ORCHIDACE 
TAENIOPHYLLUM Bi. 
Taeniophyllum leytense Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphytica, 
polyrhiza, radicibus numerosissimis, filiformibus, elongatis, flex- 
uosis, glabris, applanatis, patentibus, 2-10 cm. longis, 1-1.5 mm. 
latis. Caules vix distincti. Scapus gracilis, usque ad 4.5 cm. lon- 
gus, vix .5 mm. in crassitudine. Racemus usque ad 2 cm. longus, 
fractiflexus, floribus 2 mm. longis, viridibus; sepalis circa 2 mm. 
longis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, usque ad medium fere cum pet- 
alis connatis, lateralibus margine anteriore liberis. Petala sepalis 
latiora. Labellum concavum, lanceolatum, acutum; lamina lan- 
ceolata, apice superne appendice subulata refracta donato. Saccus 
rotundatus, lateraliter compressus. Gynostemium incrassatum, 
minutum. 
This species is closely allied to Taeniophyllum usneordes Schltr. 
from Celebes, but is smaller with much more slender and shorter 
scapes. Also closely allied to 7. glandulosum Bl. from Java. 
Leyte, C. 4. Wenzel 0998, May 14, 1916. At sea level. 
The preceding papers in this series were published in the Philippine Jour- 
nal of Science: J in vol. 4. C. Botany, pp. 593-600 ; II in vol. 4. C. Botany, 
pp. 663-676 ; III in vol. 6. C. Botany, pp. 35-56; IV in vol. 7. C. Botany, 
pp. 1-27; V in vol. 7. C. Botany, pp. 125-143; VI in vol. 8. C. Botany, 
pp. 407-440. 
