NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, II. 667 



evident characteristic. The neuration, the form of the sepals and petals, and 

 the outline of the lahellum proved similar in both. 



Mindanao, hake Lanao, Camp keithley. Mary Strong Clement a. n., Septem- 



her. October. 1!H)7. 



PODOCHILUS Blume. 



Podochilus Clemensiae sp. nov. 



1'hinla 4 dm alta vol etiam altior. gracilis. Folia linearia, disticha, 

 I ;id 6 cm longa, 4 ad (5 ltun lata, obtusa, ad apicem Laaequaliter bilobata 

 cuspidata. Florcs circa 20, disticlii, in racemis laxis ex axillis foliorum 

 emergentibus. Bacemus 2.5 ad 3 cm longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae 

 lanceolatae, acutae, ovariia breviores, 2 mm longae. Sepala latcralia 

 ovata, acuta vel subobtusa, 3 ad 3.5 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Sepaluni 

 dorsale ovato-lanceolatum, lateral ibus brevius. Petala oblonga, obtusa 

 vel subtruncata, circa 2 mm longa. 1 mm lata. Labellum cuneatum, 

 obtusum, 2 mm longum. Columna brevissima. 



Podochilus Clementine is a slender, extremely graceful Bpeciefl which su^- 

 o-ests /'. pendulus in habit, although the leaves are narrower in relation to their 

 length than those of /'. pemluhis and longer than the racemes. The labellum 

 resembles that of /'. lancifoliua, but is entire, and the membrane at the base 

 which forms a pocket or cup is very strongly developed and extends nearly to 

 the middle of the labellum. Although the racemes are prevailingly axillary, 

 they are sometimes, perhaps frequently, terminal. The material at hand is very 

 copiously flowered. 



MINDANAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mary Strong Clement 8. n., September, 

 1907. 



Podochilus crotalinus sp. nov. 



(ilaberrimus, erectufi ( ?), circa 3 dm alius, pluricaulis; foliis distichia, 

 lineari-oblongis, ad vaginam articulatis, bilobulatis, nervo intermedio in 

 apicumm setiforme minutum producto, basi vix attenuate, 1 ad 2 cm 

 longis, medio 3 ad 5 mm latis; spica terminale, disticha, multiflora, 2.3 

 cm longa; bracteis lanccolato-ellipticis, 8 ad 10 mm longis, flares plus 

 minusve excedentibus; sepalis lateralibus valde obliquis, acuminatis, 

 trinerviis, G mm longis; sepalo intermedio ovato ; petal is lineari-oblongis 

 obtusis, sepalis paulo brevioribus; lobelia 5 mm longo, circuito oblongo 

 supra medio dilatato obscure trilobato. 



In the specimens examined the flowers arc old and badly shrivelled so that 

 the form of the labellum is difficult to observe. The basal half is almost rotund, 

 slightly concave, the apical half is subilabelliform and apparently truncate. Near 

 the point of origin of the apical lobe or half there are two thickened lines. The 

 extreme base of the lip resembles that of /\ distichut Schlcchter. The floral 

 bracts, which are scarious and so arranged as to resemhle the rattles of Crotalus 

 horridus, arc elliptic lanceolate or ovate, about (i mm wide near the base and at the 

 apex subobtuse, scarcely acute, and obscurely, if at all, cuspidate. The distichous 

 inflorescence is from 1.8 to 2 cm wide in its greatest diameter. The nearest 

 affinity of /\ crotalinus is P. distichns Schlechter. The form of the inflorescence, 

 however, and the very broad floral bracts are differentiating characters. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mary Strong Clemens s. n., November, 

 10 Ofl. 



