460 J. J. SMITH. ORCHIDACF.AE. 



Vandopsis Pfitz. 

 Vandopsis cnrvata J. J. S. in Bull. Jarcl. Bot. Buit. 2e sér. n. XIII (1914). 73. 



Tab. ("LXXIX, 332. 

 riaiita valida, hahitu / '. W'aroajiieanae Schltr. Folia loiiformia, apice latc biioba, lobis 

 rotuiulatis subinaequalibus, basi conduplicata, costa média subtiis haud prominente, supra 

 nitidula, siibtus opaca, crassa, ligida, c. 25 — 29 cm. longa, 4.6 — 4.S5 cm. lata. Iiifloresccntiac 

 paniculatac, muitiflorac, c. 44 cm. longae, pedunculo teieti, c. 14 cm. longo, 0.9 cm. diam., 

 vaginulis c. i — 2 breviter tubulosis obtusis instructo, ramulis c. 4, patentissimis, c. 12 — -16.5 

 cm. longi.s, la.xe 11 — i8-floris, pedunculo partial! compiesso, .sectione transversa elliptico, opaco- 

 viridi, fusce furfuraceo, c. 3 — 5.5 cm. longo, 0.37 — 0.5 cm. lato, rachide fractiflexa, angulata, 

 sulcata, minute furfuracea. Bracteac patentissimae vel reflexae, late ovato-triangulae, obtusae, 

 valde concavae, apice minute ciliolatae, pallide virides, dorso minute furfuraceae, c. 0.5 — 0.7 

 cm. longae. Flores médiocres, vagi, carnosuli, flavi, c. 2.35 cm. lati, sepalis petalisque paten- 

 tissimis, intus parce castaneo-punctatis, sepalis dorso apice basi et fascia mediana dense con- 

 fluenter castaneo-punctatis, petalis dorso parce punctatis. Sepalum dorsale spathulato-obovatum, 

 rotundatum, apice incurvum, concavum, intus longitudinaliter 4-sulcatum, 1.2 cm. longum, 

 0.7 cm. latum. Se[jala lateralia oblique spathulato-obovata, obtusa, concava, intus longitudina- 

 liter 4-sulcata, Costa média dorso obtuse incrassata, c. 1.15 cm. longa, 0.625 cm. lata. Petala 

 oblique cuneato-obovata, rotundata, basi quam sepala angustiora, concava, dorso sulcis 3 

 obsoletis 1 distincto instructa, c. 1.2 cm. longa, 0.73 cm. lata. Labellum basi pedi g)-nostemii 

 adnatum, 3-lobum, calcaratum, horizontale, subtus bene cur\atum convexum et sulco longi- 

 tudinal! instructum, carnosum, totuni bene i cm. longum, basi intus in pariete postico costa 

 longitudinal! valida e basi angusta valde dilatata sulco longitudinal! instructa alba, cruribus 

 costae utrisque postice in callum rotundatum flavescentem in calcar quadrantem terminantibus; 

 calcar reversum, cum basi labell! angulum rectum faciens, brève, latum, a dorso compressum, 

 anibitu quadrangulum, sulco longitudinal! alto rotundato-2-lobum, apice intus septo vertical! 

 biloculare, dilute flavum, subtus rubro-punctatum, c. 0.3 cm. longum; lobi latérales paralleli, 

 porrecti, gynostemium subaequantes, trianguli, margine superiore crosuli et obtusanguli, eo 

 subquadranguli, intus infra marginem anticum callo obtuso donati, dilute flavi, extus stria 

 punctorum pallide rubrorum notât!, ab apice usque ad apicem ovarii c. 0.35 cm. longi ; lobus 

 intermedius porrectus, adscendens, oblongus, superne angustatus, apice in appendicem obovatam 

 retusam obtuse bilobam supra sulco longitudinal! instructam subtus conve.xam c. 0.17 cm. 

 longam 0. 14 cm. latam contractus, subtus conve.xus, sulcis 2 lc\ibus additis, intus infra appen- 

 dicem callo magno carnoso lateraliter compresse lateraliter viso triangulo obtuso postice in 

 crura 2 alta deinde humiliora fere ad basin lobi intermedi! producta diviso, callo magno 

 transverso papilloso antice abrupte in costas 3 parallelas convexas carnosas exeunte cruribus 

 call! antic! incluso epunctato in basi lobi intermedi! ad faucem calcaris, dilute flavus, subtus 

 purpureo-punctatus, totus c. 0.7 cm. longus, 0.44 cm. latus. Gynostemium brève, medio con- 

 strictum, apice obtusum, subtus utrinque costa longitudinal! instructum, flavescens, apice vix 

 rubro-maculatum, absque anthera c. 0.4 cm. longum, clinandrio reniformi, concavo, incrassatione 

 valida donato, auriculis rotundatis. Anthera cucuUata, suborbicularis, flavescens, brevissimc 

 obtuse albo-rostrata, c. 0.275 cm. lata. FoUinia 4, inaequalia, in corpuscula 2 subglobosa a 



