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them. Lip 3-lobed ; lateral lobes cuneate, 6 mm. long ; middle 

 lobe inflexed, margin irregularly denticulate. Column short. 

 Anther drawn out in front into an obtuse beak. Perianth seg:- 

 ments white, tipped and speckled with crimson-magenta ; middle 

 lobe of lip deep crimson-magenta. 



Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, August, 1904, Elmer D. 

 Merrill (no. 3888). 



RHYNCHOSTYLIS, Blume 



R. violacea, Rchb., f., Bonplandia2 : 93 (1854). — Vanda vio- 

 lacea, Lindl., Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 12 : " foliis canaliculatis 

 oblique abscissis rotundatis, racemis multifloris densis peduncu- 

 latis, sepalis obovato-oblongis obtusis planis incurvis, petaHs multo 

 angustioribus, labello oblongo apiculato piano : venis 5 crassis 

 elevatis, sacco intus pubescente." 



Stem short, 15-30 cm. high, emitting, at intervals below the 

 leaves, thick elongated roots. Leaves 24-30 cm. long, emarginate, 

 duplicative, distichous, approximate. Peduncle short, about 15 

 mm. long, with several sheathing bracts below. Raceme many- 

 flowered. Labellum saccate, obtuse, with an oblong, obscurely 

 apiculate blade in front ; sac 6 mm. deep, pubescent within ; blade 

 crested along the veins, 9 mm. long. Capsule elliptic, slightly 

 attenuate below, 1.9 cm. long. Material unsatisfactory for a sure 

 diagnosis. 



Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, April, 1904, 

 H. N. Whitford (no. 46). 



TRICHOGLOTTIS, Blume 



T. BATAANENSis, sp. uov. Caulis tcnuis flaccidus, elongatus. 

 Vaginae bene nervosae. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, re- 

 mota. Pedunculi pauciflori. Flores parvuli, flavidi? Sepala 



