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Eine duich die schmalen Rispe, kleinen Bliiten und don kurzen, 

 nicht gefacherten Sporn leicht kennbare Pflanze. 



Sarcanthus m ont a nu s J. J. S. 



Caulis elongatus, pendulus, basi radicans et ramosus, subteres, 

 viridis, c. 50 cm. longus, 0.35—0.6 cm. crassus, vaginis persis- 

 tentibus exsiccatis tectus, internodiis 1.5—2.3 cm. longis, basin 

 versus attenuatis. Folia bifaria, crasse carnosa, rigida, lorata, 

 basi canaliculata, apicem versus angustata, valde inaequaliter 

 biloba, lobo majore semirotundo, lobo breviore plerumque denti- 

 formi, supra leviter obtusangulo-canaliculata, sulca subtili, subtus 

 apicem versus carinata, carina infra apicem in fasciam applanatam 

 iineari-lanceolatam c. 4—4.5 cm. longam dilatata, viridia, c. 12 - 15 

 cm. longa, 1.7 — 2 cm. lata; vaginae internodiis longiores, tubu- 

 losae, transverse rugulosae, carnosae, c. 0.75 cm. diam. Inflores- 

 centiae vaginas 2 perforantes, anguste paniculatae, ramis c. 5 - 8, 

 laxe multifllorae, c. 15—20 cm. longae. Pedunculus teres, viridis, 

 purpureo-marmoratus, c. 2.5-5 cm. longus, 0.2 cm. crassus, cum 

 ramis c. 2—4 cm. longis nonnullis bracteis tubulosis tectus. 

 Rachis angulata, verrucosa, purpureo-marmorata. Bracteae ob- 

 longo-triangulae, acutae, leviter carinatae, c. 0.2 — 0.3 cm. longae. 

 Flores vagi, minuti, carnosi, c. 0.27 cm. lati, 0.3 cm. longi, sepalis 

 petalisque conniventibus. Sepala oblonga, obtusissima, basi lata, 

 concava, flavescentia, brunnescenti-tincta, extus stria longitudinali 

 brunnea, 0.25 cm. longa; sepalum dorsale apice incurvo, 0.17 

 cm. latum, lateralia paulo angustiora, subobliqua. Petala late 

 oblonga, obtusissima, basi lata medio tan tu m affixa, brunnea, 

 basi flavescentia, apice anguste flavescenti-marginata, 0.2 cm. longa, 

 0.12 cm. lata. Labellum calcaratum, trilobum,flavescenti-album, 0.2 

 cm. longum ; calcar breviter et late rotundato-saccatum, extus costa 

 lata longitudinali, callo carnoso in fauce ad basin gynostemii, 

 eseptatum, 0.1 cm. longum, 0.15 cm. latum; lobi latérales gy- 

 nostemio adpressi, brevissimi, lati, antice in lobulum submal- 



