ORCHIDACE.E 



500 meters altitude; Wenzel 0913, February 2, 1915. 500 meters alti- 

 tude; Wenzel 052 J^, September 9,1914. 500 meters altitude; Wenzel0751, 

 November 25, 1914. 500 meters altitude; Wenzel OU^, June 10, 1914. 

 500 meters altitude. 



GEODORUM Jackson. 



Geodorum nutans (Presl) Ames Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 164. 



Native names for this species are Camaog, Lubi lubi and Cola 

 from the Spanish cola meaning glue. This plant is used for its 

 adhesive properties. The rhizomes are split and the pulp rubbed 

 on surfaces that are to be fastened together. It serves in the 

 Philippines as a glue in the manufacture of musical instruments. 

 The economic importance of the plant is indicated in Blanco's 

 na,\ne,Aretkusa glutinosa. The rhizomes contain about fourteen 

 per cent of a water-soluble adhesive. Cf. Wells in Phil. Journ. 

 Sci. 14 (1919) 4. 



Babuyanes Islands, Luzon, Negros, Mindanao, Palawan, Polillo. 



ACRIOPSIS Reinw. ex Bl. 



Acriopsis floribunda Ames sp. nov. Planta Acriopsijavani- 

 cae habitu omnino congruens, pseudobulbis caespitosis, 4-7 cm. 

 longis, ovatis, costatis et annulatis, foliis ternis, coriaceis, ob- 

 longo-ligulatis, erecto-patentibus, acutis vel subobtusis, ±1.5 dm. 

 longis, 8-18 mm. latis. Scapus ±3 dm. longus, gracillimus, erec- 

 tus, plus minusve flexuosus, vaginis nonnuUis late ovatis amplec- 

 tentibus. Flores numerosi, in panicula laxa dispositi. Bracteae in- 

 florescentiae minutae, 1 mm. longae, acutae, in sicco scariosae, 

 quam pedicellus multo breviores. Pedicellus cum ovario ±6 mm. 

 longus, pergracilis, glaber. Sepala subpatentia, ligulata, obtusa, 

 lateralia ad apicem inter se connata, 8 mm. longa, ±2 mm. lata, 

 valde convexa vel cymbiformia. Sepalum dorsale 8 mm. longum, 

 arcuatum,valde concavum, obtusum. Petala obovato-spathulata, 



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