ORCHIDACE.E 



Mariveles, A.D. E. Elmer 6784, November, 1904. Flowers yellow. Min- 

 danao, District of Davao (Santa Cruz), Mount Binatun, C. M. Weber 

 268, October 24, 1911. Epiphyte on trees, 381 meters above sea level. 

 Flowers cream to yellow with purple dots. Mindoro, Lyon 17 (Hb. 

 Ames 10568). 



The following specimens appear to belong to & longicalcarus : 

 Leyte, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 014-7, June 9, 1913. Luzon, Bontoc Sub- 

 province, Vanoverbergh 2118, December 10, 1912, 500 meters above sea 

 level; Camarines Province, H. M. Curran For. Bur. 11353, May, 1908, 

 100 meters above sea level; Bulacan Province, H. M. Curran Bur. Set. 

 3045, 1907. 



4. Sarcochilus 3£cGregorii comb. nov. Thrixspermum Mc- 

 Gregorii A mes in Phil. Journ. Sci. 2 : 337. 



Mindoro. 



5. Sarcochilus Merrillii sp. nov. Radices validae, elongatae, 

 numerosse. Caules abbreviati, vix elongati. Folia coriacea, con- 

 ferta,oblonga,utrinque attenuata, obtusa, ± 4,patentia,5.5-9 cm. 

 longa, usque ad 2 cm. lata, quam scapi multo breviora. Scapi as- 

 cendentes, graciles, paniculati vel ramosi, ± 2 dm. longi, bialati, 

 ramis divergentibus. Bracteae infra inflorescentiam tubuliformes ; 

 bracteae flores subtendentes squamiformes, rigidaa, vix 1 mm. 

 longas, quam pedicellus breviores. Flores minuti, albidi numerosi, 

 eodem tempore perpauci aperti. Sepala lateralia insequaliter ob- 

 lanceolata, unguiculata, leviter apiculata, 3 mm. longa, vix 1.5 

 mm. lata supra medium, uninervia. Sepalum dorsale oblanceola- 

 tum, obtusum, uninervium, circiter 2.5 mm. longum. Petala an- 

 guste oblanceolata, 2.5 mm. longa. Labellum membranaceum, 

 saccatum, trilobatum, lobi laterales erecti, circiter 2 mm. longi, 

 .75 mm. lati, triangulares vel semicrescentiformes, membranacei, 

 lobus medius paene obsoletus, rotundatus, incrassatus, concavus, 

 subtus dente obtuso instructus. Stelidia columnar triangularia 

 acuta, elongata, erecta. 



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