ORCHIDACE.E 



a species which I have not seen among specimens from the Phil- 

 ippines, is a near ally of A. quinquevulnerum. 



5. Aerides quinquevulnerum Lindl. Sert. Orch. pi. 30. 

 Luzon. 



6. Aerides Roebelenii Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. (1884) 1 : 510 

 is near A. quinquevulnerum. I have not seen any specimens refer- 

 able to it from the Philippines. 



7. Aerides Rohanianum Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. (1884) 1 : 

 206, and A. suavissimum Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. 4 : 264, belong 

 to A. odoratuniLtOMY. Undoubtedly several species which are still 

 upheld will prove to be forms of this very variable and widely 

 distributed species. 



8. Aerides Savageanum Vcitch Man. 7 : 78. 



80. RHYNCHOSTYLIS Bl. 



Two species are natives of the Philippines. About three species 

 constitute the genus. The synonymy is copious. 



1. Rhynchostylis retusa Bl. Bijdr. 286. 

 Luzon, Palawan. 



2. Rhynchostylis violacea Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 2 : 93. Vanda 

 violacea Lindl in Bot. Reg. (1841) Misc. p. 12; (1847) t. 30. The 

 flowers of this species are larger than in R. retusa Bl. and possess 

 a distinctly retuse-apiculate labellum. Lindley's description and 

 the accompanying plate in the Botanical Register of 1847 were 

 prepared from material introduced from the Philippine Islands. 

 Lindley reported that Cuming found the species in Manila and 

 introduced it to Europe. In the Botanical Magazine of 1864 

 plate 5433 depicts a white-flowered species that is hardly differ- 

 ent fromi?. violacea. This species was described by Hooker under 

 the name Saccolabium Harrisonianum and separated specifically 



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