CRYPTOSTYLIS Rk. Brown 
Cryptostylis vitiensis Schlechter in Fedde Re- 
pert. 8 (1906) 16. 
Fist: ( Thompson); Gillespie 4052; Smith 1638. 
VANILLA Swartz 
Vanilla anomala Ames & Williams sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica [scandens /]. Folia coriacea, lanceo- 
lato-oblonga vel oblongo-ovata, acuta vel obtusa. Inflo- 
rescentia in ramis lateralibus terminalis, pauciflora; brac- 
teae coriaceae, cucullatae, obtusae. Sepalum dorsale 
elliptico-lineare, tri- vel quinque-nervium, acutum, Se- 
pala lateralia elliptico-linearia, apice cucullata, acuta. 
Petala linearia, acuta vel obtusa, leviter falcata. Label- 
lum obovatum, integrum vel apice paulo laceratum, basi 
breviter saccatum, callo plano carinato longitudinali om- 
nino percursum et papillis carnosis ornatum. Columna 
aliquid dimorphica. Anthera et stigma generis. 
A [scandent /] epiphytic herb of unknown length, but 
in specimens available up to 3 dm. long. Stem strongly 
fractiflex, angled (at least when dry), enlarged at the 
nodes; internodes on the apical part 1-10 cm. long; lat- 
eral branches short, fractiflex, subtended by a leaf, borne 
alternately from the nodes and with an air-root opposite 
to the fertile branch at each node. Leaves coriaceous, 
lanceolate-oblong to oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, 1-7 
cm. long or probably longer and 0.5—4 cm. broad or proba- 
bly broader. Inflorescence terminal on the lateral branch- 
es, few-flowered, about 1 cm. long; bracts coriaceous, 
cucullate, obtuse, not deciduous, about 1-2 mm. long. 
Flowers 2—2.5 em. long. Dorsal sepal elliptic-linear, 38—5- 
nerved, acute, 2-2.5 em. long and about 4 mm. broad. 
Lateral sepals elliptic-linear, about 9-nerved, slightly cu- 
cullate at the apex, acute, 2—2.5 cm. long and about 5 
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