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ORCHIDE^: Neottiej=. 

 Spiranthes australis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 823. 

 Camps X to XIII, 6700 to 10,500 ft. 

 Flowers white. 

 Disti'ib. India, North Asia, Java, Australia, and New Zealand. 



/ EURYCENTRTJM GOODYEROIDES, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Kerha 27 cm. alta. Folia basalia 3, ovata, glabra, minute cuspidata, basi rotun- 

 data, 3 cm. longa, 2 2 cm. lata, petiolis vaginautibus 5 mm. longis. Caulis 

 pubescens, basi per 15-18 cm. nudus, bracteis 3 vaginantibus lanceolatis linearibus 

 acuminatis 5 mm. longis. Racemus secundus, 10 cm. longus, pubescens, floribus 

 circiter 14. Bracte<s lanceolatae, acuminatse, longe cuspidatae, 7 mm. longse. 

 Flores parvi, sessiles, ovai'iis pubescentibus. Sepalum posticuui, cum petalis in 

 galeam connatum, 3 mm. longum, extus parce pubescens, lateralia angusta, lanceo- 

 lata, linearia, tequilonga. Labellum lamina brevi obtusa triangulari-ovata basi 

 latiore, calcare pendulo y mm. longo saccato obtuso, basi callis pustulosis lobatis 

 subglobosis instructum. 



Camp III, 2500 ft. 



A taller plant than the other species described by Schlechter. 



The genus is entirely Papuan, and is hardly generically distinct from Cystorchis, to 

 which Blunie attributed the first species described. 



Cryptostylts arachnites, Blunie, Orch. Arch. Ind. 132, t. 45. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. ^ 



Listrib. From the Himalayas to Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



/ CORyS.A.NTHES LONGIPETALA, Ridl., sp. nOV. 



Caulis 1-5 cm. longus. Folium ovatum, integrum, sessile, subacutum, 2 cm. longum, 

 1'5 cm. latum, glabrum. Ovarium 5 cm. longum. Sepalum posticum anguste 

 lanceolatum, acuminatum, 1*5 cm. longum, cseteris angustioribus petalis similibus. 

 Fetala linearia, filiformia, 3 cm. longa. Labellum basi tubulosum, e calcaratum, 

 crassiusculum, 5 ram. longum, lamina late orbiculari flmbriata 1 cm. lata. Columna 

 brevissima. Anthera columna sequilonga, loculis ellijiticis rotuadatis ; alae columnse 

 niagnse, elliptice rotimdatae. Rostellum integrum. Stigma majusculum. PolUnia 

 elliptica, oblouga. 



Utakwa Valley ; locality not stated. 



Resembling C.picta, Blume, but the lip not spurred, and the dorsal petal quite different, 



CoRYSANTHES Klossii, Ptidl., sp. nov. 



Caulis 10 cm. longus. Folium ovatum, acutum, sessile, in margine crenulatum, 

 1*5 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum. Ocarium cum pedicello 5 cm. longum. Sepala 

 anguste filiformi-linearia, 4 mm. longa, posticum magnum, obovatum, rotundatum, 



