December 12, 1912] Orchid. Novae et Criticae Ins. Philippinarum 1563 



ovata, acuminata, acuta, membranacea, prope apicem caulium 

 conferta, + 1.5 dm. longa, ± 7 cm. lata, margine sinuato. Pedun- 

 culus foliis longior; racemi + 1 dm. longi, subdensi. Bracteae 

 inflorescentiae lineari-lanceolatae vel lineari-triangulares, usque 

 ad 1 cm. longae, acutae. Caules, bracteae et flores atropurpurei. 

 Sepala lateralia 4 mm. longa, elliptica, obtusa. Sepalum dorsale 

 circiter 5 mm. longum, anguste oblongum, obtusum. Petala 

 spathulato-falcata, obtusa, 1-nervia, 5 mm. longa. Labellum 

 flabellatum, retusum, 3 mm. longum, ad apicem 4 mm. latum, 

 crassum, ad basim in unguem brevem contractum, callis parvis. 

 Columna arcuata, apice cucullato. 



A distinct species resembling very closely Liparis bituber- 

 culata Hook. The spathulate-falcate petals are characteristic. 



Island of Negros: Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete 

 (Cuernos Mts.), March, 1908, A. D. E. Elmer, 9606. 



Loose clumps upon earth and old decayed timbers on stream 

 banks of a very moist gulch at 4000 feet above sea level. Leaves 

 spreading, nearly flat with crinkled margins, submembranaceous, 

 light green above, paler beneath, the bracts and petioles of the 

 same color; the stems, bracts of the inflorescence and the flowers 

 wholly of a dark deep purple or a more nearly indigo blue; 

 stems of inflorescence lax and wavy; capsules one half inch long, 

 narrowly oblanceoloid. 



CESTICHIS Pfitzer. 

 Cestichis linearifolia sp. nov. 



Rhizoma repens, pseudobulbi remoti ad basim tumidi subito 

 attenuati plus minus 3 cm. longi, vaginati, monophylli. Vaginae 

 complanateae, acutae. Folia linearia, subacuta,apiculata, coria- 

 cea, 2.5 dm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Pedunculi circiter 24 cm. longi, 

 bialati, complanati, recurvati. Racemi usque ad 5 cm. longi. 

 Bracteae inflorescentiae cymbiformes, circiter 1 cm. longae, acutae, 

 distichae, approximatae. Pedicellus gracilis, cum ovario 5 mm. 

 longus, sepala lateralia lanceolata, acuta, 6 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. 

 lata. Sepalum dorsale concavum, 6 mm. longum. Petala linea- 

 ria, circiter 5 mm. longa circiter 0.5 mm. lata. Labellum 5.75 mm. 

 longum, oblongum, prope basim, 4 mm. latum, obscure pandu- 

 ratum, ad apicem rotundatum, leviter retuso-apiculatum ; ad 



