NKW OH NOTKWOJri’IIY ORCHIDS 
Podochilus hystricinus Ames sp. nov. Ilerba epi- 
phytica, dense caespitosa. Caules omnino foliosi, simplices, 
leviter curvati. Folia disticha, oblique ascendentia, basibus 
caulem leviter amplectentia, oblongo-ellipLica, breviter mu- 
cronata. Inflorescentia terminalis vel sublerminalis, pauci- 
flora. Sepala lateralia triangularia, acuta, men turn ventri- 
cosum formantia, extus leviter carinata. Sepalum dorsale 
ovatum, valde concavum. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, 
membranacea, extus nervo medio prominenti. Labellum 
basi breviter sagittatum, auriculis incrassatis supra basim 
in laminam elliptico-lanceolatam obtusam expansum. Dis¬ 
cus prope basim labelli dense glandulosus, prope medium 
callo lateraliter complanato erecto quadrato instructus. 
Golumna abbreviata, rostello elongate demum bipartite. 
Ovarium conspicue muricalum. 
Epiphytic herb up to 13 cm. tall. Stems slender, 
caespitose, leafy to the base. Leaves distichous, 1.5-2 mm. 
apart, 6-10 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm. wide, oblong-elliptic, 
mucronate, clasping the stem at base, jointed to cylindrical 
persistent sheaths, obliquely ascending. Inlloresccnce ter¬ 
minal or sometimes produced from the axils of the upper 
leaves, few-flowered, rachis about 4 mm. long. Bracts of the 
raceme up to 2 mm. long, lanceolate, acute, concave. Ovary 
conspicuously muricate, ellipsoidal when mature. Lateral 
sepals 4.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, forming a conspicuous 
ventricose mentum which is 2.5 mm. long, triangular- 
lanceolate, acute, with the mid-nerve prominent on the 
outer surface. Dorsal sepal about 4 mm. long, ovate, con¬ 
cave. Petals 3 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, oblong- 
lanceolate. Labellum 4.5 mm. long, sagittate at the base; 
auricles retrorse, .75 mm. long, and conspicuously thickened 
along the inner margin; above the base expanded into an 
elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse lamina which bears near the 
middle of the upper surface an erect conspicuous laterally 
flattened subquadrate callus which is thickened posteriorly 
and minutely glandulose. Disc between the median callus 
and the sagittate base conspicuously glandular-pubescent. 
