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multiflora, pedunculo c. 7'8 cm. longo, angulato, c. 2 vaginulas bracteiformes gerente, 

 rachide angulata, 3'5 cm. superante. Bracteae reflexae, lanceolato-triangulse, acutje, 

 concavulae, 1-nervise, ad c. O4 cm. longse. Flares (macerati) bene 0'6 cm. longi, 

 sepalis petalisque patentissimis, recurvis, convexis. Sepalum dorsale ovato-ovale, 

 obtusum, 1-nervium cum nervulo 1 rudimentario utrinque (semper?), c. 0'3 cm. 

 longuin, G'225 cm. latum. Sepala kteralia oblique ovata, obtusa, valde convexa, 

 1-nervia, c. - 27 cm. longa, 0'18 cm. lata. Petala ligulata, basin versus leviter 

 angustata, apice retusa, 1-nervia, c. 0'3 cm. longa, O'OS cm. lata. Labellum hippo- 

 crepidifonne, 3-lobum, fovea oblongo-ovali incrassatione lata convexa circumdata, 

 cxplanatum c. 0'35 cm., cum auriculis 0'52 cm. longum, 0'36 cm. latum, loins 

 lateralibus patentissimis. late triangulis, vix productis, obtusis, lobo intermedio 

 producto, oblongo-subtriangulo fere quadrangulo, apicem versus angustato, fere ad 

 medium, in lacinias contiguas oblongas obtusas bifido, c. 0'22 cm. longo, basi 

 0'175 cm. lato, dente 1 patente cum lobo medio angulum rectum faciente anguste 

 triangulo subacuto lobis lateralibus vix breviore utrinque inter lobos, auriculis 

 oblique triangulis, obtusis vel subacutis, c. 0'17 cm. longis. Gymnostemium breve, 

 a dorso compressum, ambitu quadrangulum, apicem versus dilatatum, dorso con- 

 vexum, c. 0'075 cm. longum, clinandrio concavo, auriculis divergentibus, oblique 

 oblongo-quadrangulis, oblique truncatis, subretusis. AntJiera cucullata, transverse 

 ovali-reniformis, apice rotundata, c. 0'06 cm. lata. Pollinia 4, in corpuscula 2 com- 

 pressa obovata unita, c. O03 longa. Rostellum auriculis vix brevius, late retusum. 

 Ovarium pedicellatum curvatum, 6-costatum, c. 0'45 cm. longum. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, forest patch by $ lake, creeping in humus, 

 7000'. Dec. 5677. 



Flowers yellow. A distinct species with the mid-lobe elongate. 



MICROSTYLIS ( HERPETHORHIZIS) GRANDIFLORA J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum, radicans, omnino vaginis sese amplectentibus 

 tectum, radicibus pubescentibus. Caules remoti, erecti, c. 6'5-7 cm. longi, 

 c. 7-folii, foliis infimis vix laminam gerentibus. Folia erecto-patentia, obli(jiu' 

 elliptica ad lonceolato-elliptica, interdum subovata, acuminata, acuta, minute 

 undulata, nervis 3-5 majoribus curvatis dorso prominentibus, ad c. 7-7'5 cm. 

 longa, 2'7-2'4 cm. lata ; petiolus latus, cum vagina ad 3'4 cm. longus. Inflorcs- 

 centia erecta, laxe multiflora, pedunculo angulato, bene 10 cm. longo, vaginulam 

 1 bracteiformem gerente, rhachide angulata, c. 11-18 cm. longa. Bractece reflex;i% 

 Ianceolato-triangula3, acutse, concavae, 1-nervise, c. 0'75 cm. longae. Flores in 

 genere magni, quaqiiaversi, macerati c. 1*5 cm. longi. Sepalum dorsale deorsum 

 spectans, oblongum, apicem versus leviter dilatatum, obtusum, convexum, 5- vel 

 subquinquenervium, c. 0'9 cm. longum, 0'4 cm. latum. Sepala kteralia oblique 

 reflexa, oblique ovali-oblonga, superne leviter dilatata, valde convexa, apice recurva, 

 obtusa, c. 0'77 cm. longa, 0'425 cm. lata. Petala reflexa, ligulata, obtusa, retusa, 

 convexa, 3-nervia, 0'8 cm. vix superantia, 0'25 cm. lata. Lalellum magnum, 

 erectum, convexum, dorso basi convexa excepta concavum, biauriculatum, sub- 

 trilobum, fovea majuscuk, altiuscula, margine incrassato U-formi cruribus in labelli 

 partem anticam convexam decurrente, in utraque parte foveae costa convexa addita, 

 costa media medio incrassata itaque. labellum medio 5-costatum, 3- supra basin 

 5-nervium, nervis exterioribus valde ramosis, explanation ambitu quinquangulare, 



