56 ORCHIDACEM 



CYSTORCHIS Bl. 



C. APHYLLA Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 32: 400 (1896); J. J. 

 Smith Orch. Java 93. 



" Herb a 4-pollicaris, pallida, saprophytica, aphylla; vagince 

 acuminata?, superne rufescentes ; radices paucae, crassse, fascicu- 

 latae. Flores 3-4, parvi; ovaria Y\ poll, longa; bractece ovariis 

 paullo breviores, lanceolatse acuminata? acuta?. Sepala % poll, 

 longa, lanceolata acuminata, basi connata gibbosa, flavescentia 

 apice rufescentia. Petala sepalis breviora angustiora. Lcibellum 

 lanceolatum, basi saccatum, apice obtusum ; margines pro majore 

 parte involuti. Columna subteres, superne incrassata. Anthera 

 ovata ; rostrum sursum curvum ; caudiculus longiusculus, acu- 

 tus; stelidia dentiformia, lata, divaricata; rostellum 0. Pollinia 

 admodum fissilia ; fasciculi lineares, in pedicellis elongatis planis 

 cuneati. Stigma terminale. Hab. Malacca." — Ridley, I. c. 



Plants 10-15 cm. tall, " salmon colored " to white, leafless, 

 clothed with sheathing acute bracts. Floral bracts longer than 

 the ovary, lanceolate-acuminate, acute, margin distinctly ciliate. 

 Flowers 5 mm. long. Tips of perianth white. Lateral sepals gib- 

 bous at base, 6.5 mm. long, lanceolate, subacute. Upper sepal 

 lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse. Petals and upper sepal lightly ad- 

 herent. Petals linear, obtuse, 1-nerved, 5.5 mm. long. Labellum 

 saccate, linear, thick, ciliate along the margin, apex dilated, on 

 each side of the sac a glandular callus. 



On earth about decaying logs in forest, 150 m. above sea-level, 

 Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, October 16, 

 1903, E. D. Merrill (no. 3135). — In woods near the summit 

 of Mt. Mariveles, November, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer (no. 7012). 

 — Plants whitish throughout, Baguio, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, 

 September 17, 1904,7?. S. Williams (no. 1921). — Whole plant 

 white, terrestrial, near the summit of Mt. Arayat, Prov. Pam- 

 panga, Luzon, September 15, 1905, E. D. Merrill. 



Java, Malacca. 



