ORCHIDACEtE 



Science Herbarium. The two species which Reichenbach cited 



as near allies, G. macranthum and G. giganteum, are conspecific 



with G. speciosum Bl. 



Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, R. J. Alvarez For. Bur. 22171/., Decem- 

 ber 9, 1911. In fruit. 



72. DIPODIUM R.Br. 



About eleven species are recognized. Only one representative 

 of the genus is a native of the Philippines. The flowers of all the 

 species are strikingly similar in construction, and identification 

 of specimens is extremely difficult in the absence of authentic 

 material for comparison. 



1. Dipodium paludosum Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. 2 : 15. I have 

 seen specimens from Leyte which surely belong to this species. 



Leyte, Wenzel 0198, O4.OO, 0^18, May 12, 1914. Roots in soil, a climber 

 on low trees in forest, 500 meters above sea level. Sepals and petals brown 

 and yellow. Labellum brown, yellow, and white. Mindanao, Sibuyan. 

 Also Borneo. 



73. CYMBIDIUM Sw. 



Two species from the Philippines are known to me. 



1. Cymbidium atropurpureum R. A. Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 11: 

 190. 



Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao. 



2. Cymbidium Finlaysonianum Lindl. Wall. Cat. no. 7358. 

 Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Polillo, Bohol. 



74. CHAMiEANTHUS ScMtr. 



This is a small genus with one representative in the Philippines. 

 Five species are now known from Java and New Guinea. Cha- 

 mceanthus Wenzelii is the sixth species to be described. The genus 

 Chamseanthus has not heretofore been ascribed to the Philippine 

 Islands. 



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