110 
Podocarpus cupressina, R. Br. ex Mirb. in Mém. Mus. Par., 
xiii, p. 75; Bece. Malesia, i, p. 179. 
Mount Scratchley, 10000-13000 ft., and Wharton Range, 
11100 ft. 
HYDROCHARIDACEA. 
Ottelia - alismoides, Pers. Syn. Pl. i, p. 400; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vi, p. 527. 
Iaro River, near Magibiri, in the Astrolabe Range. 
ORCHIDACEZE. 
Dendrobium (Stachyobium) rigidifolium, Rolfe; ad D. mirbeli- 
anum, Gaud., accedit, recedit petalis latis sepalis sequalibus, 
labello minore. 
Pseudobulbi teretes, $ ped. E polyphylli. Folia ovata, 
subobtusa, sessilia, coriacea, 1-13 poll. longa. Racemi terminales, 
2-2} poll. longi, basi Mer tables imbricatis obtectz. Bractew 
ovato-oblongs, obtuse, 4-6 lin. longs. Pedicelli 14 poll. longi. 
Sepalum  posticum M ODIGBP UNE breviter cuspidato-acuminatum, 
10-12 lin. longum; lateralia triangulari-falcata, acuta, carinata, 
longa, 4j lin. vus Labellum integrum, elliptico-oblongum, 
obtusum, recurv 6-7 lin. longum, lateribus erectis paullo 
undulatis, disco etib bicarinato. Columna lata, 1 lin. longa. 
Mentum breviter conicum, obtusum, 4 lin. Tongimi: 
Mount Scratchley, 12200 ft. 
This species evidently belongs to the group siete D. mir- 
belianum, Gaud., and D. veratrifolium, Lindl., among which it is 
remarkable for its broad flat petals not longer uen the sepals. 
Dendrobium  (Pedilonum)  brevicaule, Rolfe ; affinitate 
D. Cuthbertsoni, F. Muell.,a quo differt floribus si fori pas labello 
cuneato-oblongo abrupte acuminato. 
Pseudobulbi brevissimi, cespitosi, oblongi, 4-1 poll. longi, 
a u. rnit lanceolata, subacuta, 24 poll. longa, 
2—4 lin. lata es ni terminales, breves, 2 3.flori. Bractee late 
ovate, acute væ, imbricate, 2-5 lin. longs. Pedicelli 
3-1 poll. longi, trialati. Sepalum posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, 
acutum, 4-7 lin. longum ; lateralia triangulari-ovata, acuta vel 
acuminata, carinata, 2-3} lin. lata, basi cum columnæ pede in 
mentum longum extensa. Potala elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 3-6 
lin. longa. Labellum cuneato-oblongum, abrupte acuminatum, 
7-11 lin. longum, 14-3 lin. latum, disco levi.  Colwmna lata, 
2-3 lin. lo Mentum ee iu 'acütum, paululo 
incurvatum, 8-12 lin. lon ngum 
Mount ck eel , 12200 tt. 
is on a sm. 1 
pseudobulbs, the other known species bei ng D. cerasinum, Rid ; 
D. ponca Ridl., and D. E . Muell., all natives o 
New Guinea d 
