ORCHIDACEJE 



19. Habenaria Mearnsii Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 7:3. 

 Luzon, Province of Benguet. 



20. Habenaria militaris var. philippinensis A mes Orchid ace^e 

 2 : 40. 



Mindanao. 



21. Habenaria pelorioides Par. S$ Reichb.f. Trans. Linn. Soc. 



30 : 135. The underground parts of the plant are said to be edible. 



Luzon. 



Also from lower Burma and the Malay Peninsula. 



22. Habenaria ponerostachys Reichb.f. in Bonpl. 3 : 213. 



Mindanao, Negros. 



23. Habenaria Robinsonii Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 7 :3. 



Luzon. 



24. Habenaria rosulata Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 7 : 5. 

 Luzon. 



25. Habenaria tipulifera Par. S$ Reichb.f. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 30 : 139. This species has been reported from the Philippines 

 (Cuming 2095). H. bisceta may have been confused with it. 



26. Habenaria Vanoverberghii sp. nov. Bulbi circiter 6 mm. 

 in diametro, sphaeroides vel leviter elongati. Radices fibrata?. 

 Folia 2-4, rosulata, ad basim pedunculi conferta, lanceolata, acuta, 

 variabilia, usque ad 4 cm. longa, circiter 11 mm. lata, sessilia, 

 in sicco chartacea. Pedunculus 1-3 dm. longus, pergracilis, 2-4 

 bracteatus, bracteis arete adpressis, acuminatis, acutis, ad basim 

 tubularibus, circiter 1 cm. longis. Racemi laxiflori, 4-7 cm. longi. 

 Pedicellus cum ovario circiter 1.3 cm. longus, glaber. Bractea? 

 flores subtendentes quam pedicellus cum ovario breviores, an- 

 guste lanceolata?, longe acuminata?, valde acuta?, 5-10 mm. longa?. 

 Flores 3-9, virides. Sepala lateralia anguste lanceolata, acuta, 

 6 mm. longa, circiter 2 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale concaviuscu- 



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