ORCHIDACE^ 



V. majaijensis has been detected, not even in Laguna Province, 

 the type locality of Blanco's species. 



In Petiver's Gazophylacium (pi. 103, f. 4) a species of Vanilla 

 is figured which represents one of Camelli's Luzon plants pub- 

 lished in Ray's Historia Plantarum. 



1. Vanilla calopogon Reichb.f. Otia bot. Hamb. 40. To this spe- 

 cies I have referred a specimen preserved in the United States 

 National Herbarium (351735). 



Luzon, A. Loher, 630, June 29, 1890. 



2. Vanilla ovalis Blanco Fl. Fil. ed. 2, 448. V. majaijensis 

 Blanco Fl. Fil. ed. 2, 593. V. philippinensis Rolfe in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. 32 : 459. 



Lrzox, Mindanao. 



11. LECANORCHIS Bl 



The peculiar cup-like collar at the summit of the ovary beneath 

 the perianth is a remarkable character which is diagnostic for the 

 genus. About seven species are known. Lecanorchisjaponica BL, 

 however, is probably only a variety of L.javanica Bl. 



The range of the genus includes the Malay Peninsula, Perak, 

 Singapore, Siam, Japan, Java, New Guinea, and Borneo. 



1. Lecanorchis triloba J. J. Smith in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. 

 Neerl. no. 19, p. 26. This is the only representative of the genus 

 at present known to be a native of the Philippines. Although 

 Smith has recently referred L. triloba to L.javanica Bl., because 

 of the likelihood of an incorrect diagnosis of the latter by Blume, 

 I have retained it here as the three-lobed labellum appears to 

 be a strong specific character and as my specimens agree with 

 L. triloba as described and figured by Smith. They do not agree 

 with the characters assigned to L. javanica by Blume. 



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