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GLOMERA ( EUGLOMERA) TRANSITORIA J. J. S. in Fedde, Rep. xi. (1913) 

 558 ; in Nova Guinea, xii. (1915) 244, t. Ixxxv. 148. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, forest slope by ? lake, epiphytic, 7000-8000'. 

 Fl. (white). Dec. 5545. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., Angi lake, Gjellerup). 



GLOMERA ( GLOSSORHYNCHA) GIBBSLE J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Caules erecti, tenues, teretes, superne valde ramosi, dense foliati, c. 13 cm. longi, 

 ramulis erecto-patentibus, internodiis inferioribus c. O5 cm., in ramulis Ol cm. longis. 

 Folia patentia, distincte petiolata, anguste oblonga, apicem versus angustata, obtusa, 

 basi satis abrupte in petiolum contracta, crasse carnosa, supra canaliculata, subtus 

 angulata et subcarinata, c. 0-6-O67 cm. longa, O17 cm. lata; vagina tubulosa, 

 verrucosa, apice setis numerosis laxe adpressis longis crispulis ciliata. Inflorescentia 

 terminalis, erecta, sessilis, 1-flora. Spatlia erecta, adpressa, flore multo brevior, 

 bracteam basi tantum amplectens, apicem calcaris includens, lata, valde cucullato- 

 concava, basi breviter tubulosa, acuta, dorso apicem versus carinata, dorso prsesertim 

 ad basin sparse furfuraceo-punctata, membranacea, c. 0'43 cm. longa. JBractea 

 spatha3 similis, angustior, acute acuminata, dorso parce furfuraceo-punctata, 

 membranacea, c. O4 cm. longa. Flos parvus, c. OS cm. longus (maceratus). 

 Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ovatum, distincte verruculoso-apiculatum, concavum, 

 3-nervium, c. 0'63 cm. longum, 0'225 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia apicem calcaris 

 baud amplectentia, basi brevissime connata, oblique ovato-oblonga, longius subulato- 

 apiculita, basi margine anteriore leviter rotundato-dilatata, concava, 3-nervia, 

 c. 0*7 cm. longa, basi 0'3 cm. lata. Petala ereoto-patentia, lanceolata, obtusa, 

 concava, 1-nervia, c. 0'675 cm. longa, O14 cm. lata. Labellum basi gynostemio 

 adnatum, usque ad apicem ovarii c. O3 cm., usque ad apicem calcaris 0*47 cm. 

 longum ; lamina porrecta, cum calcari angulum subrectum faciens, concava, subtus 

 convexa, supra visa ambitu suborbicularis, basi in regulam transversam conspicuam 

 incrassata, 7-nervia, explanata semielliptica, apice in lobulum angulato-rotundatum 

 sicco nigrum papillosum producta, basi utrinque rotundata, c. 0'3 cm. longa, 

 0'325 cm. lata ; calcar rectum, oblongum, superne leviter lateraliter compressum, 

 obtusissimum, dorso c. 0'3 cm. longum. Gynostemium a dorso compressum, dorso 

 leviter convexum, margine apicali repandulo-dentatum, medio retusum, absque 

 anthera c. 0'15 cm. longum, clinandrio concave, auriculis triangulis, apice breviter 

 libero dentiforniibus. Antltera cucullata, transverse ovalis, apice rotundato-producta 

 recurva et pellucida, fere 0'13 cm. lata, connective triangulo, convexo. Mostellum 

 transverse ovale, truncatum. Stigma semilunatum, margine inferiore valde productuin 

 et recurvum. Ovarium sessile, 6-sulcatum, c. 0'3 cm. longum. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., Koebre ridge between $ and <$ Angi lakes, epiphytic 

 on open burnt summit plateau, 9000'. Dec. 5605. 



The nearest ally of the species seems to be G. salicornioides J. J. S. This 

 differs by the more robust stems, probably different-shaped leaves, colour of 

 the flowers, much broader blade to the lip, and longer spur. 



I suppose that only the rooted upper parts of the steins were collected. 



The flowers are described as being white. 



