324 AMKS. 
wide at the tip^ 2 mm. long, margin irrognlar or dentate. Column stont^ 
5 mm. long. 
Terrestrial on steep, wooded, damp slopes at about 0,400 ft. alt. on Mount 
Ilalcon, Nov. 10, 1900, AlerriU (No. 5513). 
Phaius mindorensis Ames sp. nov. 
Plants about 3 dm. higli^ brandling. Stems slender. Loaves ^-A, 
lanceolate, acute, 10-18 cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide. Bracts tulndar, 
scai'ious. Peduncle slender, pubescent, with several tubular, inflated, 
obtuse bracts. Eaceme loosely flowered. Flowers about 10 in number, 
yellowish (buds wliite). Floral bracts caducous. Ovary densely pubes- 
cent. Lateral sepals lanceolate, acute, 7 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. 
Upper sepal oA'ate-lanceolate, acute^ 7-8 mm. long, about 3 mm. wide. 
Petals ovate acuminate, acute, 7 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide near the 
middle. Labellum G mm. long, 3-lobed; lateral lobes about 1 mm. long, 
1 mm. Avide, oblong-truncate, margin with several irregular, short, blunt 
tooth ; middle lobe flabelliform, retuse, apiculate, 1.75 mm. long, 3-5 mm. 
wide; disc pubescent, bicarinate, the carinse extending to the base of the 
middle lobe; when spread out the labellum is 7 mm. wide between the 
tips of the lateral lobes. Column relatively stout, about 3 mm. long. 
Epiphyte in mossy forest at 4,300 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, Nov. 13, 1000, 
Merrill (No. 5612). 
P. mindorensis is closely allied to P, haJconensis but differs from it in its 
.smaller flowers, different labellum and broader leaves. 
Phaius sp. 
This appears to be a new species but the material is in bad condition and rather 
scanty. 
Terrestnal in Immid forest at 700 ft. alt. along the Binabay River, flowers 
odorless, sepals green outside, brown-purple inside, labellum yellowish, Nov. 3, 
1900, Merrill (No. 5800). 
CALANTHE R. Br. 
Calanthe angustifolia (Bl.) Lindl. Orch. PI. 251 {lS33).~AmhyyJottis 
ungustifolia Bl. Bijdr. :Ui9 (1825) ,— Oa?anf/ie phajoides Keichb. f. Bonpl. 5: 
37 (1857). 
Terrestrial at 6,500 ft. alt. on ]\fount Halcon, flowei's white, odorless, Nov. 15, 
1000, Merrill (No. 5677).— At 7,250 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, June 15-27, 1000, 
M. L. Men-itt (No. 4454). 
Java, Sumatra, and Malay Peninsula. 
Calanthe halconensis Ames sp. nov. 
In habit similar to C. pujclira Lindl. Flowers pale straw yellow, or 
nearly white, labellum riddish-yellow, spur straight. Leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, acute, about 4 dm. long, about H cm. wide, petiole about 
2 dui.' long. Scape with several ample bracteate sheaths, about 5 cm, 
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long. Inflorescence rather densely many-flowered, nearly S 'dm. long, 
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