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have subulate points, 43 lines long, 3-ribbed. Petals shorter and 
broader than the sepals, almost apiculate, 3-ribbed with branching 
veinlets. Labellum long as the petals of 3 blunt lobes, the middle one 
broader than long, the lateral ones occupying half the length of the 
labellum, all prominently marked by numerous branching veins which 
start from 3 or 4 strong raised ribs on the disk, margins slightly 
undulate. Column about half as long as the sepals, the dorsal lobe 
bearing the anther as in EZ. venosa—rather long and ovate. Pollen. 
masses 2, nearly globular. Capsule oval, about the size of a sm 
gooseberry, and prominently ribbed. ! 
Hab.: On sandy land, in shady localities of the Mackay district.—L. J. Nugent. 
CLEISOSTOMA, Blume. 
C. Nugentii, Bail., Proc. Roy. Soc. QI. xi. (After the discoverer, 
8 y t bbed 
long as the rest of the labellum, with no internal appendage ; Y 
; emg the column; 
genus. 
kay, Led 
veinlets plainly visible in the dried specimens. Peduncle eg 
shorter than the leaves, with 1 or 2 scarious sheathing brac flower’. 
, and 1-2 or none between these and those subtending the Bo ‘but 
Flowers cream-coloured erowded at x fo 
ing & 
opening one at a time. Bracts broad, fleshy, pointed, — 
ers all incurved, resembling those of some of our sm i 
Dendrobiums, Pedicels 3 lines long. Sepals broad-lance 
long as the sepals, the lateral lobes long and broad, the mi ” 
reduced to a —— end to the labellum, the whole uP 
