Smith : Orchid ace ae novae Matayenses X. 17 



longioribus, crista coiispicua utriiique ad basiii, costa Ioiio;itiidinaIi valida 

 duplici e basi iisque beiie -/;, partes supra basiii deinde decresceiite 

 simplici et usqiie apicem prodiicta, subtus loiigitudinaliter siilcatuin, 

 totum c. 1.0 cm. loiigiim, fere 1.4 cm. latiim, hypocliylio 1.25 cm. longo, 

 fere 1.4 cm. lato. Oyiiostemium gracile, sigmoideum, leviier a dorso 

 compressum, apicem versus iiicrassatum, c. 1.25 cm. longum, clinandrio 

 magiio, alte excavato, pariete postico producto lato truncato, apicem versus 

 utriiique miiiutissime serrulato. Aiitliera magna, cucullata, a latere visa 

 triangula, aiitice quadrata, aj^ice retusa et medio minute fimbriato-serrulata. 

 0.25 cm. lata. Rostellum recurvum, triaiigulum. Stigma transversum, triaii- 

 gulum. Ovarium ôsulcatum, c. 1,2 cm. longum. 



Ternate: Toramadialii, c. 800 m. (V. M. A. BEGUIN, n. 1121, 

 November 1920). 



Near Q. vauilloides SCHLTR. and G. affinis J. J. S. From the first 

 species it differs in the colour of the flowers, the petals being grooved 



on the back (Schlechter in his description says „petalis nervo 



medio extus incrassato" ; 1 suppose that this in an error as in al! species 

 of Galeola I know the petals are grooved on the back), a much broader 

 lip with the keel produced unto the apex but simple and less conspicuous 

 in the upper third part. From G. affinis J. J. S. it may be distinguished 

 by the much broader lip not or hardly retuse at the apex, the clinandrium 

 being very minutely serrulate at the margin and the retuse anther. The 

 three species want to be studied from good flowers preserved in alcohol. 



„Terrestrial, climber, 4 m. high. Leaves only on the flowering branches. 

 Flowers yellow, lip red, inside with erect hairy red organs with a light 

 yellow tip." (V. M. A. BEGUIN). 



Description from herbarium. 



Erythrodcs amboinensis J. J. S. nom, nov. — Pliysunts herpysmoidcs 

 K. et P, var. amboinensis J, J. S. Orch, Ambon (1Q05), 10, 



The species differs from E. herpysmoides (K. et P.) SCHLTR. a.o. in 

 the much smaller flowers and the shorter spur. 



Erythrodes brevicalcar J.J. S. n, sp. 



Caulis e basi decumbente tereti radicante c. 12.5 cm. longa adscendens, 

 parte erecta c. 5.5 cm. longa, c, 4folia, Folia oblique oblongo-ovata, 

 subfalcatula, leviter acuminata, acuta, basi breviter in petiolum contracta, 

 undulata, nervis 4 majoribus supra impressis subtus prominentibus, 

 c. 6—6.5 cm. longa, 2.8 — 3 cm. lata, summum minus; petiolus tenuiusculus, 

 canaliculatus, cum vagina brevi tubulosa c. 2.5 — 2.7 cm. longus. Inflorescentia 

 erecta, laxe satis multiflora, pedunculo glandulosa-piloso, c. 1.35 cm, longo, 

 vaginulis c. 4 basi tubulosis adpressis superioribus tantum glanduloso-pilosis 



