ORCHIDACE.E 



'"Humilis, foliis oblongis apice obtusis apiculatis, abbreviatis 

 (pollicaribus);' floribus axillaribus solitariis, sepalis tepalisque 

 oblongis acutis, labello basi utrinque obtuse triangulo auriculato, 

 lamina planiuscula medio trifida, laciniis lateralibus ligulatis re- 

 tusis antrorsis, lacinia media oblonga acuminata, carina pellita 

 retrorsum bicruri per discum. 



"Habeo flores siccos et iconem pictam, juxta quam qua? signis 

 inclusa sunt descripta. Sepala et tepala atropurpurea. Columna 

 et labellum la^te purpurea. Carina albo pellita. 



"Philippinens. insulae." Reichb. f. /. c. 



2. Trichoglottis bataanensis Ames Orchidace^e 1 : 105. With 

 a specimen of this species in my herbarium I find the follow- 

 ing note, made at Kew and at the British Museum of Natural 

 History: "Like Cuming 2050. T. rigida at Brit. Mus." 



Luzon, Palawan. 



3. Trichoglottis flexuosa Rolfe ex Ames in Ames Orchida- 

 ce,e 1 : 107. 



Panay, Luzon, Mindanao, Bohol. 



4. Trichoglottis ionosma J. J. Smith Nat. Tijds. von Ned.-Ind. 

 72 : 109. Cleisostoma ionosmum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1847) t. 41. 



Luzon. 



5. Trichoglottis latisepala Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 4 : 675. 

 Lumbucan, Palawan, Luzon, Mindanao. 



6. Tricoglottis luzonensis sp. nov. Radices valida?, elongata?, 

 glabra. Caulis abbreviatus, circiter 6 cm. longus, complanatus, 

 validus, quinquefoliatus. Folia disticha, conferta, imbricata, lorata, 

 ad apicem inasqualiter obtuse biloba, usque ad 2 dm. longa, 

 2.7-3.2 cm. lata, coriacea, patentia, ad basim leviter attenuata, 

 in sicco nervosa, quam pedunculus breviora. Pedunculus vaginam 

 perforans, 8.4 dm. longus, rigid us, circiter 4 mm. in diametro, 



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