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ORCHIDACEM 



(1878). — Myrmechis japonica Rolfe Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 : 44 

 (1903), under M. chinensis. 



" A : foliis ovatis, spica pauciflora pubente, sepalis glabris, 

 labello edentulo, callis gynostemii erosis. Crescit : in summo mon- 

 tis ignivomi Gede." — Blmne, I. c. 



Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, June 15-27, M. L. Merritt (nos. 4432, 

 4460). 



Java, Japan. 



M. 

 mate 



PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. Herba 6-8 cm. alta, a rhizo- 

 repente, erecta vel ascendens, foliosa. Folia ovata, acuta, 

 5-9 mm. longa, 3-6 mm. lata, in peti- 

 olos graciles abrupte contracta, basibus 

 scariosis caulem vaginantibus. Bractece 

 lanceolatse, ciliato-marginatse, ± 5 mm. 

 longaB, scariosaB. Flores plerumque 

 bini, 1 cm. longi. Sepala lateralia 

 oblongi-lanceolata, acuta, 1-nervia, 8 

 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Sepalum dor- 

 sale lineari-lanceolatum, 11 mm. Ion- 

 gum, 2-3 mm. latum infra medium. 

 PetaZalanceolata, 1-nervia, 1 cm. longa, 

 3.5 mm. lata. Labellum 8 mm. longum 

 limbo canaliculato nonnihil saccato, 

 appendicibus duabus truncatis ssetifor- 

 mibus utroque una prope basim sacci ; 

 apex labelli in laminam transverse 

 oblongam, 7.5 mm. latam, 3 mm. 

 Ion gam dilatatus. 



M. philippinensis is closely allied 

 to M. glabra Bl., from which it differs 

 in the apex of the labellum and in the 

 setiform processes within the sac. 

 Terrestrial at an altitude of 800 m., Mt. Mariveles, Prov. 

 Bataan, Luzon, July, 1904, J. B. Leiberg (no. 6066). 



Myrmechis philippinensis 



1, dorsal sepal ; 2, column ; 3, labellum 

 4, lateral sepal ; 5, petal. 



