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X. Thrixspermum, Lour. Fl. Coch. (ed. Berol) p. 635. Sepala zqualia. Tepala subzequalia. 
Labellum in pede columns affixum, expansum seu connivens, in calcar extensum seu tantum foveatum, 
antice apice incrassatum seu convolutum,  Pollinia rotunda, mollia, in caudicula uniglandulosa.— 
Distichifolium. : 
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$ 1. Pedunculus bracteis ancipitibus bipectinatus. 
T. Greffei, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f.; labello rhombeo, obtusangulo (convoluto ?), apice inflexo (arrecto °), 
tumido, lobuloso, calloso. Folia disticha, in caule caulescenti lineari ligulata, apice bidentata, valde 
coriacea, tres quatuor usque poll. longa, ultra dimidium poll. lata. Vaginæ nervose. Radices adventitiz 
tenues, flexuose. Pedunculi elongati, arrecti, medio hinc vagina parva vaginati, apice bipectinati; bracteis 
triangulo navieularibus. Ovaria pedicellata bracteas excedentia. Sepala oblonga, obtuse acuta. Tepala 
oss subacuta. Flores parvuli, illis Thrixspermi adversi vix multo majores.—Upolu, Samoan Islands 
(Greeffe !). 
§ 2. Pedunculus teres, bracteis planis. 
1. T. Godeffroyanum, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f. Xenia, vol. ii. p. 122 (Tab. XC.) ; caule subnullo ; 
foliis cuneato-oblongis, acute minute ac inzqualiter 2-lobis; pedunculis elongatis, apice racemosis ; 
labelli laciniis lateralibus oblique quadratis ; lacinia media semiovata, pilosula, sacco obtuso.— Vanua 
Levu (Harvey! Seemann! n. 600, Greeffe !). 
Planta statura multum ludens; specimina Seemanniana macra, Greffeana multo majora. Radices 
adventitiz late, vittzeformes, quasi lomentaces, quod sspe constrictæ, calvæ, truncis valde adpresse, sicce 
flavie, rugose. Folia nunc terna in uno caule sicca bene pergameneo-carnosa, nune bene inzqualiter biloba. 
Pedunculi sæpe in eodem caule plures, usque ad octo, graciles, vaginis quaternis, retusis, abbreviatis, superne 
racemosis. Bracteæ triangul:e, parvæ, in rachi nune flexuosa, nune recta, sepius secundiflora. Sepala et 
tepala oblonga, obtusa. _Pes columns longe porrectus. Columna gracilis, lamina transversa sub fovea. 
Anthera vertice conica, utrinque filo pendulo apice clavato. “ Flowers bright yellow." Seemanh, mss.— 
Planta insigni mercatori Hamburgensi, Cesari Godeffroy, navium exercitu maria remotissima aranti, 
inscripta. Obs. Fructus in uno specimine Greffeano fusiformes, utrinque porrecti, quasi bipéctinati; an 
ita semper ? : 
EXPLANATION OF PrATE XC., representing Thrixspermum Godeffroyanum, Reichb. f.—Fig. 1, flower- 
bud; 2, open flower; 3, lip and column; 4, column; 5 and 6, pollinia :—a// magnified, but figures 3 and 4 
are incorrectly rendered. ; 
XI. Saccolabium, Bl. Bijdr. p. 292; Lindl. Orch. p. 220. Sepala et tepala subæqualia, in 
ovario recta. Labellum expansum, exarticulatum, calcaratum, calcari vacuo. Anthera bilocularis. 
Pollinia gemina, spherica, postice fissa. Caudicula linearis, Glandula 1, rotundula.—Plantz 
distichifolise. 
1. S. Bertholdi, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f. ; caulescens; foliis ligulatis, apice obliquis, inzequalibus ; 
pedunculo folia subzequante, racemoso, multifloro, deusifloro; sepalis oblongis, lateralibus oblique 
curvatis; tepalis flabellato-retusis; labelli laciniis lateralibus brevibus, subquadratis, antice argutis ; 
carina utrinque intus cum margine. parallela, lacinia media oblonga, apiculata, incrassata; calcari 
cylindraceo, subclavato, ovarium pedicellatum subzequante; androclinio excavato, postice 1-dentato ; 
rostello porrecto, argute 2-dentato; anthera alta, galeata; caudicula lineari, apice rhombea ; appen- 
diculis parvis, geminis, inter pollinia sphzrica.—Namara, Viti Levu (Berthold Seemann! n. 595, 
Greeffe !). 
Caulis calamo corvino crassior. Vaginz sicce rugosm. Folia spithamea, sesquipolliearia quoad 
latitudinem, certe pulehre coriacea, sicca bene nervosa, Pedunculus arrectus, basi brevi vaginatus, superne 
dense racemosus. Florum fabrica valde accedit ad illam florum Saccolabii gracilis, Lindl., quod caule, foliis, 
inflorescentia longe recedit. 
XII. Sarcanthus, Lindl, Coll. Bot. t. 39. Sepala et tepala prope equalia. Labellum trifidum 
