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constant difference between specimens from this locality and C. 

 arachnites from Java, in the form of the leaf, the Philippine plant 

 might be regarded as a distinct species or variety. 

 Borneo, Java, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, S. India. 



STEREOSANDRA Bl. 



S. JAVANICA Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2: 176 (1856), 

 FL Jav. Orch. 27 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 31), t. 10, f . 3, t. 11, G ; 

 Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 : 717 ; Ames Orchidace^ fasc. 1, 67 

 (1905); J. J. Smith Orch. Java 63. 



Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, May, 1906, E. D. Merrill. 

 Java. 



GALEOLA Lour. 



G. HYDRA Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. 2 : 77 (1865) ; Hooker f . 

 Fl. Br. Ind. 6 : 89 ; King & Pantling Orch. Sik.-Him. 264, t. 

 351 ; J. J. Smith Orch. Java 68. — G. KuliVd Reichb. f . Xen. 

 Orch. 2 : 78 (1865). — Erythr orchis KuJilii Reichb. f. I c. 1. 119 

 (1862).— G. altisshna Reichb. f. Tr. Linn. Soc. 30: 135 (1874), 

 not Xen. Orch. 2 : 77. — Vanilla pterosperma Lindley in Wall. 

 Cat. no. 7402 (1832). 



" G. Hydra : labello subquadrato, lateribus mediis utrinque 

 obtusangulo, antice retuso emarginato cum apiculo seu apiculis 

 duobus interjectis, toto limbo minute denticulato, muriculis supra 

 venas densissimis ; sepalis extus velutino muriculatis. — Canlis 

 crasso f uniformis longissime scandens, vaginis amplis vaginatus ; 

 radicibus aereis nitidis perforatus. Rami ramulosi hinc univa- 

 ginati, uti in Galeola altissima subvelutini, indumento serius de- 

 trito. Eractea? squamasformes triangulse parvae. Ovaria anthesi 

 tenuia velutina. Sepctia oblonga acuta extus velutina. Tepala 

 oblonga acuta. Lahellum subquadratum apice retuso bilobum ; 



