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ORCHIDACE^ 



C. compressa, Ames, supra, p. 8. — Malaxis compressa, 

 Blume, Bijdr. 390, tab. 54 (1825) : " foliis in bulbo ovato com- 

 pressiusculo solitariis lanceolato-linearibus basi carinatis, pedun- 

 culo compresso, bracteis bifariam imbricatis (pectinatis), limbo 

 orbiculato retuso cum mucrone. (flores aurantiaci.) " 



Rhizome creeping. Pseudobulbs monophyllous, 2-4 cm. apart, 

 pyriform, about 3 cm. long. Leaf oblong-lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, 4.5-16 cm. long, 1.5-2.1 cm. wide. Peduncle 



slender, about 10 cm. long, shorter 

 than or equal to the leaf, conspicu- 

 ously bialate, ebracteate. Inflores- 

 cence 1.8-3.7 cm. long. Bracts 

 bifarious, approximate, carinate, 

 lanceolate, acute. Pedicels exceed- 

 ing the bracts, about 1 cm. long, 

 flowers large. Sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, 9 mm. long, about 3 mm. 

 wide. Petals linear-acute, about 1cm. 

 long. Lip large, orbicular-flabelli- 

 form, nearly 1 cm. long, broader 

 than long, margin irregularly den- 

 tate, with a dentate mucro at the 

 apex and a bilobed callus in the 

 middle of the short cuneate claw. 

 Column slender, arcuate, thickened 

 above and below the middle. 



According to field notes the lip 

 is golden at base and pink tipped, and the sepals, petals, column, 

 and petiole are pink. — Rocky mountain ridge, 3200 ft. above 

 sea level, Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, 

 September 16, 1904, T. E. Borden (no. 1816). 



Cestichis compressa, Ames 

 1, anther; 2, column; 3, lip. 



