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Ilab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, terrestrial under edge of forest patch by 

 9 lake, 7000'. FL Dec. 5713 and 5890. 



This differs from the plant collected by Mr. G. M. Versteeg in the valley 

 between the Hubrecht and Wichmann Mts. in being smaller in all its parts, 

 especially in the flower, the somewhat more acuminate dorsal sepal, more 

 angular petals, and longer pedicel. I do not think the plants are specifically 

 distinct. 



The flowers are said to be pink. 



SPIRANTHES (?) PAPUANA Schltr. Orch. D. Neu-Guinea, (1911) 4G. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, open marsh by ? lake, on gravel, 7000'. Fl. 

 Dec. 5673. 



Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 



The material consists of two very small plants. Schlechter's description 

 suits it better than my S. angustilabris There are two conspicuous scales at 

 the base of the lip, which, however, so far as I have seen, are not hairy. 



The petals are more acute than in S. angustilabris and the lip is much 

 broader and 3-nerved. The dorsal sepal is 1-nerved, whereas it has three 

 nerves in S. angustilabris. 



The colour of the flowers is white. 



GOODYERA ( EUGOODYERA) ARFAKENSIS J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Caulis pars erecta c. 9 cm. longa, c. 5-folia, inferne vaginata. Folia patentia, 

 oblongo- ad lanceolato-ovata, sensim acuminata, acuta, 5-nervia, laxissime reticulato- 

 venosa, costa media et prsesertirn venis transversis in sicco albis, mediana maxima ad 

 c. 3'4-3-S cm. longa, 1-1 -1 cm. lata ; petiolus canaliculatus, cum vagina tubulosa 

 c. 1-2-1-3 cm. longus. Inflorescentia erecta, densius multiflora, pedunculo grossius 

 pubescenti, c. 5'3 cm. longo, vaginulis 2 foliaceis in bracteas vergentibus donate, 

 rhachide parce puberula, c. 5'5 cin. longa. Bractece adpressae, subulatae, acutae, basi 

 dilatatse ciliolatseque, concava3, 1-nerviae, c. 1-0'5 cm. longse. Flores patentes, 

 parvi, glabri. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, obtusum, concavum, 1-nervium, c. 0'26 cm. 

 longum, 0*16 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia oblique ovata, obtusa, concava, 1-nervia, 

 c. 0'275 cm. longa, 0*15 cm. lata. Petala sepalo dorsali agglutinata, oblique 

 spathulato-ligulata, falcata, obtusa, superne irregulariter marginata, concava, 1- 

 nervia, c. 0'27o cm. longa, superne 0-075 cm. lata. Labellum cum gynostemio 

 angulum acutum faciens, magnam partem rotundato-saccatum, lamina obtusangule 

 recurva, concavula, subtus convexa, subtus longitudinaliter sulcaturn, 1-nervium, 

 c. 0-26 cm. longum, explanatum late subovato-triangulum, 0'26 cm. lougum, fere 

 0'3 cm. latum, sacco marginibus latis exceptis carnosulo et in utraque parte costse 

 mediae nxuricibus c. 12 adsperso, sensim in laminam triangulo-semiorbicularem 

 obtusam c. 0'07 cm. longam, O'l cm. latam producto. Gynostemium rectum, dorso 

 convexum, dorso visum rhombeum, c. 0'15 cm. longum, clinandrio cucullato. 

 Anihera cucullata, cordata, obtuse acuminata, c. O'l cm. longa. Rostcllum falcato- 

 bidentatum. Stigma majusculum, transverse ovali-obreniforme, margine inferiore 

 rotundatum. Ovarium 6-sulcatum, apice leviter attenuatum, glabrum, bene 0'4 cm. 

 lougum. 



