December 12, 1912] Orchid. Novae et Criticae Ins Philippinarum 1569 



dense vestiti. Flores albidi, caduci; bracteae subtendentes, 

 scariosae, lanceolatae, circiter 5 mm. longae. Pedicellus cum 

 ovario 6 mm. longus. Sepala lateralia 5 mm. longa, mentum 

 obtusum formantia, triangularia vel triangulari-lanceolata, acu- 

 minata, acuta, 3-nervia. Mentum circiter 5 mm. longum. Sepa- 

 lum posticum oblongum, obtusum, 5 mm. longum. Petala 5 mm. 

 longa, vix 1 mm. lata, linearia, subobtusa, 1-nervia. Labellum 

 subcrassum, 7.5 mm. longum infra medium oblongum, supra 

 medium dilatum rotundatum. Callus ad basim bifidus, fere 

 usque ad apicem decurrens. 



The labellum is oblong above the base, slight^ constricted 

 within 2 mm. of the tip. The tip is suborbicular. The callus is 

 distinctly befid at the base, where the free ends converge on the 

 disc at the middle of the rounded tip of the lip they are thickened. 

 In the type specimen peduncles arise from the axils of the leaves 

 beginning at about the middle of the stem. 



Island of Negros: Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete 

 (Cuernos Mts.), March, 1908, A. D. E. Elmer, 9636. 



Small tufts upon living trees, near the ground at 3500 feet 

 altitude. Stems terete, hard, green, rigid, descending; leaves 

 fiat, ascending, only the tips slightly recurved, thin, paler green 

 beneath; inflorescence from the leaf axils, strict; bracts green; 

 flowers caducous, at right angles to the axis, white. 



Podochilus perplexus sp. nov. 



Aff. P. xytriophoro Schltr. Herba epiphytica, elata, foliosa. 

 Caules elongati, + 8 dm. longi, subpenduli, teretes. Folia disticha, 

 props medium caulium 7 cm. longa, 1.6 cm. lata, subcoriacea, 

 ad apicem inaequaliter bilobata, margine integro, nervo inter- 

 medio in apiculum product©. Racemi ad summum caulium orti, 

 breviter pedunculati; inflorescentia omnis ad 12 cm. longa. Brac- 

 teae inflorescentiae anguste lanceolatae, circiter 3 mm. longae, 

 acutae. Flores numerosi, viridi, purpureo-maculati. Sepala late- 

 ralia 3.5 mm. longa, triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, mentum ob- 

 tusum 1.75 mm. longum formantia. Sepalum dorsale elliptico- 

 lanceolatum, acutum, concaviusculum, 3 mm. longum. Petala 

 elliptico-oblonga, valde obtusa vel ad apicem rotundata circiter 

 3 mm. longa, vix 1.5 mm. lata, diaphana. Labellum 3 mm. lon- 

 gum, ad apicem 2 mm. latum, subpanduratum in vivo, explana- 



