ORCHIDACE^ 



7 mm. long. Petals 7 mm. long, about 5 mm. wide, cuneate- 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, membranaceous. Labellum ad- 

 herent to the sides of the column nearly up to the stigmatic ori- 

 fice, forming a deep rounded sac, the free part dilated into a 

 rounded, triangular, acute, fleshy limb above. The anterior wall 

 of the sac provided with a fleshy, transverse callus. From the 

 base of the sac to the apiculate tip of the limb the labellum is 

 6 mm. long. Gynostemium arcuate, stout, with a three-lobed 

 terminal wing, the middle lobe rounded, the laterals triangular 

 with rounded tips. Rostellum slightly retuse. Anther with a 

 conspicuous retrorse, cucullate appendage in front. 

 Marei Parei Spur, Clemens 279, November 1915. 



5. Pholidota pectina.tsi A j?ies sp. nov. Pseudobulbi approxi- 

 mati, in sicco rugosi, obpyriformes vel semifusiformes. Folium 

 oblongo-ellipticum, acutum. Pedunculus folium aequans vel ex- 

 cedens. Racemus multiflorus. Bracteae inflorescentiaeglumaceae, 

 persistentes. Sepala lateralia ad basimvalde concava,ovata, acuta. 

 Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala ad basim cuneata, ad apicem 

 rotundata vel truncata. Labellum simplex, saccatum, in medio 

 bicarinatum, in laminam rotundatam productum. Gynostemium 

 simplex. 



Pseudobulbs ±2 cm. long, approximate, deeply rugose when 

 dry, yello wish, obpyriform to semi-fusiform, monophyllous, when 

 immature concealed, in dried specimens, by brown and closely 

 appressed sheaths. Leaf ±1.5 dm. long, up to 1.5 cm. wide, ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acute, petiolate. Petiole slender, up to 7 cm. long. 

 Flower shoot equaling or exceeding the leaves, free from the 

 leaf but enclosed with it in a common tubular sheath. Peduncle 

 naked below the imbricating empty bracts that subtend the ra- 

 ceme. Raceme up to 8 cm. long, 1.5 cm. in its greatest diameter. 



Flowers brown, distichouslyarranged, about 1.5 mm. apart. Bracts 



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