ORCHIDACEjE 



85. STAUROPSIS Reichb.f. 



Only one species is known from the Philippines. 



1. Stauropsis philippinensis Reichb. f. in Hamb. Garten und 

 Blumenz. 16:117. 



Mindanao, Luzon, Negros, Palawan? 



86. RENANTHERA Lour. 



As at present understood this is a small genus confined to the 

 tropics of the Old World. From Mindanao there is a specimen 

 in the Bureau of Science Herbarium, collected by Mary Strong 

 Clemens (773), which consists of the inflorescence only. It ap- 

 pears to be near R. matutina Lindl.,but the lateral sepals are free. 



1. Renanthera elongata Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 218. This 

 species, under the name R. micrantha Bl., is referred to the Phil- 

 ippines in Xenia Orchidacea (1 : 92). The R. micrantha of Xenia 

 is referred to R. elongata Lindl. by J. J. Smith. Plate 41 of the 

 Botanical Register (1843), which represents R. elongata, accom- 

 panies a brief note by Lindley, who referred to specimens col- 

 lected by Cuming in the Philippines. I have not seen any mate- 

 rial of this species among the Bureau of Science collections. 



2. Renanthera monachica sp. nov. Aff. R. angustifolia? Hook. f. 

 Radices ? Folia disticha, approximata, ligulata, coriacea, ad apicem 

 insequaliter et obtuse biloba, 5.5-13 cm. longa, 1-1.5 cm. lata. 1 

 Pedunculus erectus, simplex, 18.5 cm. longus, bibracteatus infra 

 racemum, bracteis tubularibus, circiter 2 mm. longis. Pedicellus 

 cum ovario gracilis, 1.5 cm. longus. Flores ± 6 in racemo laxo 

 dispositi, ±2.5 cm. in diametro, flavidi, rubro-maculati, circiter 

 1 cm. distantes, bracteis subtendentibus squamiformibus. Sepala 

 lateralia unguiculata, 2 cm. longa, vix 6 mm. lata, ad basim vix 

 1 mm. lata, lanceolata, prope apicem processu unciformi. Sepalum 



1 Only the upper part of the stem was secured by the collector. 



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