104 ORCHIDACEM 



joribus, labello basi mammoso, limbo obcuneato retuso auriculato 

 bilamellato pone apicem bituberculato." 



Plants about 15 cm. high. Stem stout, emitting from the lower 

 part long white roots, above concealed by the sheathing bases of 

 the distichous leaves. Leaves 1-2 dm. long, conduplicate, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse. Peduncles from the axils of the leaves, about 

 15 cm. long. Bracts remote, about 4 cm. long, closely appressed. 

 Floral bracts triangular-acute. Pedicels slender, 2.5 cm. long. 

 Flowers 3 cm. in vertical diameter. Sepals and petals clawed, 

 obovate, the lateral sepals broadest. Lip 8 mm. long. Fruit an 

 oblong capsule, attenuate at base, 6 cm. long. 



" On trees, sepals yellowish, blotched with dull red-purple, centre 

 very pale purple," Culion Island, December 26, 1902, E. D. Mer- 

 rill (no. 595). — " Epiphyte, on seashore. Plant 5 m. high," Pag- 

 bilao, Tayabas, Luzon, April, 1903, John W. Ritchie (no. 2426). 

 — " Epiphyte on Ficus over beach, odor faint but sweet, flowers 

 bright yellow," Capiz, Panay, January 10, 1904, E. B. Copeland 

 (no. 135). 



AERIDES, Lour. 



A. quinquevulnera, LindL, Sert. Orch. t. 30 (1838) : " foliis 

 ligulatis apice rotundatis oblique emarginatis apiculo inter jecto, 

 racemis penduhs multifloris foliis longioribus, labelli cucullati in- 

 f undibularis laciniis laterahbus erectis intermedia oblonga inflexa 

 denticulata calcare conico incurvo." 



Stems stout. Leaves oblong-ligulate, emarginate, 1-3 dm. 

 long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, conduplicate at base. Peduncle 10-17 cm. 

 long. Bracts lanceolate, about 1 cm. long. Racemes pendulous, 

 exceeding the leaves. Floral bracts triangular-lanceolate, shorter 

 than the pedicels, about 6 mm. long. Pedicel and ovary together 

 1.5 cm. in length. Flowers about 2 cm. across. Lateral sepals sub- 

 orbicular, 8 cm. long, united at base to the front of the column. 

 Upper sepal broadly obovate, similar to the petals and equal to 



