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Habenaria. (^ Hologlossa) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herha 20-23 cm. alta, gracilis, pauciflora. Folia basalia 2, elliptica, ovata, acuta, 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora, carinata, 8-5 cm. longa, I'o cm. lata, nervis 7, nervulis 

 transversis, petiolo cum vagina I'G cm. ad 2-5 cm. longo. Folia caulina plura, 

 lanceolata, acuminata aut cuspidata, inferiora 2 cm. longa, trinervia. Hacemus 

 6 cm. longus, floribus dissitis 5. Bractece lanceolatse, acuminatse, 6 mm. longoe. 

 Ovarium brevissime pedicellatum, 1 cm. longum. Sepaliim posticum ovatum' 

 acuminatum, obtusum, carinatum, erectum, fere 3 mm. longum; lateralia lanceo- 

 lata, deflexa, carinata, 3 mm. longa. Petala lanceolata, obtusa, quam sepalum 

 posticum breviora. Lahellum integrum, lanceolatum, acuminatum, obtusum, 

 pugioniforme, carnosum, quam sepalum posticum longius, calcare filiformi 1 cm. 

 longo ovario requilongo. Columna lata, processubus brevibus truncatis, stelidiis 

 oblongis brevibus pustulosis. Pollinia pyriformia, caudicula longiore filiformi, 

 glandula elliptica mediocri. 



Camp VI c, 5500 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft. (a form with shorter spur). 



ORCHIDEJE : CypRiPEDiEiE. 



Cypeipedium papcanum, Ridl. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, Iviii. (1915) 131. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 



SCITAMINE^. 

 (By H. N. Ridley.) 



Zixgiberace^. 



Curcuma Zedoaria, Rose. Scitam. t. 109. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



" Upper bracts pale mauve-crimson, lower green. Flowers pale yellow." 

 Distrib. Widely distributed through Asia. 



Tapeinochilus Beccarii, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 318. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



" Inflorescence carmine, near the ground. Leaves at the top of the cane 6 to 10 ft. 

 high." 



Distrib. New Guinea. 



Tapeinochilus recurvatum, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 31.9; 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 20, p. 436. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Distrib. New Guinea. 



Thylacophora, Ridl., gen. nov. 



Calyx spathaceus, baud tubulosus, elongatus, fere ad basin flssus, lanceolatus, acumi- 

 natus. Corolla tubo brevissimo, lobis 3 insequalibus lanceolatis elongatis acuminatis 

 tenuibus, labello bifido lobis corolla brevioribus angustis linearibus hirtis. Stamen 



second series. — botany, vol. IX. 2 E 



