ORCHIDACE^S 



gards A. Wenzelii as a near relative of Zeuxine elatior Schltr. 



and Z. argentea Schltr., natives of New Guinea. From both of 



these species Adenostylis Wenzelii is distinct in its much larger 



flowers and in the processes on each side of the sac of thelabellum. 



Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 0210, July 21, 1913. Terrestrial in for- 

 est, 60 meters above sea level. Flowers white; Ormoc, Wenzel 0119, April 

 28, 1913. Terrestrial in forested foothills, 200 meters above sea level. 

 Flowers white. 



30. MYRMECHIS Bl. 



1. Myrmechis gracilis Bl. Fl. Jav. Orch. 64, t. 21, fig. 2. 

 Mindoro, Mindanao, Luzon. 



2. Myrmechis philippinensis^4wes Orchidace^e 2 : 64. Aspect 



of M. japonica. 



Luzon. 



Also a native of Java and Japan. 



31. VRYDAGZYNEA Bl 



Twenty or more species are recognized. Of this number about 

 twelve are natives of New Guinea. 



1. Vrydagzynea albida Bl. Fl. Jav. Orch. 62, t. 19, fig. 2. 



Luzon, Mindanao, Leyte, Mindoro, Negros. 



Also from German New Guinea, Java, Perak, Sumatra, and Singapore. 



2. Vrydagzynea Weberisp. nov. Herba terrestris 1.5 dm. alta, 



gracilis. Rhizoma succulentum ad nodos radicans. Caules erecti, 



foliosi, supra folia pubescentes. Folia ovato-lanceolata, acuta, ad 



basim rotundata, supra vix decrescentia, 1.5-4 cm. longa, usque 



ad 1.5 cm. lata, in sicco membranacea, glabra. Petioli graciles, va- 



ginati, ad basim ampli, circiter 1 cm. longi, sulcati. Bractea? infra 



racemum vaginatae, 1-2. Racemum densiflores, ssepe laxiflorus 



usque ad 3 cm. longus. Bractese flores subtendentes ovato-lance- 



olatee, acuta?, pubescentes, circiter 6 mm. longa?. Sepala lateralia 



oblonga, obtusa, uninervia, 4.5 mm. longa, circiter 2 mm. lata. 



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