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Genus SARCOCHILUS R. Brown 
SARCOCHILUS BENGUETENSIS sp. nor. Plates 1, 9, and 23. 
Herba epiphytica, carnosa. Caules leviter elongati, 8 ad 13 
cm longi, teretes, radices crassas proferentes. Folia disticha, 
valde carnosa, rigida, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 6 ad 
8 cm longa, 1.8 ad 2.3 cm lata, ad apicem inaequaliter biloba, in 
sicco rugosa, coriacea, 6 ad 12 mm distantia, vaginis persisten- 
tibus. Inflorescentiae breves, foliis multo breviores, usque ad 
3 cm longae, pedunculus glaber, usque ad 1.2 cm longus; rhachis 
inflorescentiae leviter incrassata, 2 ad 3 mm in diametro; brac- 
teae squamiformes, circiter 4 mm longae, obtusae. Flores odo- 
ratissimi, in racemo cylindraceo laxo pauciflora dispositi, 10.5 
ad 11 mm lati; pedicellus cum ovario gracilis, 6 ad 7 mm longus; 
bracteae florales minutae, triangulares, acutae, usque ad 2 mm 
longae. Sepala lateralia oblique late ovata, obtusa ad apicem 
dorso leviter carinata, circiter 4 mm longa, 3.5 ad 3.75 mm lata, 
3-nervia. Sepalum dorsale cucullatum, oblongo-ovatum, obtu- 
sum, leviter retusum, circiter 4 mm longum, 2.75 latum, 3-ner- 
vium. Petala oblongo-lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, valde 
obtusa, uninervia, circiter 3.75 mm longa, 1.25 mm lata. Label- 
lum pedi columnae affixum, calcaratum, 3-lobatum; lobi laterales 
erecti, petaloidei, lineares, obtusi, circiter 2.75 mm longi, 0.75 
mm lati; lobus intermedius carnosissimus, abbreviatus, papillo- 
sus. Calcar supra lobum medium cylindraceo-conicum, compla- 
natum, late obtusum, circiter 4 mm longum, 2 mm latum. 
Gynostemium brevissimum, circiter 1.5 mm longum, in pedem 
circiter 2.5 mm longum extensum. 
An epiphytic herb; the stems somewhat elongated, 8 to 13 cm 
long, terete. Leaves distichous, very fleshy, rigid, oblong or 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 6 to 8 cm long, 1.8 to 2.3 cm wide, un¬ 
equally and minutely bilobed at the apex, when dry rugose and 
coriaceous, 6 to 12 mm distant, articulated to persistent sheaths. 
Inflorescences much shorter than the leaves, few-flowered, up to 
s cm long; the peduncles glabrous, up to 1.2 cm long; the rachis 
2 to 3 mm in diameter, provided with squamiform obtuse bracts 
about 4 mm long. Flowers very fragrant, 10.5 to 11 mm across ; 
Pedicellate ovary slender, 6 to 7 mm long; floral bracts minute, 
triangular, acute, up to 2 mm long. Lateral sepals broadly 
ovate, very oblique, obtuse, keeled on the back at the apex, about 
4 mm long, 3.5 to 3.75 mm wide, 3-nerved. Dorsal sepal cucul- 
late, oblong-ovate, obtuse, somewhat retuse, about 4 mm long, 
2.75 mm wide, 3-nerved. Petals oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- 
