ORCHIDACE.E 



elongatus, usque ad 3 dm. longus. Scapi ± 5 dm. alti, laterales, 

 ad basim vaginis elongatis obtecti. Racemus laxiflorus, ±1.5 dm. 

 longus. Flores 5-7, leviter deflexi, carnosi; sepala petalaque intus 

 lutea, extus albida, labellum purpureo-tinctum. Pedicellus cum 

 ovario circiter 2 cm. longus. Bracteae inflorescentias mox deciduae. 

 Sepala lateralia 3 cm. longa, 1.4 cm. lata, ad basim cuneata, ob- 

 longi-elliptica, obscure apiculata. Sepalum dorsale simile ±3.5 cm. 

 longum, supra medium 1.3 cm. latum, subunguiculatum, prope 

 basim circiter 7 mm. latum. Petala quam sepala multo angustiora 

 usque ad 3.6 cm. longa, anguste oblanceolata vel spathulata, ob- 

 tusa, circiter 9 mm. lata prope apicem, ad basim circiter 2 mm. 

 latum. Labellum trilobatum circiter 2.5 cm. longum, ad basim 

 cuneatum, lobi laterales vix sejuncti, rotundato-triangulares, 

 obtusi, ad marginem plicati, minute puberuli, integerrimi. Lo- 

 bus medius valde retusus in sinu leviter apiculatus, transverse 

 oblongus, latior quam longior, circiter 12 mm. latus, circiter 

 5 mm. longus, integer, plicatus, puberulus. Carina? per disco duas, 

 carinas duas abbreviate ad basim lobi medii. Calcar abbreviatum, 

 conicum, 2-3 mm. longum. Gynostemium elongatum, circiter 

 2 cm. longum, ad apicem dilatatum, tota columna clavata, arcu- 

 ata, antice puberula vel subglabra. 



A near ally of Phajus flavus Lindl., but differing from it in the 



absence of hairs from the anterior surface of the column. Phajus 



celebica Schltr. is also nearly allied. 



Luzon, Zambales Province, W. S. Lyon s. n. 1914. In partly shaded and 

 open glades. 



6. Phajus mindorensis Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 2 : 324. 



MlNDORO. 



7. Phajus philippinensis A 7 . E. Broxcn in Gard. Chron. (1889) 

 2 : 239. Vanoverbergh's 3886 from Bontoc Subprovince belongs 



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