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more or less compressed; leaves solitary, one to each pseudo- 

 bulb, ascending, recurved, pale green on both sides, deeply 

 folded toward the base, tips recurved, otherwise nearly flat; 

 scapes arising from the base of the pseudobulb, rachi and pedicels 

 yellowish green; capsules triangular, three quarters of an inch 

 long, yellowish green. The color of the flowers is described by Mr. 

 EZmer as follows : "Buds whitish and purplish, the floral parts 

 in anthesis turning yellow." 



DENDROCHILUM Blume. 

 Dendrochilum Elmeri sp. nov. 



Planta caespitosa. Pseudobulbi pyriformi, rugosi. Folia 

 oblongi lanceolata ad basim attenuata, ad apicem acuminata, 

 acuta, multinervia coriacea. Pedunculus gracilis folio longior. 

 Bracteae inflorescentiae glumaceae, lanceolatae, acutae. Flores 

 flavidi. Sepala et petala valde retroflexa. Sepala lateralia 

 oblongi-lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervia. Sepalum superius simile. 

 Petala sepalo supremo majora, ovato-lanceolata, 3-nervia, suba- 

 cuta. Labellum crassum, late ovatum, obtusum, ecallosum. 

 Columna rigida, crassa; alae laterales, vel stelidia, terminalia, 

 falciformia, obtusa; ala apicalis quadrata. 



Pseudobulbs about 2.5 cm. long, comparatively soft, dull 

 green or brown. Leaves including the long petioles 15 — 26 cm. 

 long, up to 3.3 cm. wide, conspicuous. Scape naked below the 

 inflorescence, up to 3 dm. long, longer than the leaves or equalling 

 them. Raceme comparatively loose, about 7 cm. long. Bracts 

 ± 5 mm. long, slightly longer than the ovary, straw-colored, 

 margin brownish. Flowers odorless, yellow. Lateral sepals 

 7 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, fleshy. Upper sepal similar to the 

 laterals. Petals larger than the sepals, 7 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide. 

 Labellum 7 mm. long, about 6.5 mm. wide. Column 2 mm. long. 

 D. £'^mer^ is a near relative of i).^urpe (Ames) P/ite. , but is larger 

 in all its parts. The reflexed sepals and petals form an important 

 distinguishing characteristic between this species and its allies. 



Mindanao: District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), May, 1909, 

 A. D. E. Elmer, 10635. 



Found on moss covered limbs at 7500 feet altitude on Mt. 

 Celelan. 



