ON THE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA. 855 
Anthera obtusa lata. Pollinia longa pyriformia acuta, attenuata: 
stipites tenues elongate-triangulares, glandula elliptica parva. 
peace 3 2 lineas longa, elliptica oblonga. 
South Cape. 
This curious plant is remarkable for its flattened spike of 
distichous bracts 
Tric choglottis leontoglossa, n. sp. — Caulis 6 uncias longus 
validulus, vaginis foliorum antiquorum ace 4 uncialibus. Folia 
lanceolata acuminata subo btusa apice biloba coriacea 4 uncia lata, 
linguiformis obtusus, discus see basi et in pagina inferiore 
canaliculatus pa cE canaliculi ad basin incrassatis. Calcar 
breve crassum rectum clavyatum a. Fate bilobo. Columna brevis 
crassa quadrata, stigmate profundo magno, qu Clinandrium 
profundum, marginibus erectis. Anthera incomplete biloculata 
ft., No. 889. 
ra papuana, n. sp. — Herba 16 uncias alta. Folia 5, 
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glanduloso-pubescente. Bractew florales, Rigcs superantes glandu- 
loso-pubescentes. Flores iis G. fumate Thw. equales. § 
erecta. Labellum latum ovatum subacutum concavum, intus vil- 
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bifidum. Pollinia vix caudiculata. Stigma subintegra. Capsula 
elliptica ee perianthio persistente coronata, parce pubescens, 
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Sogere. gone Guinea, H. O. Forbes, No. 
The affinity of this plant is with G. fala ‘thw, of Ceylon. 
Corymbis veratrifolia Rehb. f—Flowers white. Sogere, No. 763. 
APOSTASIACES. 
wiedia calanthoides, n. sp., Tab. 271. — Rhizoma diu 
Racemus multiflorus comosus. Bractee inferiores 
erectus. 
= Pi cn long virides pubescentes. Flores pune < — 
um sepalis cuspidata. Labellum angustum lanceolatum, 
medio. Seaecs subtus pubescente, marginibus tenuibus glabris. 
