Vanilla fasciola Gaudichaud in Freycinet Voy. 
Uranie et Physic. Bot. (1826) 427. 
Fist: (Gibbs 885). 
Guam, Society Islands, Samoa, Tonga Islands. 
Taeniophyllum Seemannii Reichenbach filius in 
Seemann FI]. Vit. (1868) 296. 
Taentophyllum fasciola Seemann in Bonpl. 10 (1862) 
297, nomen nudum, non Epidendrum fasciola Forst. 
Fin: Seemann 593; (Storck 907). 
Taeniophyllum vitiense L.O. Williams sp. nov. 
Herba parva, epiphytica, acaulescens. Radices planae, 
uninerviae. Pedunculi filiformes, pubescentes. Inflores- 
centia disticha, brevis; bracteae ovatae. Sepalum dorsale 
oblongo-lineare, obtusum, trinervium. Sepala lateralia 
lineari-lanceolata, obtusa vel acuta, trinervia. Petala lin- 
eari-oblonga, trinervia. Labellum sagittatum, apice bi- 
carinatum, acutum, basi scrotiformi-saccatum. Columna 
generis. 
A small acaulescent (or semiacaulescent) epiphytic 
herb. Roots flattened, strongly 1-nerved, mostly less than 
15 cm. long, 2-4 mm. broad. Pedunceles filiform, short 
glandular-pubescent, 4-5 cm. long. Rachis short, fracti- 
flex. Inflorescence few-flowered, distichous; bracts semi- 
peltate, ovate, obtuse, mostly about 1 mm. apart on the 
rachis, about 0.75 mm. long. Perianth parts ocellate with 
crystalline inclusions, slightly fleshy, free to the base. 
Dorsal sepal oblong-linear, obtuse, 3-nerved, about 3.5 
mm. long and 1 mm. broad. Lateral sepals linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse or acute, 8-nerved, about 8 mm. long and 1 
mm. broad. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 3-nerved, 
about 3 mm. long and 0.75 mm. broad. Lip sagittate, 
the apex somewhat bicarinate-thickened, acute, about 3 
mm. long and 2.5 mm. broad at the base which is scrot- 
iform-saceate, the sac continued directly back from the 
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