1897.] G. King & R. Pantling — New Iudo-Malayan Orchids. 591 



VANDEJE. 



Phalj;nopsis Mastersii, n. spec. Roots abundant. Leaves oblong- 

 obovate, the apices bluntly apiculate, the bases narrowed, length 1*25 

 in., breadth '75 in. Raceme three times as long as the leaves, sparsely- 

 flowered. Flowers about *5 in. across; floral bract small, much shorter 

 than the filiform stalked ovary. Sepals oblong ; the dorsal with re- 

 curved margins ; the lateral pair flat, sub-acute, strongly reflexed, their 

 surfaces touching below. Petals falcately oblanceolate, much and 

 irregularly undulate. Lip small, much shorter than the sepals or 

 petals ; the side lobes triangular, acute, erect, the disc between them 

 bearing a fleshy 3-crested callus; the apical lobe oblong, blunt, much 

 decurved, entire. Column with two erect conical teeth near its base. 

 Pollinia sub-globular, the caudicle oblanceolate, the gland large. 



At the Nambur Falls in Assam ; Masters, February, 1845. 



A species allied to P. Esmeralda, Reichb. fil., but a much smaller 

 plant and with flowers one-half the size of those of that species. This 

 is described from a specimen in the Calcutta Herbarium which has been 

 hitherto overlooked. The species has not, so far as we are aware, been 

 collected since Masters' visit to the Nambur Falls fifty-two years ago. 



Bieemannia, new genus. 



Epiphytal ; stem very short. Leaves three or four, fleshy, linear. 

 Raceme about as long as the leaves. Sepals sub-equal, ovate-lanceolate, 

 the lateral pair attached to the base of the column. Petals shorter 

 than the sepals. Column straight, with a short foot at right angles 

 to itself. Lip attached at right angles to the foot of the column, 

 as long as the petals, concave, fleshy, lobed or not; the disc with 

 two or more calli ; apex broad or sub-acute. Stigma large, orbicular. 

 Anther depressed, apiculate, shortly beaked in front ; pollinia 2, oval, 

 attached by a subulate caudicle to a small gland. Capsule cylindric, 

 ribbed, narrow. Two species, one in the Khasia Hills and the other in 

 the Sikkim-Himalaya. 



A genus allied to Doritis, but distinguished from it by the absence 

 of forked appendages on the disc. 



Bieemannia quinquecallosa, n. spec. A small plant with erect 

 stem scarcely one inch in length. Leaves fleshy, narrowly oblong, 

 the apex minutely bifid, somewhat narrowed to the base, length about 

 1 in., breadth *25 in. ; flowering-peduncle axillary, about as long as the 

 leaves, bearing at the apex one or two flowers about *3 in. across ; floral 

 bract minute, much shorter than the cylindric sub-sessile ovary. Sepals 

 and petals sub-equal, oblong, sub-acute ; the dorsal free from the lateral 

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