Enumeration of species. 



ythrorchis altissima (Bl.) Bl. in Rumph. 1: 200, 1837. 

 Basionym: Cyrtosia altissima Bl., Bijdr. pt. 8: 396, 1825. 

 Syn.: Haematorchis altimssima (Bl.) Bl. in Rumph. 4: t.200B, 



1848. 



Galeola altissima (Bl.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orch. 2: 77, 1865. 

 Reported from: Malaya, Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



Erythrorchis cassythoides (A. Cunn. ex Lindl.) Garay, comb. 



nov. 



Basionym: Dendrobium cassythoides A. Cunn. ex Lindl. in 



Bot. Reg. IV.subl. 1828, 1836. 

 Syn.: Ledgeria aphylla F. Muell., Fragm. 1: 239, 1859. 



Erythrorchis aphylla (F. Muell.) F. Muell., Fragm. 2: 



167, 1861. 



Galeola cassythoides (A. Cunn. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f., 



Xenia Orch. 2: 77, 1865. 



Reported from: Australia. 



Erythrorchis ochobiensis (Hayata) Garay, comb. nov. 



Basionym: Galeola ochobiensis Hayata, Icon. PI. Formos. 6: 



87, 1916. 

 Reported from: Assam, Tenasserim, Thailand, Vietnam, 



Cambodia, Malaya?, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. 

 Observation: Previously this species has been considered to be 

 synonymous with E. altissima. The rather slender to almost fil- 

 iform fruits, in addition to the mutually exclusive distribution 



m 



Pseudovanilla Garay, Gen. nov. 



Etymology: Pseudo = false and Vanilla — a generic name; in 

 reference to the casual similarity of the plants in both genera. 



Sepala petalaque plus minusve similia, patentia, nisi petala angustiora; label- 

 lum convolutum basi columnae adnatum et cum ea nectarium sacculatum 



formantium, disco multipapilloso; columna apoda, elongata, paululo arcuata, 

 gracilis, apice subclavata, facie glaberrima; clinandrium humile; anthera 



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