ORCHTIJAOR^ HAI^ONENSKK. 
315 
GOODYERA R. Br. 
Goodyera ap. 
Flowers too much withered for analysis. 
Leaves slij^'litly mottled, i. e,, the veins and veinlets white, ahove, inUoreseence 
old, Mount Halcon, Nov. IG, 190(), ]\fcrriH {No. 5512). 
MYRMECHIS HI. 
Myrmechis gracilis liJ. Fl. Jav. Oreh. 04, t. 21, f. 2 (18JH). — Anucvtockilus 
fftaoilis BI. Bijdr. 4i;i {1S25). 
Mount Haloon, June 15-27, l!KHi, M. h. Merritt (Nos. 44;J:i, 44(10) . 
Java, Japan. 
HAEMARIA Limll. 
Haemaria Merrillii Ames Rp. nov. 
Plants erect or ascondiiig, up to 3 dm. Iiigli, leafy nt tlie base. Leaves 
5-7, ovate-laiiceoluto, acute, 1.5-3 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide. Peduncle 
pubescent, provided witb about 5 closely apprcsscd, lanceolate, scarious 
1-2 em. long bracts. Flowers wbitislij in a ratber d(^n.«e, short raceme. 
Floral bracts exceeding tlie ovaries, narrowly lanceolate, margin ciliatc. 
Lateral sepals triangular-lanceolate, ol)tuse, 1-nerved, about mm. long, 
slightly exceeding 2 mm. in width at the base. Upper sepal adhering 
lightly to the petals, lanceolate, 1-nerved, about G mm. long, slightly 
exceeding 2 mm. in width. Labelluni al)out 5 mm. long, broadly ungid- 
• culate from a shorty round, saccate base; margins of the claw credit 
(involute?) above; the claw is dilated into a transversely oblong, retuse, 
mueronate lamina with a crenate or bluntly-tootlied margin; claw about 
3 mm. long; lamina 4 mm. wide, 2 mm. long. Within the sac 2 roundish 
sessile calli are situated. 
Terrestrial in mossy forest at 4,300 ft. alt. on Mount TlaU'on, fiowtTs white, 
odorless, calyx greenish, Nov, 13, 10(J(), -l/crn7/ (Xos. 5840, type, and 5810). 
HYLOPHILA Ivindl. 
Hylophila rubra Ames Orchidacea-, fasc. 2 (1907) incd. 
At 4,300 ft. alt. on Mount llaleon, flowers brownish red, June 15-27, lUOO, 
M. L. Merritt (No. 4378). 
TROPIDIA Lindl. 
Tropidia mindorensis Ames sp. nov. 
Plants about 4 dm. tall, slender, graceful, branching. Stems aljout 
2 mm. thick, clothed by the .-^lieathing bases of tiu) numerous, allcrnate, 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, acutc^ 3-5-nerved, 10-15 em. long, 1-2 cm. 
wide leaves. Pacemes U?af-opj)(>sed, short, few-ilovvered, not exceeding 
3 cm. long. Peduncle clothed with imbricating, nervose bracts. Pedicels 
comparatively stout, about 5 mm. long. Flowers y(41owish white, tinged 
with green, odorless, about 1.2 cm. long. Tiateral sepals about 1.2 cm. 
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