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Rodriguesii to the Rodriguez plant to avoid future confusion, 

 but it seems that II. muricata of Vidal, notwithstanding the fact 

 that the specific name was given by Schauer in 1843 under Dis- 

 sorhynchium, is a homonym and cannot here be used. 



Fls. odorless, greenish white, on rock in forest, San Ramon, 

 400 ft., Distr. Zamboanga, Mindanao, December 26, 1904, E. B. 

 Copeland (no. 1577). — Mendez Nufiez, Prov. Cavite, Luzon, 

 August, 1906, L. Mangubat (no. 1325). 



Endemic. 



H. (§ Diphyllse) FALCIG-ERA Reichb. f. Linnsea 41: 100 

 (1876); Kranzlin in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 16: 153 (1893) and 

 Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 345. 



" H. falcigera : aff. Habenarice Sutteri Rchb. f . (Platantherw 

 canarensi Lindl. MSS.) foliis prostratis geminis ellipticis obtuse 

 acutis, altero folio minori, pedunculo gracili filiformi, vaginis 

 ochreatis lanceis aristatis ternis, racemo pauciflora, bracteis tri- 

 angulis ovaria pedicellata non aequantibus, sepalo summo dilatato 

 elliptice quinquenervi, sepalis lateralibus triangulis obtuse acutis, 

 quinquenerviis, tepalis ad sepalum summum appressis falcatis 

 obtusis binerviis, labelli laciniis basilaribus falcatis retrorsis brevi- 

 bus, lacinia media filiformi-lineari elongata, calcari cylindraceo, 

 apicem versus ampliato labelli laminam non aBquante, stigmaticis 

 cruribus abbreviatis obtusatis. Minima Habenariarum omnium 

 vix tres pollices alta. Folia maxima pollicem non aBquantia." — 

 Reichenbach, f., I. c. 



Leaves basal, 2, cordate to elliptic, the lower one about 2.5 cm. 

 long, the upper one smaller. Scape slender, 6-9 cm. high, with 

 two tubular aristate bracts. Raceme few-flowered. Flowers white, 

 relatively large. Upper sepal ± 6 mm. long, 4 mm. wide. Lateral 

 sepals 8 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide. Petals 6 mm. long, 1 mm. wide. 

 Labellum 1 cm. long, the lateral divisions very small ; spur 9 mm. 

 long. 



