ORCHIDACE^ 107 



T. FLEXuosA, Rolfe, sp. nov. "Stem scandent, somewhat 

 branched ; internodes |-1 inch long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 obliquely subacute at the apex, coriaceous, 2-21 inches long, 6-8 

 lines broad. Racemes axillary, stout, flexuose, about 3 lines long. 

 Bracts spreading, ovate, subobtuse, fleshy, under a line long. 

 Pedicels 21 lin. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Petals 

 similar but slightly narrower. Lip very fleshy, obtusely saccate, 

 2 lin. long ; front lobe broadly ovate, obtuse, | Hn. long ; side 

 lobes very short and truncate ; sac very broad. Column very 

 stout, 1 lin. broad. At Capiz, in the Province of Panay, Cope- 

 land, n. 199. This species has much the general habit of T. 

 tetraceras, Ridl., a native of Lankawi, which, however, has longer 

 more acute leaves, much longer pedicels, and shorter broader 

 floral segments." — R. A. Rolfe in MS. 



Stems slender, 5 mm. thick, flexuose, sometimes branched, pro- 

 ducing elongated branched roots 2 mm. thick. Leaves distichous, 

 2 cm. apart, oblong-lanceolate, 7-8 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, 

 coriaceous, acute. Peduncles short, stout, about opposite the 

 leaves. Lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, 5 mm. long, 

 2.5-3 mm. wide. Upper sepal elliptic, obtuse, 3-nerved, 5 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. wide. Petals oblanceolate, about as long as the 

 sepals. Labellum affixed to the foot of the column, 3-lobed, 

 saccately spurred ; lateral lobes small, near the column, callus- 

 like, erect, not curved, apical lobe or lamina suborbicular-cordate, 

 2.5 mm. long, carinate beneath, sessile, ecallose ; beneath the 

 column a lingulate pubescent plate with a circinnate apex arises 

 posteriorly to the opening of the spur. Column short, 2 mm. 

 long, stout, truncate ; clinandrium entire. Anther round, acumi- 

 nate in front. Pollinia 2, globose ; pedicel elongated, nearly as 

 long as the column when straightened out ; viscid disc oblong- 

 emarginate. After the removal of the viscid disc, the rostellum 

 becomes a forked projection. 



"Epiphytic in trees over beach," Capiz, Panay, January 10, 

 1904, E. B. Copeland (no. 199). 



