ORCHIDACEM 103 



CLEISOSTOMA, Blume 



C. ionosmum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 41, in part : " foliis 

 distichis coriaceis ensiformibus oblique retusis, panicula patente, 

 sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis subaequalibus, labelli hastati 

 carnosi pubescentis lacinia intermedia cordato-triangulari calcare 

 conico, columna pubescente antice bidentata." 



" The flowers are in an open panicle, about an inch across, flat, 

 with five obovate equal obtuse lobes, yellow with cinnamon-brown 

 blotches. The lip is white with a few red streaks, three-lobed, 

 with the basal lobes acute and smaller than the middle one, which 

 is cordate triangular acute, and much larger than they are. The 

 flowers smell pleasantly of violets." 



Stems stout, 11 mm. thick. Leaves 24 cm. long, 4 cm. wide, 

 oblong, obtuse, emarginate, coriaceous. Flowers 2.5 cm. across. 

 Sepals obovate or spathulate, 1.4 cm. long. Petals similar, shorter, 

 smaller. Lip 8 mm. long ; lateral lobes small, sub-acute ; middle 

 lobe triangular-cordate, acuminate, papillose hairy, with a depres- 

 sion on the disc from which a fleshy papilla protrudes, saccate at 

 base ; from the throat of the sac a pubescent plate lies obliquely 

 forward. Pollinia 2. Viscid disc emarginate. Column pubes- 

 cent with 2 lateral erect teeth. The flowers of this interesting 

 species are well illustrated in the Botanical Register, Plate 41, but 

 the foliage is incorrectly represented. Regarding the foliage Dr. 

 Lindley says, " We have only seen the leaves and flowers sepa- 

 rately." 



Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, May, 1904, 

 Thomas E. Borden (no. 737). 



VANDA, Jones 



V. lamellata, Lindl., Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. QQ : " foliis dis- 

 tichis coriaceis oblique et acute bidentatis, spica multiflora, sepalis 

 petalisque obovatis obtusis undulatis inferioribus subincurvis ma- 



