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200 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



basales 6 mm. longge, in tubum connatae, apicibus ovatis 2 mm. liberis. Pedun- 

 culus 2 mm. longus, crassus. Bractea floralis lanceolata, obtusa, 2 mm. longa. 

 Omrium crassum, sessile, 3 mm. longum. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, lateralia 

 mucronulata, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Petala paullo latiora, sequilonga. 

 llentum cornutum, obtusum, ad apicem attenuatum, ovario aequilongum. Lahellum 

 brevissimum, 2 mm. longum, ovatum, cordatum, obtusum, apice incrassatum, in 

 medio nervo elevato bifurcato. Columna brevis, stelidiis carnosis linearibus obtusis 

 mediocribus, processu infra stigma liueari obtuso, margine clinandrii in dorso 

 elongate. Anthera hemispbaerica. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Allied to G.fimhriata, J. J. Sm., but there are no cilia on the leaf-sheaths, and the 

 spur is longer. 



Glossorhtncha GRANDirivORA, Schlechter, in Fedde, Eep., Beihefte, i. 293. Glomera 

 grandiflora, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. fig. 82. 

 Camps XII to XIII, from 11,500 to 10,500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Glossorhyncha carnea, Schlechter, in Fedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 293. Glomera carnea, 

 J. J. Sm. 1. c. t. 88. B. 

 Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Glossorhtncha frttticula, Schlechter, in Eedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 293. 



Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



The flowers are rather smaller than given in the descrij)tion, but I suppose this is the 

 plant intended by G.frnticula, J. J. Sm. 



Glossorhtncha elegantula, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. 

 Sudsee, 130. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



The specimens differ from the plant as descril^ed in having cilia on the mouths of the 

 sheaths of the leaves, but a specimen in the Kew Herbarium received from Schlechter 

 shows distinct cilia. 



Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Mediocalcar longipes, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caules repentes, 10-15 cm. longi, vaginis tubulosis tenuibus superne dilatatis 

 apice ovatis mucronulatis 5 mm. longis vel minoribus, pseudobulbis gracilibus 

 cylindricis 8 mm. longis vix 1 mm. crassis. Folia 2, linearia, basi in petiolum 

 attenuata, 55 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, apice minute mucronulata. Flores solitarii, 

 in pedunculo gracili 2 cm. longo, pedicello cum ovario 1 cm. longo. Sepala 

 connata, 8 mm. longa, basi breviter gibbosa, lobis acutis angustis. Petala breviora, 

 angustissima, linearia, acuta, medio carnosulo, ad marginem tenuiora, labellum 



