ORCHIDACEJE 



leaves, slender, winged, about three-flowered. Bracts soon decid- 

 uous. Flowers white and yellow, about 3.3 cm. long. Lateral 

 sepals with a prominent mid-vein, otherwise ecarinate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, about 3.3 cm. long, 7 mm. wide. Upper sepal 

 3.3 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Petals 

 linear, three-nerved to about the middle, 3 cm. long, about 2 mm. 

 wide at base. Labellum three-lobed near the middle, 3 cm. long, 

 1.7 mm. wide near the base of the middle lobe. Lateral lobes semi- 

 obcordate, rounded, 1.7 mm. long from base of labellum, about 

 5 mm. wide, netted veined with numerous brown dots near the 

 veins. Middle lobe round cordate, emarginate-apiculate at the 

 apex, margin slightly crenulate, 1.7 cm. long. Carina? five, three 

 extending from the base of the labellum to the base of the mid- 

 lobe or a little farther, two about equalling the others beginning 

 near the lateral lobes, all the carina? strongly undulated. The 

 middle carina not equalling the laterals. Column clavate, andro- 

 clinium sub-entire. Rostellum conspicuous. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, W. Schultze s. n. May, 1909. 



*9. Coelogyne Merrillii Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 6 : 40. 



Negros, Luzon*. 



* 10. Coelogyne palawanense sp. nov. Radices validse, pubescen- 

 tes. Pseudobulbi approximate conferti, elongati, in sicco valde 

 sulcati, superne fastigati, ad basim ± 1 cm. in diametro, 5-7 cm. 

 longi, flavidi in sicco, diphylii, erecti, vaginis obtecti. Folia longe 

 petiolata, lamina cum petiolo usque ad 26 cm. longa, anguste 

 elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, usque ad 2 dm. longa, 

 usque ad 3.5 cm. lata, nerviis subtus prominentibus. Petioli gra- 

 ciles 5.5-8 cm. longi, in sicco nervosi. Scapus synanthus usque 

 ad 17 cm. altus, squamis imbricatis, acutis, inclusus, quinque- 

 florus. Bractea? inflorescentise naviculares, persistentes, ovaria pe- 



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