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DENDROBIUM MERRILLM Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 181, text cut, 5 (1915) 

 126, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 599; KranzL in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 299. 

 Dendrobium aloifolium Reichb f. apud KranzL in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 206, quoad syn. D. merrillii; Ames Orch. 

 5 (1915) 115 (D. aloefolium). 

 Luzon (Ifugao, Pangasinan, Rizal, Tayabas), Samar, B. S. 19989 Mc- 

 Gregor, 29863 Fenix, 2It355 Ramos, Loher 6017, Merrill 3357. Epiphyte 

 at apparently rather low altitude (350 m). 



DENDROBIUM MINDANAENSE Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 423, Orch. 5 (1915) 128. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Polillo, Negros (Occidental Negros), Leyte, Culion, Pala- 

 wan, Mindanao (Zamboanga, Agusan, Davao). A fairly common species 

 of rather wide distribution. Terrestrial ? or epiphyte at low altitudes. 



DENDROBIUM MODESTUM Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 3 (1855) 222, in Walp. 

 Ann. 6 (1861) 281; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 234; Kranzl. in 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 220; Ames Orch. 

 5 (1915) 128. 

 Llanos s. n. 



Reichenbach described this species from a Llanos specimen from Manila 

 and ascribed to it affinity with D. aciculare Lindl. Kranzlin in his mono- 

 graph cites a Cuming specimen in the Lindley Herbarium. This species 

 has not been recognized in any of the material collected during the past 

 twenty years. 



DENDROBIUM MULTIRAMOSUM Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 129. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Rizal), Williams 193U, Lyon Jf2. 



DENDROBIUM O'BRIENIANUM Kranzl. in Card. Chron. Ill 11 (1892) 

 266; Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 182, text cut, 5 (1915) 130; Kranzl. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 105, fig. 5 N-0. 

 Dendrobium striatum Hort. ex Gard. Chron. Ill 38 (1905) 382; 

 Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 298. 

 Known only from a cultivated specimen sent from Luzon by Micholitz 

 to F. Sander Co. 



DENDROBIUM ORNITHOFLORUM Ames Orch. 3 (1908) 60, t. ^6, 5 

 (1915) 130. 



Mindanao (Misamis), F. B. 4627 Mearns & Hutchinson. Mt. Malindang 

 at 1,900 m altitude. 



DENDROBIUM PAPILIO Loher in Gard. Chron. Ill 21 (1897) 416; 

 Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 231, excL 

 Williams 1934; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 22 (1914) 272; Ames Orch. 

 5 (1915) 130. 

 Dendrobium vanoverberghii Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 425, t. 13. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Negros (Oriental Negros), Mindanao (Davao), 

 Vanoverbergh 704, 1345, B. S. 31846 Santos, Weber 246, Herre s. n., Boett- 

 cher s. n. Epiphyte at 1,450 to 2,200 m altitude. 



