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Ind. 27: 19 (1864). — Phcdcenopsis Ruckemana Hort. ex Warner 

 & Williams Orch. Alb. 6: t. 266 (1887) in syn. — P. Ruckeri 

 Hort. ex Reichb. f. Gard. Chron. n. s. 15 : 562 (1881). — P.fugax 

 Kranzlin Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 14 : 360 (1893) ; Orch. Rev. 13 : 

 230 (1905). — Sarcochilus aureus Hooker f. Fl. Br. Ind. 6: 35 

 (1894) and Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 5: 42, t. 64 (1895).— & cla- 

 dostachijs Hooker f. Fl. Br. Ind. 6 : 35 (1894) and Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. 5 : 43, t. 65 (1895). — Thrixspermum aureum, dado- 

 stachyum Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 682 (1891). 



" Foliis lineari-lanceolatis oblique-retusis, pedunculo superne 

 bracteis paucis instructo, sepalis obtusis, labello extus cum tuber- 

 culo. Crescit : in sylvis opacis Nusae Kambangae insulse." — 

 Blume Bijdr. 290. 



Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, ± 16 cm. long, 2.5-3.5 cm. wide. 

 Inflorescence when fully developed ± 3 dm. long. Bracts rigid, 

 scale-like, 3 mm. long. Flowers " cream-yellow, lip with purple 

 spots." Lateral sepals elliptic-oblong, 19 mm. long, about 6 mm. 

 wide. Petals similar to the sepals. Labellum complex : claw 6.5 

 mm. long, elongated, slender below near the column, dilated above 

 behind the oblong, obtuse, 5.5 mm. long lateral lobes; middle lobe 

 callus-like, fleshy, relatively minute ; spur globose ; aperture of 

 the spur back of the mid-lobe bordered by the bases of the lateral 

 lobes, thickened ; the claw is thickened or calloused where it 

 becomes dilated. 



Island of Basilan, along Maluso River, Prov. Moro, February, 

 1906, W. I. Hutchinson (no. 5171). — Luzon, from the garden 

 of A. Loher (no. 6024). — Flowers white, odd petal (lip?) yellow- 

 ish, marked with purple stripes and dots; open but a short time, 

 closed before noon ; very common, sea-level swamps, Prov. Davao, 

 Mindanao, Rev. R. F. Black (no. 4). — Bosoboso, Prov. Rizal, 

 Luzon, April, 1907, Maximo Ramos (no. 3015). — Island of Pina, 

 Prov. Zamboanga, Mindanao, March 6, 1907, W. I. Hutchinson 

 (no. 6638). 



Amboina, Celebes, Java, Malay Peninsula. 



