ORCHIDACE.E 



Palawan, Alfonso XIII, C. M. Weber 601, October 1, 1912. On man- 

 grove trees, at sea level. Flower brown-green. Labellum pink. 

 Also Java. 



7. Sarcanthus striolatus Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1882) 2 : 

 168. "Aff. Sarcantho racemigero (pallido, tricolori); foliis ligu- 

 latis sat brevibus apice obtuse et intequaliter bilobis; floribus 

 paniculatis; sepalis oblongo-triangulis obtuse acutis; tepalis 

 ligulatis obtuse acutis, labelli partitionibus lateralibus triangu- 

 lis, partitione mediana triangula transversa carnosissima, calcari 

 asqualiter cylindrato apice emarginato. — Ex Philipp. ins. Imp. 

 hort. cl. Low." Reichb. f. /. c. In my herbarium there is a speci- 

 men in fruit, Elmer 8244, from Luzon. Schlechter has referred 

 this number tentatively to S. striolatus. This appears to be con- 

 specific with Sarcanthus micranthus Ames. 



Mindanao ? Luzon ? 



8. Sarcanthus Weberi sp. nov. Herba epiphytica,± 1.5 dm. alta, 

 gracilis. Folia alterna, subteretia, coriacea, acuta, in sicco longitu- 

 dinaliter sulcata, ±5.5 cm. longa, in sicco 2 mm. in diametro. Va- 

 ginas foliorum caulem obtectas, vix 1 cm. longa?, arete adpressse. 

 Pedunculus folia excedens, circiter 1.2 dm. longus, ascendens, ri- 

 gidus. Racemus laxiflorus, circiter 9 cm. longus. Bractea? inflores- 

 centias squamiformes, pedicello multo breviores. Pedicellus cum 

 ovario circiter 9 mm. longus. Flores mediocres, carnosi. Sepala 

 lateralia ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 3.5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Se- 

 palum dorsale concavum, ellipticum, obtusum, oblique erectum, 

 circiter 3 mm. longum. Petala spathulata, obtusa, 2.5-3 mm. 

 longa, circiter 1.5 mm. lata. Labellum rigidum,carnosum,calcara- 

 tum, basi margine postico loborum lateralium pedi gynostemii 

 adnatum, trilobatum, lobi laterales erecti, triangulares, obtusi, 

 minuti, .5 mm. longi; lobus medius quam lobi laterales multo 

 major, 2 mm. longus, minute puberulus, triangulari-cy mbiformis, 



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