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odorless, upon yellowish brown ascending pedicels; petals 

 whitish toward the apex, dotted with purple toward the base, 

 the inner recurved organ shiny yellow. 



TAENIOPHYLLUM Blume. 



Taeniophyllum Elmeri sp. nov. 



Epiphyticum, subacaule; radicibus,numerosissimis, flexuosis, 

 applanatis, usque ad 11 cm. longis, 3 mm. latis; caule subnullo, 

 aphyllo; scapus gracillimis usque ad 6 cm. longis, papilloso-pube- 

 rulis, vaginulis 1-2, distantibusparvulis. Inflorescentia usque ad 

 1.7 cm. longa, rhachis fractiflexa. Bracteae vix 1 mm. longae, 

 rigidae, acutae, glabrae. Flores circiter 12 in racemo laxo. Pedi- 

 cellus glaber, cum ovario circiter 3 mm. longus. Sepala lateralia 

 lanceolata, acuminata ad apicem conduplicata, acuta, circiter 

 2.5 mm. longa, 1-nervia. Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala fere 

 2.5 mm. longa, 1-nervia, lanceolata, acuminata prope basim cum 

 sepalis connata. Labellum calcaratum, simplex, ovato-lanceola- 

 tum, concavum, ad apicem conduplicatum. Calcar scrotiforme 

 1.5 mm. longum. Gynostemium brevissimum. 



The flowers resemble in the outline of the sepals and petals 

 flowers of T. arachnites J. J. Sm. 



Island of Negros: Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete 

 (Cuernos Mts.), June, 1908, A. D. E. Elmer, 10336. 



