ORCHIDACEiE 

 lata, extus sparse pubescentia. Sepalum dorsale erectum, con- 

 cavum, cum petalis galeam formans, ovatum acutum, margine 

 leviter involuta, uninervium vix 3 mm. Iatum,vix4 mm.longum, 

 extus sparse pubescens. Petala membranacea, insequaliter ovato- 

 elliptica, uninervia, 3.5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, glabra. Labellum 

 breviter saccatum, 3.5 mm. longum, trilobatum, supra medium, 

 lobi laterales membranacei, rotundati, vix 1 mm. longi, 1 mm. 

 lati (erecti?). Lobus medius quadratus, valde obtusus, 1 mm. 

 longus, 1 mm. latus. In disco callus inconspicuus, ad basim utro- 

 que callus cuneatus complanatus, carnosus, .5 mm. longus, ad 

 apicem .75 mm. latus. Gynostemium generis. 



This species is represented by a single specimen in the herba- 

 rium of the Bureau of Science at Manila. The leaves appear to 

 have been dark green above, and dull red beneath. No notes about 

 the color of the flowers were made by the collector. From the 

 dried specimens the sepals appear to have been purplish, the 

 petals and lobes of the labellum whitish. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Rev. R. F. Black s. n. 1912. 



2. Hetceria lancifolium sp. nov. Herba terrestris, usque ad 3.5 

 dm. alta. Rhizoma succulentum ad nodos radicans. Caules as- 

 cendentes, graciles, sparsim pilosi, usque ad medium foliosi, su- 

 pra folios pauci-bracteati,bracteistubularibus,acutis. Folia ±6, pe- 

 tiolata, anguste lanciformia, acuta, apiculata, subtus purpurascens, 

 lamina usque ad 6.5 cm. longa, usque ad 1.4 cm. lata, membrana- 

 cea. Petiolus ad basim vaginans, prope laminam folii gracilis, cir- 

 citer 1.5 cm. longus. Flores albidi et purpureo-viridi ± 5 in racemo 

 laxo dispositi.Racemus 3.5 cm. longus. Bracteae flores subtenden- 

 tes lanceolatae, acuminata?, acuta?, sparsim pilosi, ± 6 mm. longae, 

 erectae. Sepala lateralia glabra, oblonga, obtusa, 5 mm. longa, vix 

 2 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale cum petalis supra gynostemium for- 



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