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tus, multiflorus. Bractece lancese acutae ovaria sequantes super- 

 antesve. Sepala ovata acuta. Tepala tripartita ; pars superior 

 lineari lancea, pars inferior setacea paulo longior. Cuming Phil. 

 2091." — Reichenbach, f., I. c. 



Plant about 5 dm. tall, slender. Leaves approximate near the 

 middle of the stem, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, 4 to 7 in 

 number, 9-10 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. wide. Raceme slender, about 

 22 cm. long. Bracts lanceolate, acute, exceeding the ovary. Lat- 

 eral sepals deflexed, 6 mm. long, acute. Upper sepal strongly con- 

 cave, 5 mm. long. Petals bipartite. Posterior division 5 mm. long, 

 broader than the anterior filiform division, which is about twice 

 as long. Labellum tripartite, shortly clawed, lateral divisions fili- 

 form, about 8 mm. long. Spur 11 mm. long. 



Mountains near Banos, Luzon, Wilkes Expedition (1838-42), 

 determined by H. G. Reichenbach, f., specimen in lib. Gray. — 

 Copeland's no. 697, terrestrial in forest, Distr. Davao, Mindanao, 

 March 28, 1904, in fruit, is probably this. I have also seen an 

 unnumbered Cuming specimen in Lindley's herbarium. 



Endemic. 



H. (§ Medusiformes) LING-ULOSA sp. nov. Aff. H. polytri- 

 chce Rolfe. Tubera ? Herha circa 7 dm. alta, prope ad mediam 

 bracteis vaginantibus tecta. Folia approximata, prope mediam 

 caulis inserta, lanceolato-acuminata, 6-16 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, 

 chartacea. Bractece lanceolatae, acuminata^. Inflorescentia 7 cm. 

 longa, 4 cm. diametro. Flores viridi-albidi, 2.5-3 cm. diametro. 

 Sepala later alia ovato-lanceolata, 1.5-1.8 cm. longa, ad apicem in 

 filamenta gracilia 5 mm. longa producta. Sepalurn dorsale simile. 

 Petala bipartita, laciniae simplices, vel lacinise anteriores bi-, tri-, 

 vel quad rifldae; laciniae posteriores lineares, lcm. longae; anteriores 

 posterioribus longiores, filiformes. Labellum tripartitum ; lacinia 

 media tripartita, circa 1 cm. longa ; lacinise laterales bipartite vel 

 in filamenta tria circa 1 cm. longa subdivisae, segmenta illis laci- 

 nise mediae breviora, flhformia. Calcar circa 1.7 cm. longum. 



