ORCHIDACEiE 



Panay, Antigue Province, R. C. McGregor Bur. Sci. 32592, July 18, 1918. 

 In mossy forest. Sepals and petals spotted with red. Labellum lobes yel- 

 low, spur white. About 900 feet altitude. 



SARCOCHILUS R. Br. 



Sarcochilus ivii^evcns Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphytica. Radi- 

 ces elongatae, glabrae, albidae. Caules abbreviati, plus minus ve 

 1 cm. longi, vaginis foliorum obtecti. Folia distieha, articulata, 

 4-11 cm. longa, usque ad 9 mm. lata, lingulata, coriacea, apice 

 inaequaliter bilobata, subacuta, oblique erecta. Scapus plus mi- 

 nusve 7 cm. longus, setosus, gracilis, quam folia brevior. Rachis 

 leviter incrassata, plus minusve 5 mm. longa. Bracteae inflores- 

 centiae rigidae, obtusae, squamiformes, 1 mm. longae, quam pedi- 

 cellus cum ovario multo breviores. Pedicellus cum ovario 5 mm. 

 longus, glaber. Flores succedanei, subflavi. Sepala lateralia 5 

 mm. longa, plus minusve 3 mm. lata trans medium, inaequaliter 

 ovata, obtusa, apice incrassato minute appendiculata, quinque- 

 nervia. Sepalum dorsale 6 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, valde con- 

 cavum. Petala plus minusve 5 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata prope 

 apicem, oblongo-spathulata, apice rotundata. Labellum compli- 

 catum, unguiculatum, cum sacco 1 cm. longo, trilobatum ; lobi 

 laterales asciiformes, ad medium valde constricti, apice 1 mm. 

 lato ; lobus medius trilobulatus, lobulis lateralibus lineari-oblon- 

 gis, 2 mm. longis, .5 mm. latis,patentibus, membranaceis, lobulo 

 medio triangulo, acuto, 1 mm. longo, concavo; unguis gracilis, .75 

 mm. longus. Saccus elongatus, cylindratus, 7 mm. longus, apice 

 curvatus, obtusus, prope apertionem inflatus, ad medium attenu- 

 atus. Columna curvata, in pedem 2 mm. longum producta, infra 

 apicem gracilis, rostello producto, triangulo, acuto, deflexo. An- 

 thera ovata, antice subrostrata, acuta. Pollinia globosa, glandula 

 lineari-triangula. 



In habit not unlike Sarcochilus mindanaensis Ames, but with 



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