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Small orchid on the ground among moss, leaves, etc., near 

 Lamao River nurseries, alt. 700 m., Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, 

 Luzon, July 19, 1904, J. B. Leiberg (no. 6074). 



Endemic. 



POGONIA Juss. 



P. PLICATA (Andrews) Lindley Orch. PI. 415 (1840) and 

 Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. p. 59 ; Drury Handb. Ind. Fl. 3 : 418 ; 

 Hooker f. Fl. Br. Ind. 6: 119; King & Pantling Orch. Sik.-Him. 

 268, t. 358. — Arethusa plicata Andrews Bot. Rep. 5: t. 321 

 (1803). — Epipactis plicata Roxburgh Fl. Ind. 3: 454 (1832). 



" Calyx. Spatha foliacea. Perianthium nullum. Corolla rin- 

 gens ; petala quinque, oblonga, subsequalia, duo exteriora, omnia 

 conniventia in galeam. Nectarium monophyllum, basi tubulosum, 

 intra corollae f undum, bipartitum ; labio inferiore reflexo, lato, 

 rugoso, longitudine petalorum, propendente ; labio superiore line- 

 ari, tenerrimo, stylo adnato, apice lobato. Stamina. Filamenta 

 duo, brevissima, pistilli apici insidentia. Antherae ovatse, com- 

 pressaB, tectae duplicatura labii interioris nectarii. Pistillum. Ger- 

 men oblongum, inf erum. Stylus oblongus, incurvus, labio interiore 

 nectarii vestitus. Stigma infundibuliforme. Pericarpium. Capsula 

 oblongo-ovata, uniloculars, tri-valvis, angulis dehiscens. Semina 

 numerosa, acerosa. Arethusa radice globosa ; folio cordato, pli- 

 cato, hirsute" — Andrews, I. c. 



Plant about 8 cm. tall, rather stout. Flowering stem sheathed 

 by loose, scarious bracts. Flowers 2 cm. long. Sejmls and petals 

 linear-oblong, acute. Labellum 14 mm. long. Column slender, 

 dilated near the summit. 



Santa Cruz, Prov. Davao, S. E. Mindanao, sepals and petals 

 light brown, lip white and yellow, May 1, 1905, R. S. Williams 

 (no. 3088). 



Bengal, Sikkim, Konkan Coast, Mysore. 



