ORCHIDACE.E 



1. Saccolabium confusum Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 8 :435. 

 Luzon. 



2. Saccolabium Escritorii sp. nov. Herba epiphytica, valde car- 

 nosa. Caulis contractus, validus, 2-3 cm. altus, leviter complana- 

 tus. Folia disticha, valde coriacea, rigida, usque ad 8 cm. longa, 

 7-11 mm. lata, ad apicem leviter fastigata, in sicco rugosa, vagi- 

 nis persistentibus caulem obtegentibus. Pedunculus valde incras- 

 satus foliis brevior, usque ad 7 cm. longus, pasne usque ad basim 

 florosus. Rhachis inflorescentise incrassatus, clavatus, alatus, brac- 

 teis squamiformibus cireiter 2 mm. longis, acutis ; margo bracte- 

 orum denticulata. Flores albidi in racemo cylindraceo laxo dis- 

 positi. Pedicellus gracilis cum ovario cireiter 1 cm. longus. Sepala 

 lateralia elliptico-ovata, acutiuscula, extra sub apicem cuspide 

 munita, 6 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale simile sed 

 angustius et ad apicem obtusum. Petala oblonga, valde obtusa, 

 6 mm. longa, 2.5 cm. lata. Labellum crassum,saccatum,lobatum, 

 lobi laterales 1.5 mm. longi, 1.5 mm. lati, erecti, bipartiti, divisi- 

 ones adhgerentes, pars anterior quadrata, pars posterior triangula 

 vel lobi laterales trianguli, callo permagnaprEedita; lobus medius 

 abbreviatus, carnosus, rotundatus, crescentiformis. Saccus infra 

 lobum medium protumidus, ceteroqui triangulus, complanatus 

 vel obconicus, usque ad apicem liberum fastigatus, cireiter 5 mm. 

 longus. Gynostemium breve. 



The lateral lobes of the labellum are quadrate and apparently 

 composed of two members, the posterior member being adher- 

 ent to the outside of the anterior one and above produced into 

 a short obtuse or somewhat pointed lobe. The posterior mem- 

 ber when forced apart from the anterior one is narrowly trian- 

 gular in shape. The middle lobe of the labellum is very fleshy, 

 and is subtended by a fleshy projection of the sac. The sac itself is 



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