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314 AMES. 
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scarious, sheathing the stem. Peduncle sparsely puheseent, with about 3 
lanceolate, scarious, about 1 cm. long bracts below the loose, racemose iu- 
llorescence. Floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, scarious, about 1 cm. 
long. Flowers white. Lateral sepals linear-oblong, about 1.2 cm. long, 2 
mm. wide, concave, lightly earinate, cucuUate with several liairs at the tip. 
Upper sepal similar to the laterals, broader, adhering lightly to the 
petals. Petals 1.2 cm. long, spathulate, obtuse, linear below the middle, 
free from each other at the base, cohering above the middle by their inner 
margins. Labellum adhering to the column, produced at base into a 
rather slender bilobed-tipped spur which protrudes between the lateral 
sepals; free portion narrow, a little dilated beyond the column, then 4- 
lobed; proximal lobes divaricate, oblong, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. 
wide, separated from the distal lobes by a short 1 mm. long claw or 
isthmus; distal lobes divaricate, 1.5 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, margin 
irregular; on the disc two thin longitudinal lamellae, free at the ob- 
liquely truncate apex. Two wart-like calli are situated in the spur near 
its l)ase, on the dorsal wall. From tip of spur to apex of labellum 
1.5 cm. 
Tprrestrial in (lamp lavino, by small strouni on Mount Kak-on, Xov. 9, 11)00, 
McfiUl (No. 5836). 
2EUXINE Liudl. 
Zeuxine iuzonensis Ames Orchidaceae, fasc. 2 (1907) ined. 
Terrestrial in forest at 2,800-4,000 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, fl(>\\ers white 
^\itli faint odor, sepals purplisli green or bro\\nif^h, Nov. 13, 1900, Merrill (No. 
5841). 
CHEIROSTYLIS Bl. 
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Cheirostylis octodactyla Ames sp. nov. 
Iiclated to C. Grifjithii Lindl. Plants rather stout iu relation to their 
height, 4-8 cm. tall, few-flowered. Lea\es ovate-lanceolate, acute, 0.7-3 
cm. iong, 5-11 mm. wide, ^-Q mm. apart on the stem. Petioles short, 
sheathing at base. Flowers one or two, white, 1 cm. long, standing at 
right angles to the erect stem. Lateral sepals united nearly to tlie apex, 
lanceolate, subacute, 8 mm. long. Upper sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
somewhat dilated near the base, 8 mm. long. Petals lightly adhering 
to the upper sepal, lincar-s2>atluilatej about 8 mm. long^ 2 mm, wide near 
the tip. Labellum linear-oblong, about 9 mm. loug to the tip of the 
slightly dilated 8-fingered apex, 2.5 uim. wide at base; on each side a 
row of 7-8 sette. Digitate divisions of the apex 3 mui. long. 
Terrestrial iu very dense mossy thicket on ridge at 8,200 ft. alt. on Mount 
Halcon, Nov. 22, 1900, Merrill (No. 5834). 
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