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a peculiar retrorse appendage, or lip, which hangs over the claw 

 near the aperture o£ the short spur. 



± 4500 ft., fls. greenish, Baguio, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, Octo- 

 ber 24, 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4325). — Fls. green, Baguio, 

 Prov. Benguet, Luzon, September 17, 1904, R. S. Williams 

 (no. 1936). — Pine forest, fls. greenish, Baguio, Prov. Benguet, 

 August, 1906, H. 31. Curran (no. 4887). 



This is probably the Glossaspis tentaculata of Llanos (Mem. 

 Real. Acad. Cienc. Madrid 4: 498, 1858) and of Naves (Nov. 

 App. 250), not Sprengel ( = Glossula tentaculata Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 862). This may also be the H. tipulifera of Cuming's 

 Philippine plants, numbered 2095. 



H. (§ Salaccenses) PELORIOIDES Parish & Reichb. f. Tr. 

 Linn. Soc. 30: 135, 139, t. 27, f. A, 1-3 (1874); Reichb. f. 

 Otia bot. Hamb. 39 ; Hooker Fl. Br. Ind. 6 : 166 ; Kranzlin in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 16 : 85 (1893) and Orch. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 234. 



" Ultrapedalis, valida, caide calamum columbinum superante, 

 foliis cuneato-oblongis acuminatis, tribus bene evolutis, vaginis in 

 caule quinis in bracteas lineares acuminatas abeuntibus, racemo 

 plurifloro densiusculo, bracteis flores inferiores aBquantibus,se/;«Zz's 

 semilanceis limbo microscopice ciliolatis, quinquenerviis, fetalis 

 ligulatis obtuse acutis brevioribus binerviis, labello cuneato lanceo- 

 lato acuminato trinervi ecalcarato, cum petalis minute ciliolato, 

 antherae canalibus elongatis, cruribus stigmaticis productis paral- 

 lelis. — Amherst, 1862." — Parish & Reichenbach, f ., I. c. 



Tubers oblong, up to 4 cm. long. Plants 3-7 dm. high, leafy. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, 5-12 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, acute, mar- 

 gin microscopically serrate. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, cilio- 

 late, the lowermost ones of the inflorescence exceeding the flowers 

 in length. Flowers large and showy, white, odorless. Lateral 

 sejyals oblong-lanceolate, 12-14 mm. long, acute. Upper sepal 

 similar to the laterals, 12 mm. long. Petals oblong, acute, 6-8 mm. 



