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Dry hilltops, 10 m. above sea-level, San Jose, Prov. Antique, 

 Panay, November 1, 1904, Arthur E. Voder (no. 26) ; November, 

 1905, Yoder. — Distr. Lepanto, Luzon, November, 1905, Yoder. 



— Cervantes to Mancayan, open dry grass lands, river bottom, 

 2500 ft., fl. white, odorless, only one seen, E. D. Merrill (no. 

 4479). — Zamboanga, Mindanao, February, 1904, H. Hallier. 



H. (§ Chlorinae) LACERTIFERA (Lindl.) Bentham Fl. Hong- 

 kong. 362 (1861) ; Hooker f. Fl. Br. Ind. 6: 163; Grant Orch. 

 Burm. 337; Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 32: 413 (1896); Kranzlin 

 Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 354, 901 (excl. syn. in part). — Gymna- 

 denia? tenuijlora Lindley in Wall. Cat. no. 7055 (1832) (nom. 

 nud.). — Cceloglossum lacei^tiferumJAndXey Orch. PI. 302 (1835). 



— Chair adoplectr on Spiranthes Schauer Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 

 vol. 19, suppl. I, 436, t. 13, C (1843). — Peristylis chloranthus 

 Lindley Kew Journ. Bot. 7 : 37 (1855) ; Rolfe Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 36:53(1903-05). 



" C. foliis radicalibus 2-3 oblongo-lanceolatis cseteris squamse- 

 formibus acutis appressis, spica gracili rara, bracteis acuminatis 

 ovarii longitudine, labello lineari medio callo magno elevato apice 

 trilobo lobis linearibus acuminatis intermedio longiore, calcare 

 ovato inflato obliquo acuto. Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich" — Lindley 

 Orch. PL 302. 



Plants 15-22 cm. tall, slender, bearing strict racemes of small 

 white flowers. Tubers globular, two. Leaves 2-3, clustered at 

 the base of the stem, elliptic-oblong, acute, up to 6 cm. long, 

 1.8 cm. wide. Bracts of the stem linear, acuminate, acute, some- 

 what spreading. Raceme 4-9 cm. long. Floral bracts equalling 

 or exceeding the flowers, about 1.3 cm. long. Lateral sep>als 

 3.5 mm. long, upper sepal about 4 mm. long, broader than the 

 laterals. Petals oblong, obtuse. Labellum about 3 mm. long, 

 oblong, tridentate at the apex, the lateral teeth shorter and nar- 

 rower than the terminal one ; near the centre of the disk a promi- 

 nent papilla. Stigmatic lobes large, declined on the labellum. 

 Spur very short, 1.5 mm. long, bulbous. 



