ORCHIDACE^E 



glabrus, erectus. Inflorescentia paniculata, 14-flora, rami 3-5 cm. 

 longi, 3-4 flori. Pedicellus cum ovario 14 mm. longus, rigidus, 

 glabrus. Bractese inflorescentiae squamiformes breves, bracteas 

 caulis tubulares, 2 mm. longse. Flores usque ad 3.2 cm. in dia- 

 metro, carnosi. Sepala lateraliaunguiculato-spathulata, obtusa, 

 circiter 1.6 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata supra medium, in sicco promi- 

 nente nervosa. Sepalum dorsale spathulatum, obtusum, 1.8 cm. 

 longum, circiter 6 mm. latum supra medium, ad basim attenu- 

 atum. Petala simile. Labellum trilobatum, leviter saccatum, 1.2 

 cm. longum, pubescens; lobi laterales erecti, triangulares, 4 mm. 

 alti, subacuti, carnosi, intus et extus minute pubescentes ; lobus 

 medius carnosus, rigidus, oblongus, 7 mm. longus, dense setigerus, 

 extus prominente carinatus, prope basim callo papilliformi. Li- 

 gula carnosa obtusa vel truncata, minute pubescens ante foveam. 

 Calcar brevissimum 2 mm. longum, obtusum, pubescens. Gyno- 

 stemium 5 mm. longum, dense pubescens. Anthera cucullata 

 dense pubescens. Pollinia 4, in globulos 2 unita, inaaqualia. 



In habit somewhat similar to Trichoglottis ionosma (Lindl.) 

 J.J. Smith. The type consists of a single specimen, which does not 

 show any tendency toward the production of an elongated stem. 

 The labellum suggests the labellum of T. pantherina J. J. Smith. 

 At the base of the bristly middle lobe is a slight depression of 

 the disc in which there is a small papilla-like callus, just as in 

 T. ionosma. The structure of the labellum and the larger flowers 

 serve to distinguish T. luzoncnsis from T. ionosma, its nearest 

 ally in the Philippines. The loosely paniculate inflorescence is 

 generically interesting. 



In my herbarium there is a specimen from Agusan Province, 

 Mindanao, collected by C. M. Weber (103), which I assume may 

 be conspecific with T. luzonensis. It is a specimen in fruit, but 



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