304 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1»24 



MALAX IS ELMER! Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 126, text cut, 5 (1915) 70. 



Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 6621, R. S. Williams 1110. 

 MALAXIS EPIPHYTICA Ames Sched. Orch. 6 (1923) 34. 



Mindanao (Cotabato), Weher 223. At 900 m altitude. 



MALAXIS HUTCHINSONIANA Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 128, text cut, 5 

 (1915) 70. 

 Microstylis hutchinsoniama Ames in Philip. Joum. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 319. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 5809. Mt. Halcon,' terrestrial in forest at 760 m 

 altitude. 



MALAXIS L AT I FOLIA Sm. in Rees Cycl. 22 (1819) No. 3; Ames in Philip. 



Joum. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 44, Orch. 5 (1915) 70, in Merr. in Journ. 



Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Branch, Special No. (1921) 151. 

 Malaxis plicata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 63, nomen; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 



ed. 2, 3 (1832) 456. 

 Dienia congesta Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 10 (1824) sub t. 825, in WalL Cat. 



(1828) No. 1936, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1830) 22; Reichb. f. in BonpL 



3 (1855) 250; Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 352. 

 Gastroglottis montana Blume Bijdr. (1825) 387. 

 Dienia fusca Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1830) 22. 

 Microstylis congesta Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 206; Hance 



Suppl. Fl. Hongk. (1872) 39; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 230; 



Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 24 (1888) 334, 32 (1896) 223; Hook. f. 



Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1890) 689; Grant Orch. Burma (1895) 16 (excl. 



syn. in part) ; King & Pantl. in lAnn. Roy. Bot. Gard. Gale. 8 



(Orch. Sik.-Himal.) (1898) 19, t. 23; Trim. Handb. Fl. Ceyl. 4 



(1898) 141; Ridl. Mat. Fl. MaL Penin. 1 (1907) 14. 

 Microstylis trilobulata Kurz Rept. Veg. Andam. Isles App. B (1870) 



xix, nomen; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. II 18 (1882) 393. 

 Microstylis bernaysii F. v. Muell. Fragm. 11 (1878) 21. 

 Lipams bernaysii F. v. Muell. Fragm. 11 (1878) 21, in syn.; Bernays 



Fl. Queensl. (?) 507; F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. (1883) 508. 

 Microstylis congesta Reichb. f. var. fusca Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc:^ 



24 (1888) 335. 

 Microstylis latifolia J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 



248, Fig.-Atlas (1910) fig. 185; Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Beihefte 



1 (Orch. Deutsch-Neu-Guin.) (1911) 124; J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea 



12 (1913) 15. 

 Microstylis latifolia J. J. Sm. var. fusca J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 6 



(Orch. Jav.) (1905) 249. 

 Malaxis latifolia Sm. var. fusca Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 



Bot. 45. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Rizal, Laguna, Sorsogon), Mindanao (Suri- 

 gao). A fairly common species, though apparently localized. Terrestrial, 

 in forest at 150 to 1,300 m altitude. In India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula, Siam, China, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Borneo, New Guinea, and 

 Australia. 



