ORCHIDACEA 
MALAXIS Soland. ex Sw. 
Malaxis cuneipetala Ames sp. nov. Radices fibratae. Caules 
abbreviati, +3 em. alti, vaginis foliorum obtecti. Folia conferta, 
petiolata; lamina +1 dm. longa, usque ad 4.5 em. lata, lanceolata 
vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, chartacea, prominenter 
septemnervia. Petiolus late sulcatus, +6 cm. longus, circa 6 mm. 
latus, ad basim imbricatus. Pedunculus gracilis, elongatus, cum 
racemo usque ad 2 dm. longus, multiflorus. Flores aurantiaci, 
succedanei, in racemo subdenso dispositi. Bracteae inflorescentiae 
demum dependentes, 3-10 mm. longae, in sicco chartaceae, line- 
ari-lanceolatae, valde acutae. Pedicellus cum ovario circa 5 mm. 
longus. Sepala lateralia 4 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, orbicularia, 
valde obtusa. Sepalum dorsale 5 mm. longum, 2.5 mm. latum, 
oblongum, obtusum, trinervium, prope basim sensim attenua- 
tum. Petala cuneiformia, usque ad 4.5 mm. longa, 3.5-4 mm. 
lata, ad basim valde attenuata, unguiculata. Labellum cum au- 
riculis circa 4.5 mm. longum, 2.5 mm. latum, ambitu ellipticum, 
antice utrinque unilobulatum, lobo intermedio semirotundato, 
bifido, .75 mm. longo, 1 mm. lato, auriculis 1.75 mm. longis, 
circa 1 mm. latis, faleatis, obtusis, convergentibus. Gynostemium 
breve. 
Malaxis cuneipetala is remarkable because of its extraordina- 
rily wide cuneiform or cuneate-rhombic petals which are wider 
than the sepals. The front part of the labellum is trilobed at the 
tip, the lateral lobes or rather lobules being much shorter and 
narrower than the bifid middle lobe. 
Leyte, C. A. Wenzel 0724, November 24, 1914. Terrestrial in forest. 
800 meters altitude. Flowers orange. 
Malaxis negrosiana 4 mes in Elmer Leaf. Phil. Bot. 5 (1912) 
1561. 
Several specimens from Leyte referable to this species exhibit 
