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dong, Prov. Cavite, Luzon, July, 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4175). 

 — Borders of forests, Rizal, Prov. Luzon, August 23, 1905, 

 Ah em's collector (no. 3244). — Bosoboso, Prov. Rizal, Luzon, Sep- 

 tember 16, 1906, Maximo Ramos (no. 1472). — Mt. Mariveles, 

 Prov. Bataan, Luzon, July 24, 1904, J. B. Leiberg (no. 6081). 

 Travancore, Himalayas, Khasia Hills, Andaman Islands. 



M. BINABAYENSIS comb. nov. — Microstylisbinabayensis 

 Ames Philippine Journ. Sci. (Bot.) 2: 318 (1907). 



Plant ± 3 dm. tall, leafy at the base. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, acute or subobtuse, 6-9 cm. long, 3.5-8 cm. wide, 



broadest near the base, petioles ± 2 cm. 

 long, those of the lower leaves sheathing 

 with their bases the bases of the petioles 

 of the leaves above. Peduncle about 2 dm. 

 long, rather stout. Bracts linear, deflexed, 

 ± 5 mm. long, shorter than the pedicels 

 of the lar^e, vellow, odorless flowers. 

 Pedicels of the lowermost flowers about 

 1 cm. long, very slender. Lateral sepals 

 elliptic to suborbicular, relatively small, 

 about 3 mm. long, very obtuse. Upper 

 sepal oblong, obtuse, convex, 4.5-5 mm. 

 long. Petals linear, about 4 mm. long. 

 Labellum auriculate; auricles (or lateral 

 lobes) dolabriform, obtuse, 5.5 mm. long, 

 about 3 mm. wide ; middle lobe 4 mm. wide, oblong, from the rounded 

 tip to base of column 6.5 mm. long, monocallose at the base. 



Terrestrial in forests at 1000 ft. alt. along the Binabay River, 

 November 4, 1906, E. D. Merrill (no. 5804). 

 Endemic. 



M. COPELANDII sp. nov. Herba 18-30 cm. alta. Caulis 

 crassus, 2-3 cm. longus, bracteis amplis, foliosis, inflatis, vaginan- 



Malaxis bi>~abayensis 



