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persistont flower heads. The lip is orbicular when s^proad out, but in its normal 
state is rather obovate, obtuse. The callus is basal and V-.-^liaped, the wings 
extend along the margin to the apical third of the lip where they converge. 
Podochilus (§ Appendicula) malindangensis -^p. nov. 
Planta 5 dm alta, robusta., glabra. Folia oblongi-laiiceolata vel ellip- 
tica, disticha^ coriacea^ 4 cm longa^ 1 cm lata. Infloresccntia lateralis, 
2.5-3 cm longa; rhachis fractiflexus. Flores in racemo brevi. Bracteae 
C3Tnbiformes, aeutae, 8.5 mm longae, ovario longiores. Sepala lateralia 
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mentum obtusiim formantia, triangalari-lanceolata., acuta, 3-iiervia, 4.5 
mm longa, 4 mm lata ad basim. Sepalum dorsale lanccolatuiTij 3-ncn-ium, 
4-4.5 mm longum, subacutum. Petala oblonga, l-ner\'ia, 4 mm longa. 
1.5 mm lata. Lahelluiii ut in P. pendulo, oblongum vel subquadratum, 
4 mm longum, 7-nervmm. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J?.?.? Major E. A. 
Meams & W. I. Hutchinson, May 25, 1906, at 1,700 m altitude. 
P. malindangensis is a tall, rather strict species ■which in general aspect 
resembles P. micranthus. The labellum is oblong or subquadrate, obtuse, with a 
large pocket or cup near the base formed by a transversely situated membrane. 
The lateral sepals are united at the base and form a rounded mentum. In the type 
material the characteristically large flowers are borne on lateral peduncles which 
occur on stems from which the leaves have fallen. Leafy sterns destitute of 
flowers occur on the 'same plant with the miked flower-bearing stems. It is 
probable that as the flowering stems are the most mature the leaves fall off 
during the drying process, but notwithstanding this probability the specimens 
are in general aspect unlike others of the genns from the Philippines. When 
dry the flowers are blackish, when fresh they were described by the collectors as 
"dark-bhie." 
Podochilus (§ Apista) Robinsonii sp. nov. 
Caules 1 dm alti, graciles, basibus foliorum vaginantibus tocti. FoUa 
lanceolata, 1.3 cm longa, 2-3 mm lata, coriacea. Inflorrscentia tenuinalis. 
Peduncuhis cum racemo 3.5 cm lougus. Byacteae minutae^ acutae, 1 mm 
longae. Flores minuti, ilavi. Sepala 3 mm longa, counata, tubum for- 
mantia, partes termiuales 1.5 mm longae, liberae, subaeutae. Petala 
uninorvia, dolabriformia, vel triangula breviter ungiiiculata, 3.5 mm longa. 
Lahelhnn cordatum ad basim sagittatum breviter unguiculatum, 3-ner- 
vium, 2.5 mm longum, 2.25 mm latum. 
Luzon, Camaiines Province, ilaagnas, Bur. iici. 6371 C. B. Robinson, August 
27, 1008, altitude above sea 200-400 meters. Here also I refer material collected 
on Canlaon Volcano, Island of Negros, by C. S. Banl's in June, 1906, Bur. Sci, 
il37. 
In general aspect this species resembles P. stricttis Ames and P. scalpelliformis 
BI. It is easily distinguished from these by its broader leaves, longer rac- 
emes and very diflferent petals. The sepals are connate as in P. scaliKlUformis. 
The rigid bracts give to the raceme a pectinate aspect. In dried specimens the 
loaves appear to have been twisted slightly. 
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