ORCHIDACE.E 



ter 5 mm. in diametro. Radices elongate, glabrae. Folia ligulata, 

 utrinque attenuata, usque ad 1 dm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, coriacea. 

 Racemus circiter 3 cm. longus, rhachi paulo incrassata. Bractea? 

 racemi squamiformes, circiter 2 mm.longee.Pedicellus cum ovario 

 5-7 mm. longus, gracilis. Flores flavidipurpureo-maculati. Sepala 

 lateralia circiter 9 mm. longa, prope basim 3 mm. lata, lanceolata, 

 apiculata. Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala ligulata, acuta, 8 mm. 

 longa, circiter 3.5 mm. lata. Labellum 6.5 mm. longum, infra 

 lobum medium rostratum, valde protumidum, carnosum, a latere 

 compressum, trilobatum, lobi laterales rotundati; lobus medius 

 minutus, obtusus, crescentiformis, calceiformis, a latere visus. 

 Columna brevis, rostello bipartite 



Saccolabium Loheri is a near ally of S. sarcochiloides Schltr., 

 but is very different in the structure of the labellum, which re- 

 sembles, when seen laterally, a perfect shoe, the toe protruding 

 beneath the small middle lobe, and the heel being formed by an 

 indentation of the sac. 



Luzon, Zam bales Province, A. Loher 6026. Flowering in Manila, July 

 26, 1905. 



4. Saccolabium luzonense Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 8 : 435. 

 Luzon. 



5. ? Saccolabium pumilio Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1875) 2 : 

 98. "Minutum; foliis oblongis apice ineequaliter bilobis subtus 

 purpureis ; racemo densifloro, foliis breviori ; bracteis triangulis 

 ovaria pedicellata non sequantibus; sepalis tepalisque ligulatis 

 obtusis ; labelli laciniis lateralibus retusiusculis angulo in medio, 

 lacinia media oblonga obtusa, calcari planiusculo cylindrato re- 

 tuso; columna retusa, rostello bidentato; caudicula sub polliniis 

 utrinque angulata." Reichb. f. /. c. "The small flowers stand in 

 a bent cylindraceous dense raceme. They look Sarcanthoid, but 



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