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2. Eulophia exaltata Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 5 : 38. Bletia stricta 

 Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 : 98. I have been unsuccessful in my efforts 

 to ascertain just what Philippine plant Presl described under 

 Bletia stricta. By elimination, on the basis that everything in my 

 possession from the Philippines includes everything that could 

 by any possibility have reached Presl's hands, Eulophia exaltata 

 is indubitably the species in question. The long narrow leaves, 

 "2-3 pedes longa, ad 9 lineas lata" are a strong characteristic of 

 E. exaltata. The elongated scape, the simple lax raceme, the 

 floral bracts, broadly lanceolate, the lowermost up to 8 lines long, 

 the pedicels 8-10 lines long, the divisions of the perianth mu- 

 cronate, 10 lines long, the three exterior ones oblong-lanceolate, 

 the interior ones broader, the labellum erect and three-lobed, with 

 its subascending spur or horn 3 lines long, the rounded lateral 

 lobes and the rugose crest near the apex, are all descriptive of 

 E. exaltata. The only discrepancies are the following: 1. "Perian- 

 thium pallide roseum?" But Presl did not know the color. A guess 

 on his part should not be conclusive evidence that Bletia stricta 

 has been recorded only once from the Philippines. 2. Middle lobe 

 of the labellum ovate-obcordate. These words hardly describe 

 the middle lobe of E. exaltata, nor do they describe the mid- 

 dle lobe of the labellum of any species of Eulophia yet known 

 from the Philippines. Anobcordate middle lobe immediately sug- 

 gests some species of Calanthe, but it is improbable that Ble- 

 tia stricta belongs to any genus other than Eulophia. Accord- 

 ing to my views it should receive the new combination-name 

 Eulophia stricta (Presl), with E. exaltata Reichb. f., E. ensiformis 

 Schltr., E. Leschenaultii Bl., and E. Warburgiana Kriinzi. as 

 synonyms. 



Mindanao, Luzon. 

 Also Java. 



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