48 AMES. 
172. PODOCHILUS Bl. 
This is an intricate genus with, which it is almost impossible to do 
satisfactory work owing to the fragmentary condition of the specimens 
usually found in herbaria. One must rely to a large extent on descrip- 
tions and these are too frequently inadequate because of the similarity 
between many of the species. 
Podochilus fenixti sp. nov. 
Caules plus minus 3 dm alti, simplices^ graciles. Folia oblongi-lan- 
ceolata infeme, superne linearia^ acuminata, plus minus 5 cm longa, , 
3-11 mm lata; utrinque glabra, usque ad 4 mm in crassitudine in sicco, 
nervo intermedio in apiculum minutum producto. Inflorescentia termi- 
nalis et lateralis brevis. Eacemus pauciflorus, foliis multo brevior. 
Pedunculus cum raeemo usque ad 1.5 cm longus. Bradeae cymbiformes 
ovatae, acuminatae, acutae, 4 mm longae, inferne imbricatae. Flores 
albi. Sepala latcralia ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, 3-nervia, 4 mm 
longa, ad basim 2.5 mm lata. Sepalum dorsale concavum, ovatum, obtu- 
sum, plus minus 3 mm longum. Petala oblonga^vel oblongi-lanceolata, 
acuta, 3-nervia, 2.75 mm longa. Labellum oblongum, obtusum, 4.75 mm 
longum, ad basim saccatum; prope apicem labelli tuberculum minutum, 
post quod callus multo major; prope basim labelli callus cucullatus, 
V-formis. 
Batanes Islands, BaUn, Santo Domingo de Basco, Bur. Sci. 3794 Eugenio 
F4niXj June 8, 1907. 
In habit, if we except the inflorescence, this species resembles very closely 
P. dendrohioidcs Schlechter. The labellum is distinctive as it bears three calli; 
one at the apex, a minute protuberance; one near the middle, a transversely 
situated keel or cushion, and one near the base, this last being V-shaped, cucuUate 
at its closed end. In several of the specimens examined the racemes are num- 
erous. They arise from the axils of the leaves beginning at about the middle of 
the stem, and are produced with few interruptions from there to the summit. 
- Podochilus (§ Appendicula) fruticosus sp. nov. 
Caulis ramosus, 3 dm longus. Folia oblonga, 1-2 cm longa, 2-4 mm 
lata, ad apicem inaequaliter bilobata. Flores terminales et laterales, in 
capitulis bractoatis. Bradeae acutae, 3 mm longae. Sepala lateralia 
triangularia, 3-nervia, acuta, 2.b mm longa, 2 mm lata ad basim. Petala 
lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 1-nervia, 1.75 mm longa. Labellum 3 mm 
longum, breviter unguiculatum ; lamina obovata vel suborbicularis. 
Mindanao, Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, ^ITary Strong Clemens s. n. (type), 
September, 1907. ^ ^r /» 
Plant much branched, the branches bearing numerous heads of flowers in the 
axils of the small linear-oblong leaves. On the same plant flower buds ana 
fruits occur. The fruits, which are about 6 mm long, exceed the rigid, nervosa 
bracts. In all the specimens examined the leaves show a strong tendency to fall 
ofT, consequently herbarium specimens consist chiefly of naked stems and the 
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