ORCHIDACE.E 



obsolete middle lobe of the labellum and in the broader, more 



coriaceous leaves which form a sheath around the peduncle. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Sagnay, Mount Canayan, M. Ramos Bur. 

 Set. 22161, December 9, 1913. On wooded slopes, 300 meters above sea 

 level. Leyte, Jaro, C.A. Wenzel0264, February 11, 1914. Epiphyte, flower 

 greenish yellow, altitude 750 meters. 



67. Dendrochilum (§ Acoridium) Whitfordii Ames Orchida- 

 ce;e 2 : 100. 



Luzon. 



68. Dendrochilum (§ Acoridium) Williamsii Pfitz. in Engler's 

 Das Pflanzenreich Ccelog. 114. 



Luzon. 



69. Dendrochilum (§ Pseudacoridium) Woodianum Ames Or- 

 chidace^e 2 : 80. 



Mindoro. 



40. PHOLIDOTA Lindl. 



A genus of about thirty-eight species, with two representatives in 



the Philippine Islands. 



Pholidota conchoidca Lindl. Bot. Reg. ( 1 840) Misc. p. 84. Proba- 

 bly only a form of P. imbricata. P. Elmeri Ames is a synonym 

 for Thecostele alata Par. and Reichb. f. P. rhombophora Reichb. 

 f. {fide Kranzlin) I have referred to Dendrochilum. P.sesquitorta 

 Kranzlin is a synonym of P. ventricosa. P. triotos Reichb. f. is 

 probably conspecific with P. imbricata. 



1. Pholidota imbricata Lindl. in Hook. Exot. Fl. 2 : 1. 138. 

 Luzon, Leyte, Polillo, Basilan, Palawan, Mindanao. 



2. Pholidota ventricosa Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 5 : 43. Kranzlin, in 

 his work on the CcelogyninEe for Engler's Das Pflanzenreich, 

 takes exception to J. J. Smith's conclusion that Pholidota ven- 

 tricosa Reichb. f. and P. sesquitorta Kranzl. are identical. In the 



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