64 ORCHIDACEM 



" From La Trinidad, where it grew in red clayey soil of south- 

 ern grassy slopes in the pine region," Baguio, Prov. Benguet, 

 Luzon, May, 1904, A. B. E, Elmer (no. 6296). 



HABENARIA, WiUd. 



H. muricata, Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philipp. 80, 82, 83, 151 

 (1886). — Dissorhynchium inuricatum, Schauer, Nov. Act. Nat. 

 Cur., vol. 19, Suppl. I. 434 cum. t. 13 (A) (1843): " Herba 

 pedalis paulloque altior, tuberibus testiculatis, habitum Platan- 

 therm vel Gymnadenim quodam modo imitans. Vaginae ad collum 

 nonnuUse aphyllse. Sequuntur folia 4-5 inferiora, approximata, 

 cauhnis multo maiora, membranacea, oblongo-lanceolata, acumi- 

 nata, basi attenuata sessilia, costata, plurinervia, plana, 4-6 poll, 

 longa ; caulina sursum decrescentia, semiamplexicaulia, e basi ovata 

 longe acuminata, superne continue in bracteas subscariosas trans- 

 euntia. CauHs simplex, costis elevatis a foliis decurrentibus muri- 

 catis scaber, superne inter flores angulatus muricibusque longiori- 

 bus crebrioribusque conspersus. Spica laxa, multiflora. Flores 

 mediocres, ovario ultra 6 lin. longo in costis scabro apice attenuato 

 insidentes, inversi ; sepala lateralia trapezoidea reflexa, superius 

 cucullato-fornicatum 2 lin. longum et cum petalis contiguis 2 

 lanceolatis erectum : quae cuncta pallide rosei vel incarnati coloris 

 f uisse videntur. Labellum circa gynostemii basin in faucem bre- 

 vem inf undibuliformem ampliatum, in calcar clavatum horizontale 

 ovario conspicue longius decurrens ; limbus dependens, saturatius 

 tinctus, insequaliter tripartitus, laciniis (4 lineas longis) lineari- 

 bus involutis tortilibus apice ssepius circinatis. Pollinia clavata 

 maiuscula, caudicula 2 lin. fere longa prsedita. Rostelli crura 

 et antherse processus e flore effoeto lamellarum 4 distinctarum 

 instar fauci conspicue imminent." 



Stem 30 cm. or more high, muricate. Leaves 3-4, basal, elliptic. 

 Bracts lanceolate. Raceme lax. Flowers small. Lateral sepals 

 trapezoidiform, reflexed. Petals simple. Labellum tripartite, divi- 



