December 12, 1912] Orchid. Novae et Criticae Ins. Philippinarum 1553 



LEPIDOGYNE Blume. 



Lepidogyne longifolia Bl. Orch. Jav. 94, t. 25. Neottia 

 longifolia Bl. Bijdr. 406. 



Strict succulent herb in moist woods at 4000 feet altitude. 

 Roots flexible, less than 1.5 cm. thick, covered with a brown 

 matrix of short hairs. Leaves ascending, strict, succulent, 

 dark green especially on the upper surface; midnerve promi- 

 nent beneath. Stems strict above, 2.5 cm. thick, terete, 

 green. Inflorescence a spicate many flowered raceme, above6dra. 

 long. Bracts greenish brown, 2 — 4 cm. long, linear lanceolate, 

 acuminate, acute, ascending. Pedicels of the same color, erect, 

 sepals similarly colored, otherwise the perianth is red and white. 

 Labellum saccate, the tip slender, recurved, on the inner surface 

 of the sac several short appendages arise. The genus Lepidogyne 

 has heretofore been unknown from the Philippines. 



Island of Negros: Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete 

 (Cuernos Mts.), March, 1908, A. D. E. Elmer, 9579. 



TROPIDIA Lindl. 



Tropidia mindanaensis sp. nov. 



Herba terrestris. Caules erecti, elati, foliosi, ramosi. Folia 

 oblongi-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, chartacea, in siccitate 

 conspicue 5-nervia, ad basim vaginantia, usque ad 15 cm. longa, 

 1.5 — 3.3 cm. lata. Inflorescentiae laterales, pedunculi 2 — 3 cm. 

 longi, bracteati, bracteis vaginantibus usque ad 1.5 cm. longis. 

 Flores capitati, vel in racemis densis congesti. Racemi usque ad 

 1cm. longi, bracteati, plurifiori, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 

 5 mm. longis. Sepala lateralia basi sub labello in mentum breve 

 connata, usque ad 12 mm. longa, oblonga, acuta. Sepalum dorsale 

 oblongum, acutum, concaviusculum, arcuatum, fere 1 cm. longum. 

 Petala oblongi-falcata, acuta, sepalo postico subsimilia. Labellum 

 8 mm. longum, cymbiforme, lanceolatum, ad basim columnae 

 sessile, canaliculatum, basi in saccum breve obtusum productum, 

 apice acuto, valde deflexo et recurvato, neryiis prominentibus. 



Mindanao: District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), September, 

 1909, A. D. E. Elmer, 11785. 



