J. J. SMITH. ORCHIDACEAE. 453 



valdc iiicmvus, oblongus, concavus, incxpansus c. 0.2 cm. longus. Ovaiium rectum, 6-sulcatuin. 

 parce furfuraceo-punctatum, c. 0.3 cm. longum. Capsula patentissima, trigona, 6-costata, im- 

 matura c. i cm. longa. 



Xiederl.-Neu-Guinea: Arlak-Ciebirgc in v. 1800 111. li. tl. M., aiif einein Bcrgriicken, auf totem 

 Holze. (K. GjELLERUi' n. 1040, bl. im April 1912). 



Eine Art mit cler Tracht der A. poidiila BL, besonders bemerkenswert wegen der Form 

 der Anthère. 



Nach GjELLERUP sind die Blùten weiss mit blauvioletter Sàulenspitze. 



Appendicula Steffensiana J. j. S. in Nova Guinea VIII (1909), 119, t. XI,, 134. — Podocliiliis Stcf- 

 fiiisianus Schitr. in Sciiuni. et Laut. Nachtr. FI. deutsch. Schutzgeb. SUdsee 124. 



Niederl.-Neu-Guinea : Am mittleren Legarei-Fluss. (R. F. Janowskv n. 64, bl. u. fr. im Juni 1912). 



Appendicula disticha Ridl. in Joiirn. Bot. XXIV (1886), 354, t. 270. — Podochilus disiichus Schitr. 

 in Muni, lierb. Boiss. n. XXI (1900), 57. — Cliilopog07i distklutiii Schitr. Oreh. Deutsch-Neu- 

 Guinea (1912), 333. 



Tab. CLXXVI, 328. 



Caules approximati, patentes, simplices, subteretes, virides, foliati, c. 5.5 — 18 cm. longi, 

 0.16 — 0.2 cm. diam., internodiis c. 0.55 — 0.75 cm. longis. Folia patentia, oblonga, apicem 

 versu.s vi.x angustata, obtuse bidentata cum mucrone paulo longiore interposito, costa média 

 supra sulcata subtus praesertim apicem versus prominente, rigidula, viridia, c. 1.6 — 2.2 cm. 

 longa, 0.7 — o.S cm. lata; vaginae tubulosae, antice e.xcisae, internodia multo superantes. In- 

 tlorescentiae terminales, subsessiles, distichae, dense multiflorae, c. 4.5 — 6.5 cm. longae, cum 

 bracteis bene i cm. latae, rachide lateraliter compressa, dilute viridi. Bracteae alternatim 

 bifariae, patentes, approximatae, imbricatae , conduplicato-cymbiformes, expansae oblongo- 

 triangulae, mucronatae, integerrimae, dorso carinatae, dilute virides, c. 0.6 — 0.75 cm. longae. 

 Flores deorsum spcctantes, parvi, bracteis valde breviores, c. 0.5 cm. lati, 0.45 cm. longi, 

 sepalis petalisquc patentissimis, pallide virescenti-albis, sepalis dorso et ovario parcissime et 

 minute furfuraceis. .Sepalum dorsale ovatum, obtusum, longius subulato-apiculatum, i-nervium, 

 c. 0.3 cm. longum, fere 0.15 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia lata ad pedem gynostemii 

 decurreiitia, mentum reversum ovario adpressum et brevius rectum conicum obtusum c. 0.125 

 cm. longum formantia, margine antico inferne contigua, oblique ovato-oblonga, obtusiuscula, 

 concava, apice subcucullata, dorso superne carinata, carina infra apicem apiculo longo subulato 

 terminata, i-nervia, c. 0.3 cm., usque ad apicem pedis gynostemii 0.425 cm. longa, 0.17 cm. 

 lata. Petala erecto-patentia, sensim incurvula, linearia, basi paulo dilatata, apice breviter acutata, 

 obtusiuscula, vix falcatula, concava, i-iiervia, c. 0.275 cm. longa, 0.06 cm. lata. Labellum subtus 

 ventricosum, ungue pedi gynostemii in formam calcaris leviter curvati conici apice leviter con- 

 tracti oblique obtusi c. 0.125 cm. longi adnatum, apice valde recurvum conve.xumque, albidum, 

 inexpansum c. 0.375 cm. longum, cxpansum cuneato-obovatum, tertia parte superiore dilata- 

 tum, bene 0.4 cm. longum, 0.325 cm. laluiii, ungue cuneato, concavo, costa longitudinal! 

 apicem versus paulo ampliata donato, c. 0.125 ^"i- lo"go, laminac parte intermedia transverse 

 quadrangula lamellis 2 longitudinalibus parallelis latis carnosis basi pilos .satis longos paten- 

 tissimos faucem calcaris obtegentes gerentibus antice vix purpurascentibus ornata, intcr lamellas 



