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ORCHID AC EM 



longa, 8-10 mm. lata, in sicco membranacea. Bractece ± 1 cm. 

 longa?, scariosa?, vaginantes, ad basim tubulares, partes libera? 

 lineares, acuminata?, acuta?. Flores 2-3, pubescentes. Bractece 

 injiorescenticB lanceolata?, acuminata?, acuta?, scariosa?, translu- 

 centes. Sepala tubam formantia ; later alia 5 mm. longa, connata, 

 partes terminales 2 mm. longa? libera?, oblonga?, obtusa?. Sepalum 

 dor sale lateralibus simile, petalis connivens, pars libera 3 mm. 

 longa, 2 mm. lata. Petala oblonga, obtusa, 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. 

 lata, 1-nervia. Labellum 8 mm. longum, unguiculatum ; unguis 



Cheikostylis philippinensis 



canaliculars appendicibus quattuor vel quinque ssetiformibus 

 utroque ad basim instructus, supra in tabulas duas flabellatas 

 nonnihil divergentes dilatatus, ad apicem 5 mm. latus. Tabula 

 utraque antice pectinata, liciniis 6, circa 1.5 mm. longis. 



This species is closely allied to C. grandiflora Blume. 



Found on mossy ledges of bluffs, flowers white, lip with two 

 green blotches in the throat, Baguio, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, March 

 22, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer (no. 6035). — Near same locality, Jan- 

 uary-February, 1903, D. LeRoy Topping (no. 19). 



EPIPACTIS Boehmer 



E. PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. Aff. E. procerce. Herba alta, 

 foliosa. Radices multa?, crassa?. Caulis 20-30 cm. longus, gerens 



