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December 12, 1912] Orchid. Novae et Criticae Ins. Philippinarum 1557 



Clumps upon trees of damp forests at 3750 feet above sea 

 level, north of the Baruring river. Stems rigid, crookedly 

 branched, attached to the moss covered tree trunks; root stem 

 smooth, green except for the brown sheaths. 



PHOLIDOTA Lindl. 



§ Pseudopholidota sect. nov. 



Pseudobulbi caespitosi, raonophylli. Scapus lateralis a 

 basi pseudobulbi ortus, multiflorus. Columna gracilis, elongata, 

 stelidiis, oblongis, stigma juxta ortis. 



Pholidota Elmeri sp. nov. 



. Herbae in habitu caespitosae. Radices multae, crassae, 

 ramosae. Pseudobulbi plus minus compressi, cylindracei, obscure 

 rugosi, paulatim fastigati, ad apicem monophylli 3 — 4.5 cm. 

 longi. Folium oblongi-lanceolatum, acuminatum, acutum, petio- 

 latum, usque ad 2.5 dm. longum, usque ad 4.5 cm. latum, in sicco 

 chartaceum, venosum. Scapus gracilis usque ad 3 dm. longus, 

 multiflorus, lateralis. Bracteae infiorescentiae rigidae, circiter 

 2 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae. Pedicellus cum ovario 

 circiter 5 mm. longus, gracilis. Sepala lateralia ovata, acuta, 



6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 5-nervia. Sepalum dorsale oblongum 

 vel oblongi-lanceolatum, subacutum, cucullatum, circiter 7 mm. 

 longum. Petala linearia 1-nervia acuta vel subacuta, subfalcata, 



7 mm. longa, circiter 1.5 mm. lata. Labellum complieatum, ad 

 basim saccatum. Epichilium 3-lobatum, lobus medius 4 mm. 

 longus, cuneatus, ad apicem 3-dentatus, dentes abbreviati, rotun- 

 dati; lobi laterales erecti, falcati, obtusi, 3 mm. longi, circiter 1 mm. 

 lati. Ad basim lobi utriusque lateralis callus vel papilla. Lobus 

 medius in disco pubescens. Hypochilium 4 mm. longum, tubu- 

 latum, crassum, superne sulcatum, bicornutum ad apicem. Co- 

 lumna gracilis 6 mm. longa, cruciformis, stelidia 2 mm. longa. 



Island of Palawan: Province of Palawan, Puerto Princesa 

 (Mt. Pulgar), April, 1911, A. D. E. Elmer, 12971. 



On sides of small tree trunks near the river at 250 feet altitude 

 and 3 yards above the moist gravelly soil. Roots short, terete, 

 dry, spongy; pseudobulbs dull green, ascending, obscurely rigid and 



