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ma. Massae pollinis 2, integrae, sessiles, apici stigmatis adnatae. Herba 
arboribus parasitica. Caudex brevis, radicans, erectus. Folia lineari-la- 
nata, 5-7 pollices longa, 3-5 tineas lata, coriacea, enervia, plana, glabra. 
S'capi brevissimi, ex inferiore caudicis ortum ducentes, vix ibidem aequan- 
tes, pluri (3-5) -flori. Pedunculi patuli, uniflori. Flores facie fere Cy- 
pripedii at minimi. Perianthii foliola 5, distincta, obovata, subaequalia. 
Labellum valde ventricosum, foliolis brevius, margine rectum, antice ap- 
pendiculatum. 
Obs. Nomen a-voc 5n 9, venter, et X4X©-, labium; id est labium ventri¬ 
cosum. 
1. G. calceolaris. 
Epidendrum caloeolare. Hamilton MSS. 
Hab. ad Narainhetty Nepalensium, Hamilton, Wallich. Floret Februa- 
rio." Ex. D. Don, Prodr. FI. Nep. (1825) 32. 
“16. Saccolabium calceolare. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. No. 7302. 
S. subacaule, foliis loratis acuminatis apice oblique bidentatis, corym- 
bis multifloris breviter pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis ob- 
tusis, labelli calcare inflato orbiculato; lamina lunata rotundata ciliata. 
Gastrochilus calceolaris Don Prodr. Nep. 32. Aeridis calceolare, Smith 
in Rees, suppl. Hab. in Nepalia et Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. 
Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.). Folia 9 p. longa, basi maculata. Sepala et 
petala flava, maculis, subrotundis purpureis notata. Labellum album; 
lamina basi luteo et coccineo punctata.” Ex. Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. 
(1833) 223. 
Stems pendulous, about 8 cm long, up to 6 mm in diameter. 
Roots terete, up to 18 cm long, 3 to 3.5 mm in diameter. Leaves 
distichous, the lower ones imbricated, light green, oblong, oblong- 
elliptic, or oblanceolate, narrowed to the very unequally bilobed 
apex, 14 to 16 cm long, 2.5 to 2.8 cm wide, submembranaceous 
when dry. Racemes short, corymbose, 3 to 3.5 cm long, 8- to 10- 
flowered, peduncles green spotted with dark brown, stout and 
fleshy, 1.3 to 1.5 cm long, provided at the base with two short 
tubular sheaths which are 3 to 4 mm long. Floral bracts cucul- 
late, ovate, obtuse, rigid, up to 3.5 mm long. Pedicellate ovary 
reed yellow, 7 to 8 mm long, lined with green. Flowers odorless, 
crowded, about 1.5 cm across. Sepals and petals fleshy, reed 
yellow to olive yellow spotted with chocolate on the sepals and 
brick red on petals. Sepals oblong-obovate, obtuse, about 7 mm 
long, 4 mm wide at the widest portion. Petals narrower, obo- 
vate-spatulate. Labellum 5 to 5.5 mm long, adnate to the lower 
half of the column, basal portion forming a conical, obtuse sac, 
5 to 5.5 mm deep, white blotched with mallow pink, the very tip 
cream color; lateral lobes inconspicuous, erect; middle lobe sub- 
reniform, 3 to 4 mm long, 6 to 7 mm wide, margins deeply and 
unequally fimbriated, upper surface, except for a V-shaped zinc 
orange basal callus covered with white hairlike papillae. At 
