sepals and petals, oblong lateral sepals, larger pollinia 
and the column taller than broad. 
Cryton: Hunnasgiriya, in submontane or midcountry tropical wet 
evergreen forests at 1150 meters altitude, August 21, 1959, Jayaweera 
1850 (Typw).—Same locality and date, Jayaweera 1851, 1852.— Daula- 
gala, July 25, 1960, Jayaweera 2185. It flowers from April to August. 
Two of its many host plants are Schefflera stellata (Gaertn. ) Baill. and 
Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Muell. Arg. 
Taeniophyllum gilimalense Jayaweera sp. nov. 
Epiphytica, ebulbosa, sine foliis et caule. Radicibus 
crasse carnosis, leviter flexuosis, glabris. Pedunculo fili- 
formi, 2 em. longo. Bracteis minutissimis, lanceolatis, 
acutis. Floribus minutis, succedaneis, viridi-luteis, 3.3 
mm. longis. Sepalis petalisque inter se brevissime, 1.e., 
supra basin connatis. Sepalo postico oblongo-lineari, 
acuto vel rotundato, uninervato, 1.9 mm. longo, 0.5 mm. 
lato; sepalis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis, obtusis, uni- 
nervatis, 2.4 mm. longis, 0.6 mm. latis. Petalis ovatis, 
obtusis, uninervatis 1.3 mm. longis, 0.7 mm. latis; labello 
cymbiformi, acuto, uninervato, basi in sacculum subglo- 
bosum producto, 2.1 mm. longo, 0.7 mm. lato. Columna 
brevissima, globiformi, brachiis 2, porrectis in fronte. 
Ovario cylindrico, cum pedicello ca. 2 mm. longo. 
Minute, non-pseudobulbous epiphyte without stems 
and leaves. Roots flattened, fleshy, dark green and tor- 
tuous, 2.5-4 em. long, 3 mm. broad. Leaves, reduced 
to minute transparent scales (Plate XIX). Flowers mi- 
nute, greenish yellow 8.8 mm. long in 2- or 8-flowered 
racemes, flowers opening one at a time. Peduncle jointed, 
slightly bent at the joint, 2 cm. long, with a single, ster- 
ile bract. Floral bracts, minute, lanceolate, acute. Sepals, 
petals and lip connate at the base only. Dorsal sepal 1.9 
mm. long, 0.56 mm. broad, linear-oblong, acuminate, 
subacute or rounded, 1-veined; lateral sepals 2.4 mm. 
long, 0.64 mm. broad, lanceolate, rounded, 1-veined; 
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