SMiItTH—NEWwW ORCHIDS. IQI 
8-9,000 ft. Plant of 3-5 inches. Flowers pale yellow, brownish 
at base. April 1919.’ G. Forrest. No. 17,822. 
New to China. - 
o[,0\0 Bulbophyllum shweliense, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. radiato, Lindl. a quo floribus fere sessilibus 
inter alia differt ; a B. caulifloro, Hook. f. rhizomate gracili, peta- . 
lorum forma praeter alia signa removitur; a B. protracto, 
Hook. f. valde affini pedicellis subnullis, bracteis ovaria 
longe superantibus, petalis  trinerviis distinguitur; in 
B. odoratissimo, Lindl. petala minima uninervia; B. lepianthum, 
Hook. f. et B. Gamblei, Hook. f. autem affines, petalis viridulis 
uninerviils separantur. 
Planta pusilla rhizomate comet gracillimo. Pseudobulbi 10- 
15 mm. longi, 4-5 mm. lati, 3-5 cm. inter se distantes, oblong, 
monophylli. Folia oleramene 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, oblonga, 
apice rotundata et breviter retusa, basi brevissime petiolatim an- 
ustata, in sicco firme papyracea. Scapus ad 4-5 cm. altus flex- 
uosus gracillimus bracteis 2-3 remotis vaginiformibus praeditus ; 
racemus in capitulum 5-10-florum circ. 1 cm. diametro com- 
pactus ; bracteae florales 10-12, albidae, 3-4 mm. longae, lanceo- 
latae, acutae, concavae, tenuissime membranaceae. Flores aur- 
antiaco-flavi subsessiles. Sepala circ. 7 mm. longa lanceolata 
longe acuminata trinervia. Petala circ. 3.5 mm. longa, subellip- 
tica, brevissime acutata, trinervia, glabra. Labellum petala 
subaequans, linguiforme, curvatum, marginibus erectis, pedi 
circ. 1.5 mm. longo affixum, glabrum. Columna brevis lis 
parvis acutis. Anthera bilocularis polliniis 4 quorum duo 
minima. 
“West China :—Shweli Valley, Yunnan, on trees and rocks. 
Lat. 24° 40! N. Alt. 56,000 ft. Epiphytic plant of 1%-2% 
inches. Flowers golden-yellow. August r1o19.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 18,398 ' 
Lo. Calanthe amoena, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. puberulae, Lindl. a qua habitu multo robus- 
tiore, floribus flavidis, petalis linearibus uninerviis differt. 
Planta terrestris erecta 40-50 cm. alta rhizomate brevi radici- 
bus elongatis pilosis bene praedito. Folia basalia circ. 6, basi 
fibris solutis circumdata, sub anthesin satis bene evoluta, plus 
minusve elliptica, ad 25 cm. longa, ad 8.5 cm. lata, apice acuta 
vel acuminata, basi petiolatim angustata, plicata, in sicco mem- 
branacea, utrinque glabra. Scapus erectus, folia longe super- 
ans, foliis reductis bracteiformibus lanceolatis 2-3 ornatus, 
flores circ. 15 gerens, minute pubescens ; inflorescentia infra laxa 
