ORCHIDACEiE 



latus, ad apicem fissus ; auriculas late subfalcatas, ad apicem ro- 

 tundatae, 1 mm. longae, vix .75 mm. latae, leviter incurvas. Gyno- 

 stemium brevissimum. 



Malaxis davaensis, although clearly distinct from it in habit, 



resembles in the details of the labellum Malaocis Junghuhnii 



(Microstylis Junghuhnii Smith Die Orchideen von Java 253, 



fig. cxci). The middle lobe of the labellum of M. davaensis is 



split. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Divide of the Apo Range, C. M. Weber 

 2J,3 (Hb. Ames 12487), August 25, 1911. Terrestrial in shade of forest. 



12. Malaxis dentata Ames Orchidaceje 2 : 125. The details 

 of the labellum are not unlike those of Malaccis sordida. {Micro- 

 stylis sordida J. J. Smith in Bull. Dep. Agr. Indes neerl. no. 19, 

 p. 30; Nova Guinea 8 : 34, t. xi, %. 35.) 



Mindoro, Leyte, Luzon, Polillo. 



13. Malaxis Elmeri Ames Orchidace^e 2 : 126. 

 Luzon. 



14. Malaxis flavescens Ames Orchidace^e 2 : 127. 



Luzon. 

 Also Java. 



15. Malaxis Hutchinsoniana Ames Orchidace^e 2 : 128. 

 Mindoro. 



16. Malaxis latifolia Smith in Rees Cycl. 22, no. 3. 



Luzon. 

 Also Java. 



17. Malaxis longipedunculata Ames'm Phil. Journ. Sci. 8: 411. 

 According to Mr. Wenzel's notes no. 0237 has red flowers, no. 

 0132 yellow flowers, and the type, brownish yellow flowers. In 

 nos. 0237 and 0132 the labellum differs from the type in having 

 two teeth on either side of the labellum. In one flower of no. 0132 



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