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A NEW SPECIES OF TAENIOPHYLLUM (ORCHIDACEAE) 



Ry A, \V\ Dockkiki., Georges Hall, N.SAV. 

 TAENIOPHYLLUM" LOBATUM sp- nov. 



Flania efoltatii. Radices eirieieo-viuclefi, ferr plan at, a.ilttsn !3 (yo. lonPae, 

 usque ad l tmiu lajsc. Pr-duncuhtS circa $ mm l-?»git$, s^xa? *i*ti rr pt^vjt-pf^ttfflr 

 his-pidus. tVdtoetli ctiea 2 nuu. lougi, hispid:. iirarta* pedicM]n<; sfisiintftlfcd 

 variabiles, >eii fer? semper magnafc, ad ba&i.-i latae, acuminata* 1 , atute decurvac. 

 Rorcs plciumque 2-, subfiivi. v;x aperjernes- SeRtuenfa arijuncta sed noo adhaefen- 

 tU; supra aii partem laxerakm curvaU, tn/i-a plana. Sepaln circa 1 mm ionga it 

 I mm. lata, cymbiforraia, basin vex&na se!*s patieas gerentia. J?e*.ala smului, (tavTb 

 rjreviora, I.&belkini erica 2,5 mm, Ionium {<al^af*W iiidudcus), cyniVfora-*, cteme 

 in sumrna frame pra^dttntn; Inbt fottrale* h»gtri, fere scmiQrb»cniar*«, iru-urvat-', 

 calcar subcylmdratum, terme, circs 1 mm lonjium. Anthera. rosii'O obtuse, sursum 

 carvato^ insiructa. 



Vortb Queensland: Mount Spec (W. W. AbeK : Nov. 1955— TYPE). 



riant leafless. Roots naIe-grey-jL*Teen, almost flat, up to at least 12 era. long 

 and 1 mm. or less broad. Peduncle up to 3 mm. long, rather sparsely beset 



TncniophyUum tobalum sp, nov, 



A: Complete plant (about natural size), see. seal*. B: Flower from side: 



C: Flower from below. D: Labelhmi from side (lateral lobe raised), 



E. Column. (B, C, D and £ are shown twice natural; size,) 



with short coarse bristles (which are persistent on old peduncles). Pedicels 

 about 2 mm. long, beset with bristles similar tOj but smaller than, those e»f 

 the peduncle. Hracts subtending the- pedicels, variable in dimensions, but hngc, 

 broad at the base, acuminate, sharply decurved about one-third the distance 

 from the base. Flowers 2 as far as is known, pale yellow, rounded laterally 

 On top, flatlish below <nid horseshoe-shaped in outline (apart from the spur), 

 segments closely appressed but not joined and not widely expanding at their 

 apices. Sepals about 2 mm. Ions and 1 mm. broad {when flattened), cyinbi- 

 form, a few bristles towards the base. Petals similar to the sepals but a little 

 smaller anc^ without bristles. Labelhmi about 2,5 mm. long v including the 

 spur, cytnbitorm. with a tooth in front on top; lateral lobes large, almost 



