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border of stigma; pollen sectile, pollinia 2, large, lying at back 

 of and extending below the stigma in a posterior sac formed 

 by a membranous connection between the margins of stigma 

 and the anther, connected by the rather long caudicle to a 

 large elliptical gland on apex of the rostellum; stigma rather 

 prominent, quadrate-ovate. 



This plant approaches very closely Goodyera longi- 

 hracteata, Hayata, with which species it may ultimately be 

 deemed identical (vide "Icones Plantarum Form.osanarum" 

 iv., 114, t. 61, a...h) but in the Formosan species the numer- 

 ous prominent longitudinal nerves in the labellum do not 

 appear to be present. In the bud the apical projection of the 

 labellum in the Papuan plant is closely approximated to the 

 front of the rostellum and rostellar gland, which it exactly 

 covers and protects. 



Dendrochtlum Murrayi, n. sp. 

 PI. vii. 

 Pseudobulbi subfusiformes, subangusti, monophylli, + 7'5 

 cm. longi, 12'5 mm. lati. Folia apicalia, lineari-lanceo- 

 lata, petiolata ; lamina glabra, nervo solo medio valdior 

 prominenti, 5-nervosa, + 20-27 cm. longa, 15-35 mm. 

 lata; petioli + 5 cm. longi. Scapi erecti, terminales, 

 graciles, foliis longiores; racemus 6-9 cm. longus, laxi- 

 florus. Bracteae oblongo-ovatae, glumaceae, valde multi- 

 nei'vosae, basibus contractae, fere reflexae, + 8 mm. 

 longae. Pedicelli ovaria aequantes. Flores mediocres. 

 Sepala lateralia libera, paten tia, lanceolata, 3-nervosa, 

 + 7 mm. longa, 1*6 mm. lata; sepalum dorsale erectum, 

 3-nervosum, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore angus- 

 tioreque, circiter 6'5" mm. longum. Petala lateralia 

 patentia, 3-nervosa, sepalis breviora et angustiora, + 

 5*75 mm. longa, + 1 mm. lata. Labellum sessile, tri- 

 lobum, + 4 mm. longum, hypochilium rectilineare; lobi 

 laterales parvi, recurvi, anguste triangulares; lobus in- 

 termedins ovato-rhomboideus, apice acutus, margine 

 integro; in basi laminae 3 carinae crassae elevatae. Col- 

 umna subgracilis, + 2*75 longa, apice incurvata galeata; 

 stelidia conspicua, sub-falcata, acuminata, prope medium 

 gynostemii, galea breviora; rostellum triangulare, apice 

 obtusum; stigma grande, prominente, ovale, erectum in 

 superiore parte columnae. Habitat — Deva Deva (C. T. 

 White, No. 606), August, 1918. 



Pseudobulbs rather narrow, somewhat fusiform, +7*5 

 cm. long, 12'5 mm. wide, monophyllous. Leaf linear-lanceo- 

 late, petiolate; lamina glabrous with prominent midrib, 5- 



