ORCHIDACEJE 55 



(no. 4318). — Fls. white, tips of perianth pink, Kias Hill, Prov. 

 Benguet, Luzon, September 11, 1904, R. S. Williayns (no. 1932). 



No. 4344, collected by Elmer D. Merrill in Luzon, approaches 

 closely the var. flexuosa Blume. 



S. sinensis is widely distributed, having been found in the Phi- 

 lippines, Japan, China, Siberia, Afghanistan, India, Sunda Islands, 

 and New Guinea to Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 



VRYDAGZYNEA Bl. 



V. ALBIDA Blume Fl. Jav. Orch. 62 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 75), t. 

 19, f. 2 (1858) ; Hooker f . Fl. Br. Ind. 6 : 97 ; J. J. Smith Orch. 

 Java 89. — Etceria albida Blume Bijdr. 410 (1825). — jEtheria 

 albida Lindley Orch. PL 491 (1840). — Hetceria albida Miquel 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 : 726 (1855). 



"ETiERIA ALBIDA. E: glabra ; /o Zm ovato-oblongis, jfloW&ws 

 dense spicatis, labelli limbo ovato intus muricato." — Blume, I. c. 



Mature plant about 2 dm. tall, leafy. Leaves lanceolate, more or 

 less crowded, acute, 3-5.5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide. Petioles 

 about 1 cm. long. Bracts oblong, acute, conspicuously 1-nerved, 

 longer than the ovary. Flowers about 4 mm. long. Lateral sej^als 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 3.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. Upper sepal 

 oblong, obtuse, apiculate, 4 mm. long, narrower than the laterals. 

 Petals oblong, tapering to the obtuse tip, 1-nerved, 3.5 mm. long. 

 Labellum spurred, quadrate. Spur 5 mm. long. 



Terrestrial, alt. 2700 ft., Todaya, Distr. Davao, Mindanao, April 

 25, 1904,^. B. Copeland (no. 1232). — Terrestrial in ridge for- 

 est, 850 ft. alt., near Binabay River, Mindoro, November 4, 1906, 

 E. D. Merrill (no. 6125). 



The material on which my determination is based, notwith- 

 standing several slight discrepancies, agrees too well with Blume's 

 type to be separated from it. 



German New Guinea, Java, Perak. 



