about the same length as the column and appear to lie 
parallel to it, reaching the point of attachment of the 
perianth parts to the column. The function of the anten- 
nae is not known. 
Sarcanthus nagarensis Reichenbach filius in See- 
mann FI. Vit. (1868) 298—L.O. Williams in Bot. Mus. 
Leafl. Harv. Univ. 5 (1988) 140. 
With some doubt that the genus Sarcanthus occurred 
in Polynesia it was included in my account of the orchids 
of Fiji with the thought that the species probably be- 
longed to some other genus. Since that time Dr. C. 
Keissler has been kind enough to send to me a copy of 
Reichenbach’s analytical sketches of the species as well 
as a drawing of the type and, in addition, I have seen a 
specimen of the species which was collected in Fiji by 
Mr. E. H. Bryan, Jr. These records and my specimen 
lead me to believe that the plant is a species of Sarcan- 
thus and must be one of the largest species of the genus. 
The following short amplification of Reichenbach’s 
description, which was based on an inflorescence only, 
may be of use. 
Large lianas, 3-4 meters tall (fide Bryan), the apical 
part of the stem up to 2 cm. in diameter. Leaves disti- 
chous, ligulate to lanceolate-ligulate, obtuse, up to 25 
em. long and 6 cm. broad, coriaceous, apex only slightly 
or not at all bilobed. 
Fis1: Yathata, climbing over walls of ancient fortified town, sum- 
mit of Na Koro Levu, liana 3-4 meters high, flower yellow-green and 
cream, at about 265 meters altitude, October 1, 1924, Bryan 594. 
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