Syn.: Sarcochilus crasstfolius Ridl. in Journ. Fed. Malay. St. Mus. 
6: 182, 1915, not Rolfe 1894. 
Vandopsis Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl., Natuerl. Pflan- 
zenf. 2, pt. 6: 210, March 1889. 
Type: Fieldia lissochiloides Gaud. 
‘This genus is characterized by the short, footless col- 
umn to which the lip is firmly adnate. Lip geniculately 
bent, more or less canaliculate, at most gibbous at base. 
Pollinia 2, deeply sulcate in unequal pairs, more or less 
sessile on broadly ligulate stipe; gland transverse, promi- 
nent. Sepals and petals spreading. 
Vanda Parish Rehb.f. is commonly referred to the 
genus Vandopsis, but because of the elongate and arcu- 
ate column, the movable hinged lip and the shape of the 
pollinia, it must be regarded a genus of its own, Hygro- 
chilus Pfitz., as has already been suggested by Pfitzer. 
Vandopsis shanica (Phillimore & Smith) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stauropsis shanica Phillimore & Smith in Rec. Bot. Soc. 
Ind. 4: 281, 1911. 
Xenikophyton Garay, gen. nov. 
Etymology : venihos=strange, phyton = plant, in refer- 
ence to the strange admixture of characters from Cleiso- 
meria and Sarcophyton.. 
Type: Saccolabium Smeeanum Rehb.t. 
Sepala petalaque similia, libera; sepalum posticum 
petalis conniventibus, galeam formantibus; sepala later- 
alia patentia. Labellum sessile, valde carnosum, basi 
scrotiforme, apice recurvum, strumosum, ostio sub- 
clauso. Columna humilis, crassa, utrinque crasse ob- 
tuseque, obscure brachiata; clinandrium valde excava- 
tum, dorsaliter reclinatum ; stigma verticale marginatum, 
anguste ellipticum; rostellum verticale, arrectum, alte 
bifidum. Anthera mitrata. Pollinia 4, libera, globosa, 
stipiti lineari, replicatae, sine caudiculis distinctis affixa: 
glandula satis magna, elliptica. 
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