134 J- J- SMITH. ORCHIDEEN. 



NACHTRAG. 



Peristylus remotifolius J. J. S. in Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. néerl. XXII, 2. 



Tab. XLV. 149. 



Caulis erectus, teres, pallide glauco-viridis, inferne vaginis tubulosis ex parte laminam 

 parvam gerentibus tectus, magnam partem foliatus, c. 23.5 cm. longus, internodiis superioribus 

 quam infima brevioribus. Folia c. 8, remota, anguste lanceolato, sensim longe et acute acuminata, 

 basi angustata, undulata, c. 5-nervia, costa média supra sulcata, subtus valde prominente, 

 reticulato-venosa, opaca, glaucescenti-viridia, c. 4.5 — 15 cm. longa, 1.5 — 2.3 cm. lata; vaginae 

 tubulosae, pallide glauco-virides, inferiores quam internodia breviores, superiora internodiis 

 aequilongae. Inflorescentia erecta, laxa multiflora, pedunculo dilute viridis, c. 12 cm. longe, 

 nonnullis vaginis lanceolatis erectis tecto, rachide viridi, c. 12.5 cm. longa. Bracteae adpressae, 

 e basi ovata acuminatae, acutae, concavae, virides, ad c. 0.9 cm. longae. Flores c. 18, secundi, 

 parvi, virides. Sepalum dorsale cum petalis galeiforme, subellipticum, concavum, dorso infra 

 apicem obtuse apiculatum, minutissime erosulum, i-nervium, anguste albido-marginatum, 

 c. 0.27 cm. longum, 0.14 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia patentia, incurva, cymbiformia, oblongo- 

 elliptica, falcata, obtusa, dorso longe infra apicem conico-apiculata, praesertim apicem versus 

 carinata, i-nervia, c. 0.33 cm. longa, 0.125 cm. lata. Petala sepalo dorsali agglutinata, erecta, 

 oblique ovata, subfalcata, obtusa, basi obliqua ungui labelli adnata, concava, i-nervia, c. 0.275 cm. 

 longa, fere 0.2 cm. lata. Labellum calcaratum, lamina breviter unguiculata, tripartita, ungue 

 cuneato, concavo, gynostemio et petalis adnato, ad basin loborum convexo-incrassato, c. 0. 175 cm. 

 longo, laciniis lateralibus divergentibus, incurvis, linearibus c. 0.35 cm. longis, lacinia inter- 

 media leviter decurva, laciniis lateralibus multo breviore, triangula, obtusa, convexa, c. 0.17 cm. 

 longa, 0.125 cm. lata, calcari ovario pallelo et breviore, arcuato, tenuiter clavato, obtuso, 

 dilute viridi, c. 0.8 cm. longo. Gynostemium brève, ungui labelli adnatum, totum c. 0.17 cm. 

 longum, auriculis maximis, gynostemium multo superantibus, incurvis, clavatis, obtusis, extus 

 convexis, verrucosis, albis. Anthera brevis, thecis approximatis, parvis. Stigmata labelli ungui 

 adnata, auriculis multo breviora. Ovarium erectum, apice recurvum et attenuatum, 6-sulcatum, 

 c. 12 cm. longum. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Sûdlich des Geluks-Hiigels [Exp. Lorentz 1907, Djibdja n. 380, leb. Pfl.]. 



