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denticulis duobus in sinu interjectis, angulo obtuso exsiliente 

 utrinque in limbo externo, toto margine denticulis parvis serrulato ; 

 papillis creberrimis supra venas muriculiformibus. Columna cla- 

 vata, androclinio elevato triangulo, acuto, apice exciso ; rostello 

 rotundo foveam tegente, basi seu sinu acuto deorsum spectante 

 bilobo, seu denticulis duobus insilientibus. Dentes laterales an- 

 droclinii solitarii seu gemini (semper?). Tumores in basi column* 

 duo. A?ithera tumore elongato laminaeformi papuloso in vertice. 

 Malacca." — Reichenbach, f., Xen. Orch. 2: 77. 



Plant climbing, leafless. Branches clothed with a brownish red 

 tomentum. Flowers yellow, subtended by cymbiform fleshy bracts. 

 Inflorescence branching, loosely flowered. Sepals and petals lan- 

 ceolate, about 1.5 cm. long, 5-nerved, the former covered exter- 

 nally with a red-brown tomentum. Labellum nearly orbicular, 

 the margin finely and shortly fringed ; veins on the inner surface 

 short haired ; callus free at the base. Column strongly curved. 



Balete, Rio Baco, Mindoro, April 5, 1905, R. C. McGregor 

 (no. 225). — Rio Baco, Mindoro, April, 1903, E. D. Merrill 

 (no. 1811). 



Java, Sumatra, Malacca, Tenasserim, Sikkim. 



VANILLA (Plum.) Boehmer 



V. PHILIPPINENSIS Rolfe Journ. Linn. Soc32: 459 (1896). 



" Foliis elliptico-oblongis breviter acuminatis ; racemis paullo 

 elongatis multifloris, bracteis ovato-oblongis obtusis concavis ; 

 sejialis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis subobtusis ; labello trilobo, 

 lobis lateralibus amplis apice obtusis, lobo intermedio oblongo 

 obtuso villosissimo, disco medio villosissimo ; columna clavata ; 

 capsula oblonga. 



" Hab. Philippine Islands ; without precise locality ; Cuming, 

 2132. Folia 6-9 poll, longa, l^i-2% poll. lata. Racemi 6 poll, 

 longi. Bractew 2-5 lin. longae. Pedicelli 1^-2 poll, longi. 

 Sepala et petala V>/\ poll, longa. Labellum V/t. poll, longum. 



