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carnosum, recurvum, acutum, lateraliter subcompressum, margiue 

 valde acutum, 1-2-1 -4 cm. longum. Columna lata, 1 cm. longa, 

 brachiis acuminatis inaequaliter triclentatis. 



British New Guinea. Milne Bay, Micholitz. 



Introduced by Messrs. Sander & Sons, in whose nursery at 

 St. Albans it flowered in May, 1902. The sepals and petals are 

 dull yellowish green, spotted with dull purple, the lip light 

 brown, suffused with purple on the sides and apex, and the 

 column green. The specific name is given in allusion to the 

 tridentate arms of the column, there being a broad tooth at the 

 base in front, and a narrower one about the middle behind. 



293. Coelogyne Mooreana, Hort. Sand. • affinis C. cristatae, 



Lindl., folds longioribus, scapis altioribus, bracteis deciduis et 

 floribus minoribus differt. 



Pseuciobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, obtuse tetragoni, canalicular, circa 

 7 cm. longi, apice angusti, dipbylli. Folia elongatodanceolata, 

 acuta, 7-nervia, basi in petiolum attenuata, 24-50 cm. longa, 

 8-4 cm. lata, arcuata. Scapi erecti, 30-40 cm. alti ; raeemi 

 4-7-flori. Bracteae deciduae. Pedicel II 2\>-'V5 cm. longi. Flores 

 speciosi, albi, labelli disco aureo-maculato et pilis subclavatis 

 flayis instructis. Sepala elliptico-oblonga, acuta, laeviter carinata, 

 4-5-5 cm. longa. Petala elliptica, acuta, 4-5-5 cm. longa. Labellum 

 trilobum, 3-3*5 cm. longum, basi concavo-saccatum ; lobi laterales 

 oblongi, obtusi, incurvi et columnam involventes ; lobus inter- 

 medins ovatus, obtusus ; discus crebre piloso-papillosus, pilis 

 gracilibus 3-4 mm. longis et apice subclavatis. Columna gracilis, 

 late alata, circa 2 - 5 cm. longa. 



Annam. Laos side of the Lang Bian Range, at 1,300 m. alt., 

 Micholitz. 



Introduced by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, with whom it 

 flowered in December, 1906. It is dedicated to Mr. F. W. Moore, 

 A.L.S., Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Dublin, who also 

 flowered it at about the same time. It is the nearest ally of the 

 well-known C. cristata, Lindl., which has yet appeared, and 

 closely resembles it except in the characters above pointed out. 



294. Calanthe burmanica, Rolfe ; affinis C. Ceciliae, Low, floribus 



minoribus, segmentis angustioribus et calcare gracilius differt. 



Folia elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, plicata, subtus puberula, 

 basi in petiolum attenuata, lamina circa 20-25 cm. longa, 3-5-5 cm. 

 lata. Scapus erectus, circa 45 cm. altus, velutinus ; racemus multi- 

 florus, 10 cm. longus. Bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, undulatae, 

 velutinae, apice recurvae, 6-10 mm. longae. Pedicelli velutini, 

 2-2*5 cm. longi. Sepala elliptico-ovata, acuta vel apiculata, 

 10-12 cm. longa. Petala elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 

 10-12 mm. longa. Labellum columnae adnatum, profunde tri- 

 lobum, 14-16 mm. longum ; lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, 6 mm. 

 longi ; lobus intermedins angnste obtriangularis, medio bifidus, 

 segmentis obovatis ; crista tricarinata, carinis tuberculoso- verru- 

 cosis ; calcar gracile, laeviter incurvum, l*5-2'5 cm. longum. 

 Columna lata, 4 mm. longa, alae late auriculatae. 



Burma. Shan States. 



