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ORCHIBACEM 



prope apicem foliosi, infra bracteis longis tubulatis subacutis. 

 Ramus uterque 3 foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acunrinatis, acutis, 5 

 nerviis, 6-12 cm. long-is, interdum 2 cm. latis. Inflorescentia 



terminalis in ramis. Flares vi- 

 ridi-albi, fragrantes, circa 10-15, 

 in race mis brevibus, densis, co- 

 rymbiformibus, 1—1.5 cm. longis. 

 Peduneulus circa 5 mm. longus, 

 a folio subtentus lineari-lanceo- 

 lato, acuto, multo inflorescentiam 

 excedente. Bractece lineares, pe- 

 dicellum et ovarium aliquanto 

 excedentes. Sepala lateralia 6 

 mm. longa, triangulari-lanceo- 



lata, acuminata, acuta, ad basim 

 connata, scrotum conspicuum 

 efficientia basim labelli inclu- 

 dens. Sepahtm dor sale lanceo- 

 latum, acutum, lateralibus fere 

 a?quale, 2 mm. latum. Petala 

 spathulata, 5 mm. longa, triner- 

 via, nervus medius prominens. 

 Labellum cymbiforme, apice 

 acuto, valde deflexo et recurvato, 

 nervo medio incrassato promi- 

 nente, nervis lateralibus supra medium in lamellas intramarginales 

 transeuntibus, unam in latere utroque scroti. Labellum, cum apice 

 2 mm. longo, 6 mm. longum. Columna labello brevior. Anther a 

 rostellum non excedens. 



Tropedia MI>"OR 



A slender, low growing plant, which may be closely allied to 

 Tropidia gracilis Schltr., a species which I have not seen, and 

 which does not, according to the description, include T. minor. 



Terrestrial on lower forested slopes of Mt. Arayat, Prov. Pam- 

 panga, Luzon, September 15, 1905, E. B. Merrill (no. 4204). 



