AN ORCHID NOVELTY FROM FIJI 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
DurING ‘THE CouRSE of identifying an interesting 
collection of orchids recently gathered in’ Fiji by Mr. 
William Greenwood of Lautoka, Viti Levu and sent to 
Dr. A.C. Smith of the Arnold Arboretum, | detected 
the following novelty. 
In a genus which is characterized by a close similarity 
of the flower-parts, the principal means of specific sepa- 
ration appears to rest on vegetative characters. 
Pseuderia Smithiana (. Schweinfurth var. ampli- 
folia C. Schweinfurth var. nov. 
Herba fohis ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis 
cum basi lata valde obliqua a specie praecipue differt. 
Plant differing from the type chiefly in the form and 
proportions of the leaves. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, very oblique at the 
broad sessile base, up to 18.2 em. long and 4.8 cm. wide 
near the base. Bracts as in the type. Sepals and petals 
yellowish green with streaks and spots of reddish brown. 
The ovate-lanceolate leaves with their very asyminetric 
broad basal portion give to this plant an appearance very 
dissimilar to that of the typical form which has narrowly 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves with a narrowly 
cuneate base and a maximum width of 2.4 cm. The flow- 
ers of the species are said to be yellow or cream-color 
with red or purple spots. 
Figi: Viti Levu, Lautoka, Mt. Evans, at about 1100 meters alti- 
tude, climbing up trunks of trees to 15 feet with horizontal or slightly 
dependent shoots 1—1.5 feet long, October 25, 1942, William Green- 
wood 661 D (Type in Herb, Ames No. 61891); Vanua Levu, ‘Thak- 
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