and 5-6 mm. broad, broadly oblanceolate to elliptic, 
acute, 5-nerved, cucullate. Petals 10-12 mm. long and 
3-4 mm. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse, 3-nerved, adnate 
to the column at the base for about 4 mm. by their an- 
terior margins. Labellum digitately 8-lobed, spurred: 
lateral lobes somewhat explanate, 8-10 mm. long and 
2-3 mm. broad, linear, obtuse; mid-lobe about 10 mm. 
long and 2.5 mm. broad, linear, emarginate to about the 
middle, the lobules parallel and acute; dise at the tip of 
the column with several small calli in three lines; spur 
8-10 mm. long, slender, obtuse. Column of the genus. 
British New Guinea: Amieng on the Yaneng River, a tributary of 
the Buso River, above mouth of Tosapik Creek, Morobe District, at 
5000-6000 ft. alt., flowers pale green, lip white, April 3, 1941, 
Clemens 12093 (Tyre in Herb. Ames). 
Calanthe fissa is allied to C. finisterrae Schltr. from 
which it is distinguished by the lobing of the lip and its 
proportions, and by the much narrower and more deeply 
divided mid-lobe. 
Pedilochilus Clemensiae L.O. Williams sp. nov. 
Herbae parvae, epiphyticae. Pseudobulbi fusiformes 
vel anguste ovoidei, unifoliati. Folia lineari-elliptica, 
acuta, coriacea, petiolata. Inflorescentia lateralis, uni- 
flora, folia excedens. Sepalum dorsale ellipticum vel 
oblanceolatum, acutum, trinervium. Sepala_ lateralia 
oblongo-obovata, leviter obliqua, apiculata. Petala ob- 
longo-subsigmoidea, apiculata. Labellum unguiculatum, 
cymbiforme et apice saccatum. Columna generis. 
Small epiphytic herbs from a repent rhizome. Pseu- 
dobulbs 1-2 cm. long and 2—4 mm. in diameter, aggre- 
gated, fusiform to narrowly ovoid, unifoliate. Leaves 
(only two seen) 5-5.5 cm. long including the petiole and 
about 6 mm. broad, linear-elliptic, acute, coriaceous, pet- 
iolate, the petiole about 1 cm. long. Inflorescence about 
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