ORCHIDACE 
bifurcated. In O. swrigaensis the margin of the labellum is den- 
ticulate up to the deeply retuse tip, some of the teeth being 
conspicuously bifurcated. In dried specimens the labellum is pale 
orange, the sepals and petals nearly white. 
Minpanao, Surigao Province, C. A. Wenzel 01159, June 4, 1917. 150 
meters altitude. Epiphyte in forest. Flowers red. 
LIPARIS L. C. Rich. 
Liparis jarensis Ames sp. nov. Aff. L. Glossulae Reichb. f., 
sed in habitu satis dissimilis. Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma repens. 
Radices elongatae, patentes, albidae. Folium 2.5—4.5 dm. lon- 
gum, 2.3-5 cm. latum, in sicco prominenter nervosum, petio- 
latum; lamina oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, in sicco 
chartacea, in petiolum elongatum sulcatum 4-6 cm. longum 
contracta. Scapus cum racemo usque ad 3 dm. longus, quam 
folium brevior, infra racemum paucibracteatus, bracteis acutis 
3-4 cm. distantibus. Flores virides, in racemo laxo dispositi, 
bracteis subtendentibus anguste lanceolatis, circa 1 cm. longis, 
in sicco scariosis. Pedicelli graciles, elongati, cum ovario usque 
ad 17 mm. longi, vix adscendentes. Sepala lateralia 1 cm. longa, 
2 mm. lata, anguste oblonga, acuta. Sepalum dorsale angustius, 
11 mm. longum, 1.5 mm. latum, acutum. Petala linearia, 13 mm. 
longa, 1 mm. lata, uninervia. Labellum suborbiculare, 9 mm. 
longum, 7.5 mm. latum, apiculatum, denticulatum, basim versus 
cuneatum, prope basim columnae callus late crescentiformis 
stat. Columna valde arcuata, super medium alata. 
The flower indicates affinity with Liparis Glossula Reichb. f., 
but the leaves are much narrower than in that species. In several 
specimens examined the leaf and flower shoot arise from between 
two erect, rigid, ensiform foliaceous sheaths. By the time the leaf 
has reached its normal size the flowers produced on the subtend- 
ing scape begin to expand. 
