Bulbophyllum schizopetalum L.O. Williams sp. 
nov. 
Herbae epiphyticae, usque ad ultra 20 cm. longae. 
Folia elliptica, breviter acuminata, coriacea. Inflores- 
centiae fasciculatae, uni- vel pauciflorae. Sepalum dorsale 
lanceolatum vel lineari-lanceolatum, acutum, trinervium. 
Sepala lateralia lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 
leviter obliqua, trinervia. Petala bi- vel trilobata, quam 
sepala breviora. Labellum lineari-oblongum, semiteres, 
obtusum, muriculatum. Columna sectionis. 
Epiphytic, repent herbs up to more than 20 cm. long. 
Rhizome stem-like, covered with semiamplexicaul, cu- 
cullate, ovate, short-acuminate bracts which are 7-15 
mm. long. Pseudobulbs 1.5—2 cm. long and about 0.4— 
0.8 cm. in diameter, ellipsoid to ovoid, unifoliate. 
Leaves 6-10 cm. long and 1.5-8 cm. broad, straight or 
arcuate, short-acuminate, coriaceous. Inflorescences 1- 
to few-flowered fascicles borne from the base of the pseu- 
dobulbs and from the axils of all of the bracts at each of 
the nodes of the rhizome, about equaling the subtending 
bracts. Dorsal sepal 6-7 mm. long and 1.5—-2 mm. broad, 
lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved. Lateral 
sepals 6-7.5 mm. long and 2.5-8 mm. broad, lanceolate 
to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, slightly oblique, 3-nerved, 
the margins somewhat involute, free. Petals about 1.5 
mm. long and 1.25 mm. broad, strongly 2- to 3-lobed, 
the posterior and middle lobes largest, the anterior lobe 
small or almost wanting, so the petals appear to be about 
equally divided in most cases; the posterior lobe round, 
the terminal lobe acute. Lip about 4 mm. long, 1 mm. 
broad and 0.75 mm. deep, linear-oblong, apical two 
thirds densely muriculate, the basal third much less so 
and with a smooth, subcanaliculate area above on the 
basal half. Column of the section, about 2 mm. long. 
British New Guinra: Amieng on Yaneng River, a tributary of the 
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