna brevis, lata, stigmatis fovea longa elliptica, stelidiis 

 minimis subacutis, pede longiore. Anthera ovata, pileata. Capsula oblonga, 

 obtusa, fere sessilis, costis vix elevatis. 

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

 Closely allied to an undescribed species collected by Micbolitz on the Mount Stirling 



Kange, which differs in having acute sepals and very much larger bracts, and to 



B. graciliscapa, Schlechter. 



BULBOPHTLLUM BACTJLIFERTJM, Ridl., Sp. nOV. 

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Rhizoma elongatum, gracile, vaginis pallidis apice costatis ovatis 2-4 mm. longis 

 tectum, pseudobulbis minutis cylindricis 2 mm. longis 1 mm. crassis congestis vel 

 remotis. Folium coriaceum, lanceolatum, mucronulatum, ad basin angustatum, 

 l'5-3'5 cm. longum, 4-7 mm. latum. Scapus gracilis, 15 cm. longus, per 10 cm. 

 nudus, vagina una parva excepta, racemo 3 cm. longo flexuoso, floribus circiter 

 ^ 10 remotis, rhachi parce verructdosa. BractecB lanceolataj, obtusae, convolutse, 

 2 mm. longse, juveniles lanceolatse, acutse, patentes. PecUcelli graciles, cum ovariis 

 6 mm. longi. Sepaluon posticum lanceolatum, obtusum, trinervium, 4 mm. longum, 

 1 mm. latum, appendice terete obtuso atro in apice e nervo medio oriente, lateralia 

 fere ad apices connata, apice obtusa, appendicibus eo sepali postici similibus. 

 Petala brevia, lata, oblonga, truncata, columna breviora. Labellum parvum, ungue 

 brevi descendente crasso, lamina ovata lanceolata plana, lobis 2 tenuibus rotundatis. 

 Columna brevis, crassa, pede subsequalis, stelidiis porrectis brevibus oblongis 

 obtusis. Anthera ovata, acuta. 



Camp VI «, 3100 ft. 



/ BuLBOPHYLLUM Orsidice, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Rhizoma longe repens, pseudobulbis 2-4 cm. distantibus cylindricis erectis basi incras- 

 satis 3 cm. longis. Folium lanceolatum, acuminatum, acutum, subfalcatum, basi 

 angustatum, dorso carinatum, 5-12 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum, petiolo canaliculato 

 4-5 cm. longo. Scapus gracilis, 35 cm. longus vel longior, racemo evoluto 6 cm. longo. 

 BractecB ad 17 amplectentes, cupuliformes, 7 mm. longae, 3 mm. latae, dente longo. 

 Pedicellus cum ovario gracili, 1"5 cm. longus. Sepalum posticum lineare, acumi- 

 natum, 5-nervium, 2 cm. longum, ad basin 1 mm. latum, lateralia longiora, 2'5 cm. 

 longa, ad basin connata, flava, nervis obsciu'ioribus. Petala triangularia, cuspidata. 



