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Baguio, Prov. Benguet, Northern Luzon, October 6, 1904, 

 R. S. Williams (no. 1933). — August, 1906, H. M. Curran 

 (no. 4885), and August 24, 1906 (no. 5085). 



Formosa, Java, China, Malay Peninsula, India. 



H. (§ Plantagineae) MILITARIS Reichb. f. var. PHILIP- 

 PINENSIS var. nov. Herba 1-2 dm. alta. Folia approximata, 

 8-10 cm. longa, elliptico-oblonga, acuta, ad basim scapi brevis. 

 Flores pauci, albi, vel interdum rosei, illis speciei structura similes. 



The flowers of H. militaris are thus described by Reichenbach 

 (Gard. Chron. n. s. 26: 518, 1886) : " Sepalo dorsali naviculari 

 cum tepalis lineari-ligulatis galeatis ; sepalis lateralibus oblongis 

 acutis reflexis ; labello trifido, laciniis lateralibus oblongo trape- 

 zoideis divaricatis, lacinia antica brevi unguiculata porrecta 

 oblonga bifida, laciniis triangulis, calcari filif ormi compresso acuto 

 ovario pedicellato longiori ; rostelli lacinia mediana triangula corni- 

 formi, stigmatis cruribus porrectis [b., pusilla~\ ; minuta, tripolli- 

 caris, paucifolia labelli ungue pro lacinia mediana angusta bene 

 longiori." See also l'Orchidophile, 1887, p. 48 with plate ; and 

 Kranzlin in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 16 : 203 (1893). 



Although I have examined three collections of this plant made 

 by E. B. Copeland in Mindanao, and one made by R. S. Williams, 

 I have been unable to draw satisfactory conclusions from the 

 specimens obtained. They do not agree with H. militaris, and 

 yet approach it so closely that I have designated the Philippine 

 specimens by a varietal name. 



On rocky river banks, San Ramon, Distr. Zamboanga, Min- 

 danao, December 4, 1904, fls. white, E. B. Copeland. — Mossy 

 rocks along river, alt. 1000-3000 ft., Todaya, Distr. Davao, Min- 

 danao, October 22, 1904, fls. red, E. B. Copeland (no. 1425). — 

 Wet banks, San Ramon, alt. 500 ft., Distr. Zamboanga, Mindanao, 

 January 2, 1905, fls. white, E. B. Copeland (no. 1586, type). — 

 Sax River, Prov. Zamboanga, Mindanao, alt. 400 ft., February 13, 

 1905, fls. white, R. S. Williams (no. 2349). 



