Herbae epiphyticae, pendentes; caulibus valde abbre- 
viatis, compressis, paucifoliatis; foliis lineari-ligulatis, 
apice oblique bilobis; inflorescentia axillari, pendula, 
breviter pedunculata, rhachide dense multiflora, race- 
mosa; floribus minutis, satis carnosis. 
The general appearance of the flowers are reminiscent 
of those of Malleola J.J.Sm. & Schltr., but the structure 
of the pollinia and the inflated, bubble-like, vertical stig- 
mais very different. ‘he structure of the stigma coupled 
with the porate pollinia differentiates the plants of this 
genus in the entire monopodial alliance. 
Eparmatostigma dives (Rchb.f.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Saccolabium dives Rchb.f. in Gard, Chron. n.s. 4: 130, 
1875. 
Syn.: Saccolabium chrysoplectrum Guillaum. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 
77: 333, 1930. 
Saccolabium chrysoplectrum var. albjflorum Guillaum. in Bull. 
Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 2, 36: 538, 1964. 
Gastrochilus D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 32, Feb. 1, 
1825. 
Type: Aerides calceolare Buch.-Ham. ex J. Ei. Smith. 
Characterized by the very short, stout column without 
a foot. Lip is basin-shaped to semiglobose with its sides 
firmly adnate to column. Pollinia 2, porate or slightly 
notched, never split on linear stipe. Rostellum short, 
bifid. 
It is avery distinct genus which through lack of knowl- 
edge of details has been united with Saccolabiwm and so 
conserved in 1905. Ridley finds ‘‘its great peculiarity 
... that the lateral lobes of the lip meet and are con- 
nate in front, so to form a wall between the mouth of 
the spur and the epichil, instead of having free apices. ’’ 
Gastrochilus crassilabris (King & Pantl.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Saccolabium crassilabre King & Pantl. in Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal 66: 593, 1897. 
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