ORCHIDACEiE 



nized from Ceylon, Java, New Guinea, China, Himalaya, and 

 Celebes. 

 Luzon. 



55. PHAJUS Lour. 



Although only eight species have been reported from the Philip- 

 pines, an increase in this number is to be expected. From dried 

 specimens it is often impossible to make diagnoses, as the parts of 

 the flowers become agglutinated and torn. Consequently with- 

 out alcoholic material and detailed field notes it is difficult to 

 make satisfactory determinations. About fifty species have been 

 recognized from New Guinea, Java, Borneo, Perak, Amboina, 

 Burma, Celebes, Sumatra, Japan, China, Formosa, Fiji, Hong- 

 kong, Australia, and Ceylon. Phajus grandifolius has been col- 

 lected in tropical America, where it was originally introduced as 

 a cultivated plant. 



1. Phajus halconensis Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 2 : 323. Phajus 

 calanthoides Ames Orchidace^e 2 : 153. 



Luzon, Negros, Mindoro. 



2. Phajus flavus Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 128. 



Luzon. 

 Also Java. 



3. Phajus grandifolius Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2 : 529. 

 Mindanao. 



4. Phajus linearifolius Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 7 : 10. 



Luzon. 



5. Phajus Lyonii sp. nov. Rhizoma valde incrassatum. Radices 

 valida?, elongatae. Caulesin caudice conferta, basi in pseudobulbum 

 brevem contracti. Vaginse elongatae, subarcte adpressas. Folia pli- 

 cata elliptico-lanceolata utrinque acuminata, in petiolum longum 

 contracta ; lamina + 5 dm. longa, usque ad 1 dm. lata. Petiolus 



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