ORCHIDACEiE 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Binatun, C. M. Weber 380, No- 

 vember 2, 1911. Terrestrial among damp leaves in bamboo forest, alti- 

 tude above sea level 1750 feet. 



9. Adenostylis Wenzelii sp. nov. Herba terrestris, usque ad 6.6 

 dm. alta, rhizomate ascendente, cauliforme, radicibus flexuosis, 

 villosis ; caule infra medium foliato, tereti, glabro, supra vaginu- 

 lis paucis, distantibus,bracteiformibus obsesso,glanduloso-puber- 

 ulo. Folia erecto-patentia, oblique lanceolata, acuminata, utrinque 

 attenuata, membranacea,petiolata,petiolobasi dilatatavaginante, 

 lamina usque ad 1.5 dm. longa, 1.5-3.5 cm. lata. Petiolus circiter 

 3 cm. longus.Racemus circiter 2 dm. longus, multiflorus, glandu- 

 loso-puberulus. Bracteag inflorescentia? lanceolate ± 2 cm. longse, 

 acutge, patentes. Flores albidi. Ovarium glanduloso-pubescens. 

 Sepala lateralia lanceolata, acuta, extus glanduloso-pubescentia, 

 intus glabra, 1.5-1.8 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale 

 lanceolatum, concavum, cum petalis galeam formans. Petala ob- 

 longi-lanceolata, membranacea, glabra, obtusa, circiter 1.5 cm. 

 longa, supra medium 3.5 mm. lata. Labellum 1.4 cm. longum, 

 saccatum, lamina usque ad medium oblonga, circiter 5 mm. lata, 

 antice breviter pectinata vel dentata, in disco bilamellata, supra 

 medium in unguem 3 mm. longum, 1.5 mm. latum contracta, 

 ad apicem in lobum triangulum dilatata. Saccus scrotiformis, 

 circiter 4 mm. longus, intus, utrinque, aliquot squamis ornatus. 

 Gynostemium elongatum, 1.3 cm. longum. 



The labellum is saccate, with about twelve flattened scales or 

 hairs on either side within. The lamina of the labellum is broad 

 where it joins the sac, somewhat oblong in outline, and above 

 the middle suddenly contracted into a narrow claw which ter- 

 minates in a subtriangular blade; the lamina just in front of the 

 claw is pectinate fringed on the margin. 



Dr. R. Schlechter, who has kindly examined a specimen, re- 



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