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ORCHIDACEM 



P. (§ Nervilia) PUDICA sp. no v. Tuber a globosa, circa 1 cm. 

 crassitudine. Folium orbiculari-cordatum, circa 3 cm. longum et 

 latum, valde nervosum, infra glabrum, superficies superior sseti- 

 gera, vel (praecipue supra nervos) saetis squamiformibus instructa. 

 Petiolus 15-20 mm. longus. Scapus aphyllus, 8-15 cm. altus. 



Bractece infimaz laxae, vaginantes, ap- 

 proximatae, scariosae, 2.5 cm. longae, 

 acutae. Flores 2. Pedicelli circa 

 2 mm. longi, pergraciles. Bractece in- 

 florescentice lineares, ovario breviores 

 vel longiores. Sepala lateralia 2 cm. 

 longa, lineari-oblanceolata, acuta, 3.5 

 mm. lata, sub apice latissima. Sepa- 

 lum dorsale simile, 21 mm. longum. 

 Petala sepalis similia, 17 mm. longa, 

 exemplis siccatis aestimare probabili- 

 ter flava vel alba. Labellum album? 

 apice purpureo-rubro, plurinervosum, 

 late cordiforme, obscure 3-lobatum, 

 13 mm. longum, 11 mm. latum ; lobi 

 rotundati, valde obtusi vel rotundati ad apicem; lobi laterales 

 paulo majores, obtusi. Columna 9 mm. longa, infra gracilis, supra 

 dilatata. Anthera carnosa. 



POGONIA PUDICA 



In habit P. puclica resembles the Indian P. carinata Lindl. 

 Through the middle of the labellum runs a raised nerve, or slightly 

 elevated keel; otherwise there are no crests or emergences, and 

 the disc is smooth. 



Davao, Mindanao, March 10, 1904, E. B. Copeland (no. 427). 



CRYPTOSTYLIS R. Br. 



C. ARACHNITES (Bl.)Hasskarl Cat. Bogor. 48(1844); Reichb. 

 f . Bonpl. 5 : 36 (1857); Blume Fl. Jav. Orch. 112 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 



