ORCHIDACE^E 



Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Father M. Vanoverbergh 364-4-, September 

 to November, 1913. Altitude 1750 meters. 



96. CAMAROTIS Lindl 



1. CamarotisphilippinensisjLmc?/. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8 : 37. Cf. 

 Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 8 : 438 for full description. Sarcochilus 

 philippinensis Vidal Rev. Gen. PI. Vase. Filip. 271, not Ames. 

 Luzon, Leyte. 

 2. Camarotis utriculosa sp. nov. Caules radicantes, ± 3dm. longi, 

 graciles, usque ad 4 mm. in diametro, flexuosi, vaginis foliorum 

 obtecti. Folia coriacea, patentia, disticha, oblongi-linearia, ad api- 

 cem inrequaliter biloba, lobis obtusis, usque ad 1 dm. longa, usque 

 ad 1 cm. lata, decurvata, vaginae foliorum internodiis aequilongae, 

 arete adpressse, 2 cm. longa?, in sicco rugosas, ad nodos dilatatse. 

 Pedunculi foliis breviores, vaginas perforantes, 5 cm. longi, rigidi, 

 infra racemum bracteis tubularibus, 1 mm. longis, oblique trunca- 

 tis, 3-4. Bractese flores subtendentes rigidse, triangulares, squami- 

 formes, ± 1 mm. longse, acutse, quam pedicellus breviores, circi- 

 ter 1 mm. distantes. Flores purpurei, ± 6, pedicellus cum ovario 

 7 mm. longus. Sepala lateralia ineequaliter obovata, obtusa, cir- 

 citer 4 mm. longa, vix 3 mm. lata, in sicco membranacea. Sepa- 

 lum dorsale concaviusculum, oblongi-ellipticum, acutum. Petala 

 insequaliter oblongi-elliptica, 3 mm. longa, circiter 2 mm. lata, 

 obtusa. Labellum utriculosum, trilobatum. Lobi laterales erecti, 

 carnosi, rotundato-quadrati, circiter 2 mm. longi. Lobus medius 

 1 mm. longus, quam lobi laterales multo minor, semiorbicularis, 

 obtusus, papilla minuta instructus, prope basim callo erecto, trun- 

 cato emarginato, antice sulcato. Saccus utriculosus, septatus, ad 

 apicem bilobatus, 5 mm. longus. Gynostemium 2 mm. longum ; 

 rostellum elongatum, porrectum ut in Camarotibus typicis. Pol- 

 linia 2, globosa, glandula parva orbiculare, stipite lineari 1.25 



mm. longo. 



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