ORCHIDACEiE 



Liparis pallida Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1830) 31 ; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 622; Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 22 (1886) 296. 



Malaxis pallida Bl Bijdr. (1825) 391. I^eptorchis pallida O. K. 



Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 671. 



Leyte, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 0930, January 30, 1915. In forest. 700 

 meters altitude. Flowers orange yellow; Wenzel 0908, March 1, 1915. In 

 forest. 600 meters altitude; Wenzel 0775, November 28, 1914. In forest. 

 500 meters altitude. Sepals and petals brown, labellum green. 



Liparis rizalensis Ames sp. nov. Pseudobulbi approximati, 

 3-4 cm. longi, lageniformes, complanati, in sicco valde rugosi, 

 di- vel triphylli. Folia 6-15 cm. longa, ±2.5 cm. lata, articulata, 

 nervosa, coriacea, oblongo-oblanceolata, valde obtusa, quam in- 

 florescentia breviora. Pedunculus terminalis, cum racemo usque 

 ad 3 dm. longus, exalatus. Racemus usque ad 20 cm. longus, 

 sublaxus, multiflorus, arcuatus, cylindraceus, 2 cm. in diametro. 

 Flores ±5 mm. distantes, in sicco flavescentes. Bracteae inflores- 

 centiae scariosae, ±6 mm. longae, oblongo-lanceolatae, acumi- 

 natae, acutae, pedicellis longiores. Sepala lateralia 5 mm. longa, 

 1.75 mm. lata, anguste elliptica, obtusa, trinervia. Sepalum dor- 

 sale simile, valde convexum. Petala linearia, 5 mm. longa, .5 mm. 

 lata, obtusa. Labellum 6 mm. longum, crassum, margine minute 

 ciliolato; parte apicali usque ad medium bilobata, 3 mm. longa, 

 2.5 mm. lata, lobis irregulariter denticulatis; parte basali 3 mm. 

 longa, canaliculata, incrassata, gynostemio subparallela, prope 

 basim leviter bicarinata, cordata. Gynostemium incrassatum, 

 prope medium constrictum, prope apicem utrmque alatum. 



Liparis rizalensis is a near ally oi L. pallida Lindl., L. hicolor 

 J. J. Sm., and L. latifolia Lindl. The oblique carinate calli at the 

 base of the lip in front of the column and the three-leaved pseu- 

 dobulbs are distinguishing characters. It is a member of the large 

 and perplexing section Blepharoglossum. 



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