NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, II. 669 



Podochilus strictus sp. nov. 



Caules 1 ad 2 dm alii. Folia disticha, linearia, apiculata, 11 mm 



longa, circa 1 mm lata. Pedunculus terminalis. Uaccmus usque 5 ad 

 10 mm longus. Bractcae inflorescentiae lanceolatae, acutae, 1 mm longac. 

 Florcs 2.5 ad :; mm longi. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, Bubacutum, 

 concavum, 1-nervium, usque ad 3 mm longum. Sepala lateralia ovato- 

 lanceolata, acuta. Petala lanceolata, 1-nervia, obtusa, circa 2.5 mm 

 longa, 1 mm lata. Labellum supra medium circa 1 mm latum, brcviter 

 unguiculatum, subquadratum, 3-nervium, obtusum, prope basim Bagit- 

 tatum vel auriculatum. Rostellum bipartitum. 



Podochilus strictus is a slender species which appears to be very near /'. 

 microphallus Lindl. and P. bicaudatus Schlechter. The racemes, which are clothed 

 at the base with several imbricating scarious bracts, are comparatively many 

 flowered, with rigid, distichous, cymbiform floral bracts. In dried specimen-, 

 the leaves, which are directed obliquely upwards, are somefimes twisted and 

 consequently give the plant a very strict appearance Near the summit of the 

 stems, lateral growths arise which produce roots at the point of origin. 



1 have not seen the type specimen of Podochilus bicaudatus but accord ing to 

 Schlechter's description that species difl'ers from P. strictus in its shorter leaves, 

 smaller, fewer flowers and shorter racemes. Podochilus acicularis Hooker f., which 

 Schlechter refers to P. tenuis, is similar to P. strictus, but has a very different 

 lip from that species and a very different habit (cf. Hooker's "Icones Plantarum" 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Bur. Bci. SOW Mrs. Lyon (specimen 

 flowering in orchid house, Manila. January. 1906), Mrs. Clemens tSB: District of 

 Zamboanga, For. Bur. 9199 Whitford d Hutchinson, December 12, 1907. 



Podochilus bicaudatus Schlechter in Fedde's Repertorium 3 (1907) 19. 



In the herbarium of the Bureau of Science there is a single specimen collected 

 by Elmer D. Merrill in February, 1903, on the Island of Paragua which may 

 prove to be conspecific with PoJoehilus bicaudatus. Unfortunately only one 

 flower was preserved on this specimen and that one. imperfect to begin with, 

 was destroyed by dissection. The leaves are 5 mm long, twisted when dry, 

 linear, acuminate. They agree perfectly with Schlechter's description in Fedde's 

 "Repertorium." In general habit the plant resembles P. tennis as illustrated m 

 Hooker's '-Icones Plantarum" (pi. 21*7) but is not so stout nor so tall. The 

 labellum is oblong, obtuse, sagittate at base, and measures 2 mm in length. The 

 specimen collected by Merrill is numbered 775. 



AGROSTOPHYLLUM Blume. 



Agrostophyllum philippinense sp. nov. 



AIT. A. papuano Schltr. et A. formosano Rolfe. Eabitu simile A. 

 majori Hook. f. Caules aliquid compressi. Planta 5 dm alta. Fob'a 

 disticha oblongi-lanceolata, obtusa, plus minus 1.5 dm longa, prope basim 

 plus minus 2.5 cm lata. Inflorest entia capitata, circa 4 cm lata, densa. 

 Sepala lateralia 3-nervia, oblonga, acuta, 5 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Se- 

 palum dorsale valde concavum, 4 mm longum. Petala ovata, subacuta, 

 4 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Labellum 4.5 mm longum, ad basim concavum 



