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LIPARIS ( EOLIPARIS) MABOROENSIS Schltr. Orch. D. Neu-Gruinea, (1911) 18G. 



Var. BISTRFATA J. J. S., var. nov. 



Planta minor. Folia 4-5'4 cm. longa, 2'3-3'2 cm. lata. Inflorescentia 1-flora. 

 Sepala et petala c. 0'475-0'44 cm. longa. Labellum 0'56 cm. longurn. Ovariuin 

 pedicelktum c. 0'6 cm. longum. 



Manokoeari, tract to Ambani, terrestrial in " korang " forest, 800' 

 above the sea. Fl. (green). Jan. 6187. 



Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 



I think this plant is L. maboroensis Schltr. I have kept it apart because 

 of the smaller flowers and the two purple lines on the labellum. 



MICROSTYLIS ( CREPIDIUM) XANTHOCHILA Schltr. in Schum. et Laut. Nachtr. 

 Fl. d. Schutzgeb. Siidsee, (1905) 102, etc. 



Manokoeari, tract to Ambani, terrestrial in high forest on " korang/' 

 800'. Fl. (orange-green). Jan. 6188. 



Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 



MICROSTYLIS ( CREPIDIUM) GTIBBSLE J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Caulis e basi decumbente radicante adscendens, c. 11-folius. Folia oblique 

 subovato-oblonga, plus minus falcata, subacuta, apiculata, minute undulata, nervis 

 conspicuis c. 3 subtus prominentibus, c. 4'5-5 cm. longa, 1'6-1'7 cm. lata; 

 petiolus canaliculatus, cum vagina c. l'G-1'7 cm. longus. Inflorescentia erecta, laxe 

 multiflora, pedunculo c. 5'25 cm. longo, vaginulam bracteiformem 1 gerente, rhacbide 

 6 cm. superante. Bractecs parvae, reflexae, oblongo- ad lanceolato-triangulse, aeutae, 

 ad c. 0*27 cm. longa?. Flores patentissimi. Sepalum dorsale subovato-ovale, 

 obtusum, convexum, apice concavum, 3-nervium, fere 0'3 cm. longum, 0*175 cm. 

 latum. Sepala lateralia reflexa, oblique orbiculari-ovata, obtusa, basi convexa, 

 superne concava, 3-nervia, c. 0'26 cm. longa, fere 0'2 cm. lata. Petala oblique 

 ligulata, obtusa, 1-nervia, c. 0'25 cm. longa, 0'08 cm. lata. Labellum hippocrepidi- 

 forme, fovea triangula concava incrassatione triangula lata convexa circumdata, 

 incrassatione parva ad basin, explanatum totum c. 0'43 cm. longum, lobis lateralibus 

 obsoletis vel subobsoletis, obtusis, lobo intermedio late triangulo, in lobos 2 oblique 

 triangulos acutos margine interiore repandulos bifido, laciniis 4 elongatis subulatis 

 praeserfcim interioribus falcatis et lobum intermedium superantibus ad bene O'l cm. 

 longis exterius descrescentibus utrinque, auriculis majusculis, anguste oblique trian- 

 gulis. acutis vel acutiusculis, fere 0'2 cm. longis, basi c. 0'08 cm. latis. Gynostcmnim 

 a dorso compressum, oblongo-quadrangulum, apice dilatatum, dorso convexum, bene 

 O'l cm. longum, clinandrio concavo, auriculis divergentibus, antheram superantibus, 

 oblongis, truncato-obtusis, intus convexis, carnosulis. Anthera cucullata, transverse 

 quinquangulari-reniformis, obtusissima, 0'06 cm. lata. Bostellum latum, retusum. 

 Ovarium pedicellatum c. l-l'l cm. longum. 



Hob. Manokoeari, tract to Arnbani, terrestrial in " korang " forest, 

 700'. Dec. 6192. 



The nearest allies of this species are M. pedicellaris Rchb. f., M. pectinata 

 J. J. S., and M. wariana Schltr., which all are characterized by the elongate 

 pedicel. 



