Vorlâufige Beschreibungen neuer papuanischer 



Orchideen. XII. h 



von 



Dr. J. J. SMITH. 



Plalciiillicra (Sect. Mecosa) elli|)lic*a J. J. S. n. sp. 



Planta tlorens 9.5-23 cm. alta, radicibus crassis. Folia 

 elliptica, angustata vel subaciirainata, 2.75 — 3.75 cm. longa. 

 Inflorescentia laxe 7 — 12flora, pedunculo 7 — 13.5 cm. longo, supra 

 folia vaginulis 4 — 7 donato, rachide 3.75 — 6.25 cm. longa. Bracteae 

 oblongo-ellipticae, acuminatae, erosulae, 1.1 cm. longae. Sepalum 

 dorsale ovato-orbiculare, erosulum, concavum, dorso prominenter 

 3nervium, 0.53 cm. longiim et latum, lateralia deflexa, oblique 

 oblonga, obtusa, convexa, 0.7 cm. longa. Petala oblique ovato- 

 triangula, angustata, obtusa, 0.6 cm. longa, 0.35 cm. lata. Labellum 

 deflexum, e basi paulo dilatata auguste triangulum, obtusum, 

 convexum, 0.675 cm. longum, 0.27 cm. latum ; calcar deflexum, 

 subcylindricum, 1 cm. longum. Anthera alte obtuse bifida, thecis 

 remotis, basi divergentibus. Rostellum latum, humile, truncatum. 

 Stigma transversum. Ovarium 1 cm. longum. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Gipfel des Wichmann-Gebirges in 3000 

 m.u.d.M. (A. A. Pu lie n. 993). 



PerîsiyBuN (*îlioEalu$ J. J. s. n. sp. 



Caulis (pars foliataj 3.25—5 cm. longus, infra folia longe 

 tenuiter stipitatus. Folia 7-12, sessilia, recurva, ovata, acuta, 

 carinata, minute ciliolata, prominenter reticulato-venosa, 1—3.3 

 cm. longa, 0.5—1.5 cm. lata. Inflorescentia laxe vel subdense 

 pluriflora, pedunculo angulato, 7.75 — 21 cm. longo, vaginulis 

 5 — 6 acuminatis adpressis donato, rachide 5.5 — 8.75 cm. longa. 

 Bracteae triangulae, acuminatae, ad 0.75—1.1 cm. longae. Flores 

 minuti. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, subtruncatum, retusum, 0.25 



1) XI siehe Fedde, Rep. XII (1913), 394. 



