ORCHIDACEM 67 



e basi labelli in axe assurgens in lobo medio majore dividitur in 

 ramulos s. venulas magis teneras, e quibus ramuli primarii papillis 

 minutissimis conspersi." 



Bulb globose, about 1 cm. in diameter. Scape 5-11 cm. long, 

 1-1.5 mm. thick, purplish, with 2 or 3 tubular acute bracts, 

 1.2-2.5 cm. long. Floral bracts obtuse, 2-5 mm. long, enclosing 

 the pedicel. Sepals and petals similar, linear-lanceolate, acute. 

 Upper sepal 9-13 mm. long, 2 mm. broad. Lateral sepals 8-12 

 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide. Petals 8-10 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. 

 Labellum trilobed ; middle lobe rhombic-obovate or sub-orbicular, 

 obtuse ; lateral lobes triangular-lanceolate, acute, half as long as 

 the lip, erect, enclosing the column (?) ; veins on the disc minutely 

 papillose. Flowers pink-purple. 



Sablan, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, April 18, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer 

 (no. 6259). 



STEREOSANDRA, Blume 



S. javanica, *Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 : 176 (1852) : 

 " STEREOSANDRA Bl. Perigonii erecto-conniventis phylla hne- 

 aria, subaequaHa, dorsale a reHquis nonnihil divergens. Labellum 

 conforme, Hberum, erectum, basi biglandulosum. Gynostemium 

 breve, teretiusculum, erectum, ovario oblique insidens. Anthera 

 terminalis, stipitata, arrecta, obtusa, carnosa, basi bilocularis, ros- 

 tello brevi accumbens ac supra illud alte prominens. Pollinia 2, 

 granulosa, caudiculse communi affixa. — Herba javanica, terrestris, 

 aphylla ; rhizomate tuberoso ; scapo vaginato, floribus racemosis, ' 

 albidis, apice violaceis. ^ <^ ^ 



" Stereosandra javanica Bl. — In umbrosis circa Harriang in 

 provincia Bantam Javae occidentalis." — Plates 10 (3) and 11 (G), 

 Blume Fl. Jav. (Orchideee). 



Plants slender, 2-3 dm. high, leafless, from a subterranean 

 ellipsoidal tuber. Bracts sheathing, lanceolate, acute, closely ap- 

 pressed to the scape, streaked with purple. Raceme loosely flow- 



