Two Unrecorded Plants from New Guinea. 175 



what broader sepals, almost glabrous petals and stamens, as 

 well as by the thinner style. 



Through recent access to better material it has been 

 ascertained, that the Papuan plant, formerly regarded as a 

 variety of E. Armhe'inicus, constitutes a distinct species, 

 to which now the name U. Reedy i has been given ; it differs 

 from E. amoenus already in smaller flowers on shorter 

 stalklets with almost glabrous petals and anthers, lesser 

 number of stamens and very short filaments ; a very similar 

 species occurs in New Caledonia. 



Dendrobittm Cuthbertsoni. 



Dwarf, tufty, except the calyx-tube glabrous ; roots 

 elongated, filiform, flexuous ; stems very short, leafy ; 

 petioles clasping, towards the base dilated ; leaves small, 

 broad-linear, narrowed towards both ends, rather acute ; 

 flowers solitary, terminal, relatively large, lightly carmine- 

 red, on conspicuous pedicels ; bract ample clasping ; calyx- 

 tube slender, somewhat papillular-rough ; calyx-lobes and 

 lateral petals of about equal length ; the lateral calyx- 

 lobes deltoid-semilanceolar; their prolongation quite descend- 

 ing, about twice as long as the lobes, narrowly conic- 

 cylindrical, rather blunt ; upper calyx-lobe lanceolar- ovate ; 

 lateral petals cuneate-obovate ; labellar petal somewhat 

 shorter than the two other, likewise membranous, orbicular- 

 ovate, very concave, entire, almost smooth, darker red 

 upwards, scantily conspersed with stalked glandules ; 

 gynostemium hardly half as long as the labellar petal, 

 upwards gradually blunt- dilated and incurved, dorsal] y 

 terminated by a minute narrow and acute denticle ; anther 

 dull-purplish ; poUen-massules pale-lilac, equal-sized in each 

 pair ; fruit slender. 



On Mount Obree, at elevations from 6000 to 8000 feet 

 (Cuthbertson and Saj^er). 



Whole plant only about two or three inches high ; leaves 

 flat, seldom above an inch long, often shorter, so far as seen 

 not exceeding |^ inch in breadth. Total length of flower 

 nearly one inch. Ripe fruit not obtained. 



This decorative species is dedicated to the leader of the 

 expedition, sent this year by the Victorian Branch of the 

 RG.S.A. to New Guinea. It differs as well from D. puni- 

 ceum as D. cerasinum in solitary still larger flowers, with 

 broader, blunt and subtle-venulated petals. 



