ORCHIDACE.E 



cured excellent material oi E. mindanaemis. While working on 



this material for the Bureau of Science Herbarium I discovered 



the error herein noted. 



Island of Pakay, Capiz Province, Mount Salibongbong, Martelino 4* 

 Edano Bur. Sci. 3563S, June 21, 1919. Summit of the mountain. 2000 

 feet altitude. Sepals and petals yellow, lip pink; Libacao, Capiz Province, 

 Martelino <§• Edano Bur. Sci. 35379, June 12, 1919. On tree at low alti- 

 tude. Flowers white. Stems 1.5 dm. tall. 



AGROSTOPHYLLUM Bl 



Agrostophyllum leytense Ames sj). nov. Herba gracilis. 

 Caules elongati, vaginis foliorum obtecti, ±2 dm. longi, valde 

 complanati. Foha disticha, ±2 cm. longa, ±4 mm. lata, obcu- 

 neato-oblonga, bilobata, breviter mucronata. Vaginae foliorum 

 caulem obtegentes, bicuspidatae, circa 7 mm. longae, longitu- 

 dinaliter rugosae. Flores in capitulis sublaxis circa 1 cm. longis 

 dispositi, albidi. Pedunculi abbreviati, vaginulis paucis imbri- 

 cantibus obtecti. Bracteae flores subtendentes glumaceae, ob- 

 longo-lanceolatae. Sepala lateralia circa 3.5 mm. longa, prope 

 basim 2.5 mm. lata, late triangulari-ovata, acuta, mentum aper- 

 tum formantia. Sepalum dorsale 3.5 mm. longum, oblongo- 

 ovatum, valde concavum. Petala circa 3 mm. longa, subspathu- 

 lata, acuta. Labellum circa 3.5 mm. longum, leviter saccatum 

 vel valde concavum prope columnam, oblongo-ovatum, subacu- 

 tum, ecallosum, marginibus involutis. Gynostemium breve, in- 

 crassatum. 



Agi'ostophyllum leytense is allied to A. celebicum Schltr. and 



A. stipulatum Schltr. 



Leyte, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 0597 (Type), October 1-3, 1914. In forest. 

 700 meters altitude. Sepals and petals white. Lip yellowish; Wenzel 0632, 

 November 10, 1914. Epiphyte in forest. 600 meters altitude; Wenzel 

 065 If., November 14, 1914. Epiphyte in forest. 600 meters altitude. 



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