ORCHIDACEiE 



2. Sarcochilus leytensis sp. nov. Herba epiphytica, pusilla, tota 

 planta circiter 7 cm. alta. Caules incrassati, radicantes vaginis 

 foliorum obtecti, circiter 3 cm. longi. Folia disticha, coriacea, 

 oblongi-lanceolata, ad apicem ina?qualiter dentata vel bilobata, 

 ad basim fastigata,± 6.5 cm. longa, 6-10 mm. lata, erecta vel re- 

 curvata, ad basim imbricata. Pedunculus foliis brevior, hystri- 

 culus, usque ad 5 cm. longus, subpendulus, infra racemum pauci- 

 bracteatus. Rhachis inflorescentias incrassatus, glaber. Racemus 

 pauciflorus, abbreviatus, circiter 1 cm. longus, laxus. Bractese in- 

 florescentias squamiformes, ovatae, acutse, ad basim decurrentes, 

 pedicellis multo breviores. Pedicellus cum ovario glaber circiter 

 5 mm. longus. Sepala lateralia spathulato-lanceolata, subfalcata, 

 trinervia, subacuta, 3 mm. longa, vix 2 mm. lata. Sepalum dor- 

 sale lanceolatum, subspathulatum,trinervium,subacutum,3 mm. 

 longum, 1.5 mm. latum. Petala oblonga, falcata, obtusa, 3 mm. 

 longa, 1 mm. lata. Labellum cylindrico-saccatum, complanatum, 

 manifeste bilobatum,lobo medio pame obsoleto, triangulo, acuto, 

 lobis lateralibus magnis, erectis, obtusis. Saccus vel calcar ad orem 

 leviter constrictum, 2.5mm. longum, intus in pariete antico callo- 

 sum, callo carnoso. Lobi laterales circiter 1 mm. longi, vix 1 mm. 

 lati. Gynostemium clavatum 1.75 mm. longum. Pollinia 2. 



I have referred this species to Sarcochilus not without doubt 



as to the correctness of my diagnosis of its generic characters. 



With the exception of the callus on the front wall of the spur, 



which appears to be partly formed by the inflection of the nearly, 



or almost entirely, obsolete middle lobe, the labellum is smooth. 



The column is scarcely developed into a foot and the labellum 



joins it without articulation. 



Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel s. n. March 9, 1913. On trees at medium 

 height. Altitude 60 meters. Flower white and yellow, odorless. Basilax? 



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