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ORCHIDACEM 



C. (§ Flaccidae) SPARSA Reichb. f. Gard. Chron. n. s. 19: 

 306 (1883); rOrchidophile 3: 791 (1883); Veitch Man. Orch. 

 PI. pt. 6, 49; Kranzlin Xen. Orch. 3: 70, t. 235, f. II. (1890); 

 Ames Orchidace^: fasc. 1, 71 (1905) (excl. Elmer, no. 5842). — 

 Pleione sparsa Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL pt. 2, 680 (1891). 



Racemes 4-7-flowered. Petals 2 cm. long, 3 mm. wide. Label- 

 In m 3-lobed, 1.8 cm. long, 1.2 cm. wide at base when spread out; 

 lateral lobes semiovate, obtuse, from their tip to base of lip 11 mm. 

 long ; middle lobe broadly oval or subquadrate, obtuse or bluntly 

 apiculate, 9 mm. wide, 8 mm. long ; disc 3-carinate to above the 

 middle, lateral carina 9 mm. long. 



Epiphyte on trees, flowers " white with lavender spots," alt. 

 100 in., Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, Feb- 

 ruary 16, 1905, H. N. Whitford (no. 1090). — Epiphyte, alt. 



CcELOGYNE SPARSA 



3000 ft., Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, March, 1905, E. 

 D. Merrill (no. 3961). — Flower fragrant, delicate white, lip with 

 light brown markings, exposed ridges, growing on trees, 3000 ft., 

 Lamao River, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, January 30, 1905, T. E. 

 Borden (no. 2548).— On trees, alt. 3600 ft., Mt. Mariveles, Prov. 

 Bataan, Luzon, January 21, 1905, H. N. Whitford (no. 1062). 



