522 J. J. SMITH. ORCHIDACEAE. 



Neuwiedia Bl. 



Neuwiedia cacullata J. J. S. in Bull. Dép. Agric. Ind. néerl. n. XLV (191 1), 1. 



Tab. LXXV. 

 Caulis erectus, validus, c. 25 cm. longus, foliatus. Folia erecto-patentia, petiolata, anguste 

 lanceolatem, sensim longe acuniinata, longitudinaliter plicata, nervis majoribus c. 5 supra sub- 

 tusque prominentibus, nervis minoribus numerosis, membranacea, c. 35 — 50 cm. longa, 5 — 5.5 cm. 

 lata; petiolus cum vagina inferne dilatata concavus, valide 3-nervius, c. 15 — 20 cm. longus. 

 Inflorescentia elata, stricta, pedunculata, dense multiflora, fructificans c. 85 cm. longa, pedun- 

 culo valide superne puberulo c. 35 cm. longe, vaginis feliaceis magnis superne decrescentibus 

 erectis concavis pedunculum amplectentibus lanceolatis sensim longe acuminatis acutis saltem 

 superioribus dorse ad basin puberulis c. 27 — 6 cm. longis omnino obtecto, rachide angulata 

 sulcata puberula. Bracteae basi pedicellum amplectentes, .subovato-lanceolatae, sensim acuminatae, 

 concavae, ciliolatae et dorso puberulae, nervosae, c. 5 — o.S cm. longae. Flores parvi. Sepalum 

 dorsale anguste oblongum, obtusum, dorso infra apicem mucrone tereti obtuso apicem superante 

 donatum, concavum, dorso subcarinatum et parce patentissime puberulum, basi 3-, superne rami- 

 ficatione 7-nervium, c. 0.725 cm. longum, 0.225 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia dorsali subsi- 

 milia, obliqua, c. 0.8 cm. longa, 0.25 — 0.27 cm. lata. Petala obovata, rotundata, dorso infra 

 apicem mucrone brevi obtuso donata, concava, dorso crasse carinata, in carina parce puberula, 

 c. 0.74 cm. longa, 0.4 cm. lata. Labellum patentissimum (?), breviter subunguiculatum, obovatum, 

 valde concavum, apice margine incurvo cucuUatum, dorso valde carinatum et infra apicem 

 mucrone tereti obtuso instructum, in carina parce puberulum, intus fascia longitudinali lata 

 incrassata, basi 3-nervium, c. 0.85 cm. longum, 0.46 cm. latum. Gynostemium totum c. 0.63 cm. 

 longum. Stamina 3, inferne longitudine c. 0.2 cm. inter se et cum stylo connata; filamenta 

 linearia, dorso ad apicem convexo-incrassata et leviter recurva, obtusa, filamentum intermedium 

 totum c. 0.45 cm. longum, lateralia paulo breviora; antherae oblongae, obtusae, basi subo- 

 blique bilobae, thecis subparallelis, c. 0.225 cm. longae. Stylus stamina paulum superans, 

 subundatus; stigma paulum incrassatum, trigonum, vi.x trilobum, apice puberulum. Ovarium 

 trigono-obovoideum, apice in rostrum trigonum contractum, patentissime puberulum, totum 

 c. 0.9 cm. longum, rostro c. 0.3 cm. longo ; pedicellus puberulus, c. 0.5 cm. longus. Capsula 

 rostrata, oblique triquetra, puberula, absque rostro c. 1.4 cm. longa, lateribus subellipticis sulco 

 longitudinali instructis c. 0.825 — 0-9 cm. latis, ab apice in valvas 3 basi connatas dehiscens, 

 costas intermedias carpellorum basi apiceque connatas relinquens. Semina numerosissima, parva, 

 ellipsoidea, fusca, utrinque appendicem filiformem gerentia, tota c. 0.35 — 0.4 cm. longa. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea : An der Nordkûste bei Biwak Hollandia an der Humboldt-Bai, am Boden im 

 Urwalde in 30 m. û. d. M. (K. Gjellerup n. 291, bl. und fr. im .\ugust 1910). 



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