ORCHIDACE.E 



nicato-conglutinatum ad basim valde concavum. Petala semi- 

 ovata, acuminata, circiter 4.5 mm.longa. Labellum ad basim sac- 

 catum, 5 mm. longum, apex labelli in laminam 4 mm. latam, vix 

 2 mm. longam, transverse oblongam dilatatus. Saccus semi-glo- 

 bosus, intus processu 2,subulato,utroque.Gynostemium generis. 

 Mindanao, Apayo Subprovince, C. M. Weber 327, January 25, 1912. 

 Terrestrial in forest. Altitude 76.2 meters. 



3. Hetceria mindanaensis sp. nov. Rhizoma succulentum ad 

 nodos radicans. Caules cum racemo circiter 2.3 dm. alti, pubes- 

 centes. Folia conferta, ineequaliter lanceolata supra decrescentia, 

 in sicco membranacea, acuta. Bases foliorum vaginatas, amplae. 

 Petioli graciles; lamina foliorum 3-7 cm. longa, usque ad 2 cm. 

 lata. Racemus laxiflorus, elongatus, ± 1 dm. longus. Flores vires- 

 centi-purpurei, 14-30, inter minores generis, circiter 3-4 mm. 

 longi, glabri, pedicellus ut videtur nullus, cum ovario ± 6 mm. 

 longus, pubescens. Bracteas flores subtendentes triangulari-lan- 

 ceolatee, longe acuminata?, valde acuta?, pubescentes, ad basim 

 concavum, ± 5 mm. longum. Bracteas infra racemum simile usque 

 ad 1 cm. longae. Sepala lateralia oblongi-lanceolata, subacuta, 

 circiter 4 mm. longa, vix 2 mm. lata, concaviuscula, uninervia. 

 Sepalum dorsale angustius, cum petala galeam formans. Petala 

 dimidiato ovata, acuminata, acuta, uninervia, 3.5 mm. longa, 

 circiter 2 mm. lata. Labellum vix 4 mm. longum, valde con- 

 cavum, ad apicem, in lobum reniforme dilatatum, circiter 2 mm. 

 latum, intus utroque processibus duobus unciformis. 



The labellum suggests Adenostylis strateumatica (L.) Ames, 

 but otherwise there is no close relationship between the two 

 species. 



Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Sangaan, Cabadbaran Trail, C. M. Weber 

 317, December 11, 1911. Terrestrial in shady forest, 22 meters above sea 

 level. 



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