676 AMES. 
parvi, uncinati, obtusi ; /obws medius suborbicularis vel ellipticus. Callus 
pilosus prope basim. Calcar 3 ad 3.5 mm longum. 
Trichoglottis latisepala is very closely allied to 7. lanceolaria Bl. It is dis- 
tinguished from that species by its stouter stems, larger leaves and larger flowers. 
The lateral sepals are shaped like the wing of a bird; the lobes are rounded. 
The anterior or lower lobe is only slightly shorter than the spur, against which 
it is closely appressed. The posterior or upper lobe is oblong-lanceolate with 
a prominent rib along the middle. The pubescent callus at the base of the middle 
lobe of the labellum is triangular at the free end. 
In the Herbarium Hookerianum at Kew there is a specimen from Java, col- 
lected by Lobb, which resembles 7’. /atisepala and may prove to be conspecific 
with it. With this specimen there are sketches which show a flower very similar 
to the flower of 7. latisepala. The lateral sepals are referred to in a note as 
being decurrent on the spur. This Javan specimen was originally identified as 
T. lanceolaria. T. latisepala may prove to be a variety of T. lanceolaria but it 
does not agree with Javan material in my herbarium identified by J. J. Smith, 
Minpanao, District of Zamboanga, on an island in Cumalarang Bay, for. 
Bur. 12345 Hutchinson, April 19, 1908, in coast forests, flowers light-pinkish-white. 
Neeros, For. Bur. 7241 Everett, March 19, 1907. 
Trichoglottis retusa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 360. 
Several specimens collected in different parts of the Philippines appear to 
belong here. TY. retusa differs from other Philippine species in its very fleshy 
oblong leaves which are unequally and conspicuously bilobed or retuse at the tip. 
The ovyate-lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent or densely papillose labellum is also 
characteristic. 
MinDANAO, Province of Surigao, Bolster 225, January 17, 1906, flowers yellow, 
spotted with red. Necros, For. Bur. 5553 Everett, July-October, 1906. Luzon, 
Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 9653 Curran, March 22, 1908. Bastian, For. Bur. 
6103 Hutchinson. 
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