ORCHIDACEiE 



TAENIOPHYLLUM Bl. 



Taeniophyllum leytense Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphytica, 

 pol}Thiza, radicibus numerosissimis, filiformibus, elongatis, flex- 

 uosis, glabris, applanatis, patentibus, 2-10 cm. longis, 1-1.5 mm. 

 latis. Caules vix distincti. Scapus gracilis, usque ad 4.5 cm. lon- 

 gus, vix .5 mm. in crassitudine. Racemus usque ad 2 cm. longus, 

 fractiflexus, floribus 2 mm. longis, viridibus; sepalis circa 2 mm. 

 longis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, usque ad medium fere cum pet- 

 alis connatis, lateralibus margine anteriore liberis. Petala sepalis 

 latiora. Labellum concavum, lanceolatum, acutum ; lamina lan- 

 ceolata,apice superne appendice subulata refracta donato. Saccus 

 rotundatus, lateraliter compressus. Gynostemium incrassatum, 

 minutum. 



This species is closely allied to Taeniophyllum usneoides Schltr. 

 from Celebes, but is smaller with much more slender and shorter 

 scapes. Also closely allied to T. glandulosum Bl. from Java. 

 Leyte, C. a. Wenzel0998, May 14, 1916. At sea level. 



T%e preceding papers in this series were published in the Philippine Jour- 

 nal of Science: / in vol. 4- C. Botany, pp. 593-600; II in vol. 4- C. Botany, 

 pp. 663-676 ; III in vol. 6. C. Botany, pp. 35-56; IV in vol. 7. C. Botany, 

 pp. 1-27; V in vol. 7. C. Botany, pp. 125-11,3; VI in vol. 8. C. Botany, 

 pp. 407 -W. 



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