ON THE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA. 825 
unciales cespitosi haud dilatati. Folia angusta linearia 14 uncia 
z longa, 1-2 lineas lata, subacuta. Racemi } uncia longi, bracteis 
pallidis laxis membranaceis ovatis cuspidatis. lores 3-4 pro 
planta magni purpureo- get: circiter } uncia longi... Sepala et 
petala lanceolata acuta inata. Petala angustiora et breviora. 
quam sepala brevius anguste loratum lanceolatum acutum ley 
Calear apice dilatato. Columna recta quadrata at i pAb 
versus basin acuminata, linea elevata in ventre. Stigma quadrata. 
ang galeata. Ovarium alatum conicum cum pedicello } uncia 
t. Gawada, No. 5 
This plant and the preceding are closely allied in their habits, 
being small compact plants, with short leaves 
The latter species is distinguished by its narrower linear bases, 
distinctly dilated apex of spur, and the purple colour of the rather 
rger lowers 
: Bulbophylium (§ E.ecantes) kermesinum, n.sp.—Rhizom 
lignosum pinne corvi crassitie. Pseudobulbi remoti, uncia dissili, 
angusti subeylindrici unciales. Folium singulum erectum spathu- 
atu 
Columna kermesina maculata ‘curva, dorso eet dentes 
clinandrii lati truncati bidentati, 5 apiibs acutis pallidi, Ale 
eiiiiercs curvule late Sew arginibus evolutis, 
Sogere, 1750-1800 ft., Nos. 433, 775. 
um, — Rhizoma tenue repens, pseudobulbis 
oblongis monophyllis 3 uncia longis dissitis. F ellipticum 
lanceolata tenue carinatum obt i-1} uncla longum, } uncia 
angusta linearia lanceolata. Labell i inerassatum lob 
duabus crassis oe inter quos canaliculo, apice cornuto eine 
lineari, subobtuso, subtus canaliculato 0 carnoso 
dentes duobus ereotls acutis. Pes columne piacaciaih “Tabula 
Parvis duobus 
South Ca 
ape. 
This species resembles at first sight very closely B. vittatu “ 
Teysm., but o's in its distant not Ss pse coat ays = 
shape o f the lip, which is almost terete and upeurved, Ys 
and ‘eperng to the apex like a rhinoceros-horn; at the base it is 
