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leyi Stein Orchideenb. 537 (1892). — Saccolabium furcatum Hort. 

 ex Williams Orch. Gr. Man. ed. 7, 700 (1894). — S. Turneri 

 Williams I. c. 703. — Rhynchostylis violacea Ames Orchidace^e 

 fasc. 1, 105 (1905) not Reichb. f. — S. Russellianum Hort. 



Inflorescence about 2 dm. long. Lateral sepals ovate, 7 mm. 

 long, 6 mm. wide. Petals much shorter and narrower, oblong. 

 Labellum strongly saccate, sac compressed, blade rotund, obtuse, 

 connected with the sac by a crested isthmus. 



Here undoubtedly belongs R. violacea of the Philippine orchids 

 published in fascicle 1 of Orchidace^e. My material agrees 

 with the Cuming Plant numbered 2072, and also with flowers in 

 my herbarium from the herbarium of H. G. Reichenbach f. 



Prov. Rizal, Luzon, " flower pale pink, nearly white, lip pale- 

 purple," July 30, 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4190). 



Tropical Himalaya from Garhwal to Assam, southward to Cey- 

 lon, Siam, Java. 



TRICHOGLOTTIS Bl. 



T. FLEXUOSA Rolfe in Ames Orchidace^: fasc. 1, 107 

 (1905). 



Peduncle about 1 cm. long, 5-flowered, with the flowers alter- 

 nately opposed, whitish. Sepals and petals all incurved, specked 

 on the inner surface with pink-purple dots. Lateral sepals broad- 

 est. Apical lobe of the lip bright magenta, lateral lobes of a similar, 

 but more intense, color. 



Odor faint, sepals straw yellow, with obscure, irregular, darker 

 spots, lip white below shading to purple at tip, E. D. Merrill. — 

 Common on trees (especially on mango trees), A. Loher. — Ma- 

 nila, June, 1905, A. Loher (no. 6012). — Imported with Vanda 

 species for horticultural purposes (hb. Ames no. 7740). 



Endemic. 



