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apicem breviter apiculatum, ad basim lamellae 2 complanatae, 

 dentiformes, erecti, margine irregulariter dentato, Columna 

 gracilis valde arcuata, proper apicem valde dilatata. 



Plants ± 2 dm. tall, green, succulent. Stem ± 7 cm. long. 

 Leaves several, flaccid, ±7 cm. long, -±. 2.5 cm. wide. Peduncle 

 elongated, about 2 dm. tall, slender, bearing on the upper third 

 about twelve large flowers which recall in aspect the raceme of 

 Liparis liliifolia. Bracts of the inflorescence about 3 mm. long. 

 Pedicel and ovary about 1.5 cm. long. Lateral sepals 9 mm. long. 

 Upper sepal about equal to the laterals. Petals 9 mm. long, 

 less than 0.5 mm. wide. Labellum 9 mm. long, about 7 mm. 

 wide. Column about 5 mm. long. 



Liparis Elmeri is a near ally of Liparis Rheedii Lindl. 



Island of Negros: Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete 

 (Cuernos Mts.) , March, 1908, A. D. E. Elmer, M4:5. Here also 

 I refer specimens from Luzon: Province of Tayabas, Lucban, 

 May, 1907, Elmer, 7579. 



In every loose fertile soil of moist woods at 4000 feet altitude. 

 Stems soft, green, succulent; leaves somewhat flaccid; buds 

 and calyx segments dull purple, corolla greenish yellow. 



Liparis latifolia Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. pi. 30. 



I refer to this species specimens from Mindanao. The plants 

 agree with material in my herbarium collected by R. Schlechter 

 in Sumatra. Liparis rohusta Hook f. is a closely allied species. 



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

 A. D. E. Elmer, 10648. 



Small descending clumps on trees and shrubs in forests at 6750 

 feet on Mt. Calelan. Roots whitish, limp; stems flexible, whitish, 

 flattened, covered with similarly colored bracts; leaves coriaceous 

 and quite limp, similarly green on both sides, conduplicate toward 

 the base; flowering stalk terete, subpendulous, curved, brownish 

 white; flowers limp, deciduous, brown, odorless, the pedicels 

 whitish. 



Liparis negrosiana sp. nov. 



Herba terrestris. Caules elongati, circiter 1.5 dm. longi, 

 crassi, bracteis vaginantibus vestiti. Folia circiter 5, elliptico- 



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