116 ORCHIBACEM 



Pseudobulbs semifusiform, 18 mm. long, clothed by closely 

 appressed, nigropunctate sheaths. Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 4.7-9 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide. Petiole 1.5-3 cm. long. Pedun- 

 cles slender, longer than the leaves. Flowers in slender, rather 

 densely flowered racemes. Bracts 1.5 mm. long, obtuse. Lateral 

 sepals lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved, 2 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide. 

 Upper sepal oblong, acute, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide. Petals ob- 

 long, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long, less than 1 mm. wide. Labellum fleshy, 

 somewhat hastate, obtuse, 1 mm. long, with ocellate cells along the 

 crenulate margin, 3-nerved at base with a transverse, somewhat 

 cucullate callus, in front of which at each side is a small papilla. 

 Column short, stout, lateral wings above the middle exceeding 

 the middle wing, which is shortly and obscurely 5-6-toothed. All 

 of the perianth organs characterized by scattered ocellate cells. 



A single unnumbered specimen in the herbarium of the Bureau 

 of Science, Manila. On mossy trees, alt. 6000 ft., Mt. Apo, Min- 

 danao, April 12, 1904, E. B. Cop eland. 



Endemic. 



38. D. MEARNSII sp. nov. Maxime D. Copelandii Ames af- 

 fine. Pseudobulbi fusiformes, 2-3.5 cm. longi. Folium 8-11 cm. 



longum, 7-25 mm. latum, oblongi-lanceo- 

 latum, subacutum. Petiolus gracilis, 3.5 

 cm. longus. Pedunculus folio longitudine 

 fere aequalis, vel brevior. Injlorescentia 

 racemus gracilis, spicatus, 4 mm. in dia- 

 metro, 6-7 cm. longus. Bracte(£ inflores- 

 centiw circa 2 mm. longae, cymbiformes. 

 Flores circa 2 mm. distantes. Sepala 

 lateralia 2-2.5 mm. longa, lanceolata, 

 acuta, 1-nervia. Sepalum dor sale simile, 



Dendrochilum Mearnsii . .. II' 



1-nervium. Petala Z mm. longa, oblongi- 

 lanceolata, subacuta, 1-nervia. Labellum circa 2 mm. longum, 

 ovato-lanceolatum, prope basim callus transversalis. Columna 

 crassa, lacinia utraque reducta in dentem obtusum alae terminali 



