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sicco rigida, ad basim fastigiata, vix petiolata, pedunculis multo 
longiora, vaginis persistentibus caulem obtegentibus. Pedunculi 
abbreviati valde incrassati, axillares, circiter 2.5 cm longi, in 
sicco 2 mm in crassitudine. Bracteae inflorescentiae squami- 
formes, 1 mm longae, pedicellis breviores. Racemi pauciflori, 
flores in pedunculo paene usque ad basim dispositi, circiter 8 mm 
in. diametro, submembranacea. Sepala lateralia ovata, acuta, 
extus ad apicem cuspide munita, 4 mm longa, 2.5 mm lata. 
Sepalum dorsale anguste ellipticum, obtusum, concaviusculum. 
Petala 3-nervia, oblongi-lanceolata, 4 mm longa, usque ad 2 mm 
lata. Labellum saccatum, 4 mm longum, antice irregulariter et 
inaequaliter incrassatum. Gynostemium brevissimum. 
Guam Experiment Station 208, collected under the direction of J. B. 
Thompson, January, 1912. 
The labellum, from the material at hand, appears to have been semiglob- 
ular when fresh with the anterior margin fleshy and irregularly thickened. 
The interior of the labellum is smooth; at least it is free from conspicuous 
calli or keels. 
TAENIOPHYLLUM Blume 
TAENIOPHYLLUM sp. aff. T. obtusum BI. ? 
Costenoble 1175, May, 1906, local name amot otdan. 
There are no flowers with the specimen in the United States National 
Herbarium. A colored sketch shows linear-oblong petals of a pale-greenish 
color, the labellum white, with an obtuse spur. A lateral view of the flower 
shows the lateral sepals to be triangular, at the base united with the petals 
and the upper sepal to form a short funnel-shaped tube. In this lateral 
view the spur or sac is shown to be cylindric. The peduncles are rough as 
are the triangular acute bracts of the zig-zag rachis. The general habit 
of the plant suggests Taeniophyllum obtusum Bl. (T. Zollingeri Reichb. f. 
Xen. Orch. t. 77). 
