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ORCHIDACEM 



lateralia semi-bastata. Sepalum dorsale elliptico-oblanceolatum, 

 sub-acutum. Petala oblauceolata. Labellum 3-lobatum, lobi 



laterales parvi, uncinati, obtusi, 

 lamina suborbiculari-cordata, ad 

 basim callo pilosiusculo. Ligula 

 emarginata circinnata ante fo- 

 veam. Columna brevis, crassa, 

 antbera ovato-lanceolata, acumi- 

 nata. PoUinia elliptica. 



more bigh 



Trichoglottis bataanensis, Ames 

 ], flower; 2, dorsal sepal; 3, column and lip, show- 

 ing Ungulate process; 4, poUinia; 5, petal; 6, 

 lateral sepal; 7, lip, column, ovary; 8, anther. 



Plants 4 dm. or 

 (only fragments 3 dm. long were 

 collected). Stems 3 mm. tbick, 

 slender, clotbed vvitb tbe sbeatb- 

 ing bases of tbe linear-lanceolate 

 acuminate leaves. Leaves 10 cm. 

 long, about 1 cm. wide, coriace- 

 ous, 2-2.5 cm. apart. Peduncles 

 7 mm. long, opposite tbe leaves 

 or nearly so, few-flowered. Bracts 

 scarious, obtuse. Lateral sepals 

 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, semi- 

 bastate or oblong-obtuse witb a 

 basal auricle. Upper sepal elliptic-oblanceolate, sub-acute. Petals 

 oblanceolate, 4 mm. long. Labellum saccately spurred, 3-lobed; 

 lateral lobes small, decurved, obtuse, situated near tbe foot of 

 tbe column ; middle lobe 3 mm. long ; a sub-orbicular, cordate 

 lamina witb a pubescent or sligbtly pilose callus at base in front 

 of a grooved claw wbicb separates it from tbe saccate spur ; from 

 tbe back of tbe lip under tbe column arises a Ungulate, furcate, 

 pubescent plate witb a circinnate apex. Column sbort, flesby, 

 truncate. Antber ovate-lanceolate-acuminate. PoUinia elliptic. 

 Viscid disc furcate, divisions acute. Closely aUied to T, lanceola- 

 ria, Blume. 



Lamao River, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, May, 1904, Thomas E. 

 Borden (no. 679). 



