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obtuso, perianthii foliolis anguste linearibus attenuatis, calcari- 

 bus ovario obovato pedicellato duplo brevioribus, bracteis lanceo- 

 latis scariosis flore brevioribus. Hab. in Nepalia superiore. Wal- 

 lich. Caulls erectus, pedalis, facie Limodori abortivi, tenuiflo- 

 rus, squamis scariosis vaginantibus instructus. Flores rosei." — 

 Don, I. c. 



Leafless like Corallorrhiza ; general aspect of Hypopytis, white 

 with small purple spots on lip and petals, Catagan, alt. 1000 ft., 

 Mt. Malindang, Prov. Misamis, Mindanao, May 25, 1906, E. A. 

 Mearns (no. 4726). — Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, May, 

 1906, E. D. Merrill. 



Japan, Australia, Upper Guinea, Java, Ceylon, Tropical India. 



APHYLLORCHIS Bl. 



A. BENGUETENSIS sp. no v. Affinis A. Prainii Hook. f. 

 Herba ±4 dm. alta, aliquantum crassa, bracteis multis, ap- 

 proximatis, obtusis, tubularibus, am- 

 plis, laxe vaginantibus. Bractece 

 Jforales lineari-oblongae, circa 1 cm. 

 longse. Pedicelli graciles. Flores 

 flavi et rubidi, in racemo laxo erecto. 

 Sepala lateralia oblongi-lanceolata, 

 incrassata, 1 cm. longa, 3.5 mm. lata, 

 subacuta. Sepalum dorscde laterali- 

 bus simile. Petala oblonga, falcata, 

 obtusa, 9 mm. longa, ±2.5 mm. lata. 

 Labellum unguiculatum ; lamina lan- 

 ceolata, obtusa, 9 mm. longa, 4 mm. 

 lata ad basim, inregra ; unguis circa 

 2 mm. longus, alis duabus, erectis, 

 triangularibus, acutis instructus. Co- 

 lumna infra pergracilis, prope apicem 



dllatata. APHYLLORCHIS BENGUETENSIS 



