NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, III. 47 
The type collection consists of two plants, preserved in the Herbarium of the 
Bureau of Science. Unfortunately both plants are in fruit so that my deserip- 
tion is based on terminal flowers. The flowers in dried specimens are yellowish. 
161. CESTICHIS Prfitzer. 
Cestichis Lyonii sp. nov. 
Radices multae, fibratae. Pseudobulbi fasciculati, 2 cm longi, com- 
planati, in sicco usque ad 1.5 cm in crassitudine, rugosi. Folia bina, 
oblongi-lanceolata, acuta, utrinque glabra, 6.5-8.5 cm longa, 1-1.5 cm 
lata, coriacea, in petiolos desinentia. Petiolus brevis, 5 mm longus. Ped- 
unculus terminalis, bialatus, foliis longior, usque ad 23 cm longus, erectus. 
Bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, setaceae, elongatae, 1 cm longae. Racemus 
longissimus, densus, usque ad 12 em longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae 
lanceolatae, acutae, 2-4 mm longae, pedicellum et ovarium excedentes. 
Flores flavidi. Sepala lateralia oblongi-lanceolata, acuta, valde uninervia, 
4.5mm longa, 2mm lata. Sepalum intermedium simile. Petala linearia, 
uninervia, 4 mm longa. Labellum orbiculare subito acuminatum, 5- 
nervium, 4 mm longum, circiter 3 mm latum. Colwmna exalata, cras- 
siuscula, 2 mm longa. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio, 155 W. S. Lyon (type in Ub. Ames). 
Mrnporo, Mount Inauan, For. Bur. 9959 M. L. Merritt, January 22, 1908, 1,300 
m altitude (single specimen in Hb. Bureau of Science). 
The labellum is orbicular and at the apex abruptly contracted into an obtuse 
tip. The pseudobulbs in dried specimens have the appearance of having been 
strongly compressed or flattened when fresh. 
162. OBERONIA Lindl. 
Oberonia cylindrica Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, Mise. 20, Fol. Orch. Oberonia 2; 
Ames Orchidaceae 1: 77, 
This species appears to be very common in northern Luzon. The material from 
which Lindley obtained his original and very brief description was imported 
from Manila by Messrs. Loddiges. From Lindley’s description, in the “Botanical 
Register,” it is quite impossible to identify with any degree of surety plants 
which may prove conspecific with O. cylindrica. Furthermore, his remarks in 
“Folia Orchidacea” are inconclusive. In neither work does he refer to foliage, 
although in “Folia Orchidacea” he places O. cylindrica in the same section with 
O. iridifolia, among the acaulescent species which have radical leaves. In order 
to obtain light on the subject I sent a specimen, representative of material 
which I had identified with Lindley’s species, to Kew, where it was carefully 
compared with the type. This comparison verified my conclusions and also 
revealed the fact that Lindley’s specimen is destitute of foliage, consisting of the 
inflorescence only. For a description, supplementary to Lindley’s, reference 
should be made to my list of Philippine orchids published in the first volume of 
“Orchidaceae.” 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Pulog, Elmer D. Merrill 6573, May, 1909, 
Bur. Sci. 8823 R. C. McGregor, July, 1909, BE. B. Copeland s. n., 2,300 m altitude, 
in mossy forest, May 12, 1909; Mount Tonglon, Bur. Sci. 5476 Maaimo Ramos, 
December, 1908; Baguio, R. S. Williams 1082, 1904: Bontoe Subprovince, Father 
M. Vanoverbergh, 407, 1910 (specimen in fruit). 
