ORCHIDACEM 



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TiENIOPHYLLUM Bl. 



T. COMPACTUM sp. nov. Plantula nana, compacta, 

 Folia approximata in caule brevi, ± 16 mm. longa, circa 

 lata, oblongi-lanceolata vel oblanceo- 

 lata, apiculata, coriacea, ab inflores- 

 centia cum pedunculo gracili infra 

 bialato excessa. Bractece pedicellis 

 longiores, oblongi-lanceolatse, acutae, 

 2 mm. longse; prope basim bracteae 

 utroque processus falcatus, ensifor- 

 mis, ovatus, ab ala pedunculi ortus. 

 Flores subvirides, albi in sicco, 3 mm. 

 longi, singulatim producti. Sepala 

 petalaque oblonga, obscure carinata, 

 subacuta, similia, 3 mm. longa, prope 

 ad medium connata, cum labello con- 

 nato tubam formantia. Lahellum 4 

 mm. longum, late ovatum, acumina- 

 tum, ad apicem breviter carinatum, 

 marginibus valde involutis, sacco 

 scrotiformi, circa 1 mm. longo. Co- 

 lumna brevissima, crassa, ad apicem 

 laciniis duabus lateralibus aliquid 

 concavis. Pollinia 2. Fructus cap- 

 sula curvata, 8 mm. longa. 



Type in herbarium of the New 

 York Botanical Garden, from Ba- 

 guio, Prov. Benguet, northern Luzon, 

 September 15, 1904, E. S. Williams 

 (no. 1937). 



glabra. 



mm. 



T\eN10PHYLLUM COMPACTU1I 



1, petal and sepals ; 2, labellum ; 3, anther cap; 



4, column. 



T. compactmn appears to be intermediate, generically, between 

 Microtatorchis Schltr. and Geissanthera Schltr. The divisions of 



