PLATE 2616. 
GIULIANETTIA TENUIS, Rolfe. 
ORCHIDES. 
ig plone Rolfe (gen. nov.). Sepala patentia, subequalia, later- 
alia basi supra insertionem oblique extensa, post Jabelli calear 
in laminam liberam breviter bilobam connata. Petala sepalis angus- 
tiora. Lubellum basi column affixum et cum ea in tubum bre- 
vem connatum ; lamina erecta, integra, late cordato-ovata, concava, 
brevissima, medio crassiuscula, basi longe calcarata. Columna bre- 
most. 
striatis verrucosis obtecti, paucifoliat ‘i Folia subterctia. Flores ter- 
minales, solitarii, e medio bractearum hae ee are apa -scariosarum 
horizontale ad apices ramorum enascentes 
G, tenuis, Rolfe (sp. wnica). 
Caules breves, parce ramosi, foliorum vaginis striatis verrucosis 
obtecti, 3-4 poll. longi. folia linearia, subobtusa, subteretia, 6-10 
lin. longa ; vaginis striatis verrucosis, ores solitarii, horizontales. 
Bractee spathaceo-oblonge, subacute, involute, striate, 6 lin. longe. 
Pedicelli 5 lin. longi. Sepala lineari- lanceolata, acuta, 6 lin. longa, 
lamina 14 lin. longa et lata, etala eae a acuta, 5 lin. longa. 
Labellum late cordato-ovatum, subobtusam, 14 lin. longum, concavum ; 
calear eylindricum, obtusum, 44-5 lin. longum. Columna crassa, 1 
lin. longa 
New Guryea : Mount Seratchley, 12,200 ft., Giulianetti. 
A very interesting monotype, clearly sig Ha Ceratostylis, but 
differing in its large solitary flowers, in auriculate of the 
Fig. 1, a flower: 2, lip and column, All enlarged. 
