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nervo intermedio in apiculum producto, apiculum 0.75 — 1 mm. 

 longum. Inflorescentia terminalis (et lateralis?) abbreviata, 

 circiter 1 cm. longa, pauciflora (flores 2 — 3?). Bracteae inflor- 

 escentiae valde lanceolatae, acuminatae, concavae, in apiculum 

 productae. Flores 7 — 8 mm. longi. Sepala lateralia linearia 

 nervosa, extus carinata, acuta, mentum fere 2 mm. longum for- 

 mantia, 7 mm. longa, circiter 1.25 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale 

 lineare. Petala oblonga, membranacea, subfalcata, obtusa, 7 mm- 

 longa, circiter 2 mm. lata. Labellum 7.5 mm. longum 2 mm. 

 latum, integerrimum, oblongi-ellipticum, obtusum, prope basim 

 attenuatum, ad basim in auriculas, minutas, acutas productum; 

 unguis 0.75 mm. longus, 3-nervius. Columna bipartita. 



The labellum resembles the petals but near the base it is 

 abruptly attenuated and produced into two auriculiform, tri- 

 angular lobes ; above the contracted base it is elliptic-oblong with 

 a rounded, blunt apex. 



Luzon: Province of Tayabas, Lucban, May, 1907, A. D. E. 

 Elmer, 7585. 



In small, loose tufts on moss covered tree trunks of the rain 

 forest at 3600 feet above the sea. Flowers suberect, bluish 

 white or sometimes pink. 



Pcdcchilus lucbanense sp. nov. 



Herba epiphytica. Caules penduli, superne ramosi,+6dm. 

 alti. Folia valde membranacea, 3 — 4 cm. longa, 4 — 7 mm. lata, 

 oblongi-lanceolata, inaequaliter bilobata, nervo intermedio in 

 apiculum brevem producto, ad apicem margine inaequaliter den- 

 tato. Inflorescentia terminalis, foliis brevior, bracteis, chartaceis. 

 Racemi circiter 2.5 cm. longi, bracteae retroflexae, lanceolatae, 

 circiter 5 mm. longae, 3-nerviae. Flores flavidi. Sepala lateralia 

 ovato-lanceolata, mentum obtusum formantia, 6 mm. longa. 

 Sepalum dorsale ovato-ellipticum, circiter 4 mm. longum, obtu- 

 sum. Petala 4 mm. longa, vix 2 mm. lata, oblonga, leviter cur- 

 vata, valde obtusa. Labellum oblongum, 6.5 mm. longum, circi- 

 ter 3 mm. longum, valde obtusum vel truncatum, basim versus 

 membrana ve) lamella hippocrepiforme vel V-forme ultra 

 medium decurrens. Columna crassa. 



In general aspect similar to Podochilus xytriophoriis Schltr. 

 from which it differs in its shorter racemes, longer and differently 



