ORCHIDACEM 



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tibus tectus. Folia circa 3 ; lamina oblongi-lanceolata, acuminata, 



acuta, nervosa, 8-12 cm. longa, 2-4.5 cm. lata, paulatim in petio- 



lum latum vaginantem transiens. Pedunculus cum racemo usque 



ad 26 cm. longus, aliquid crassus. Brac- 



tece scariosae, lanceolatse, acutse, infimse 



6 mm. longse. Sepala later alia elliptico- 



oblonga, obtusa, 2 mm. longa, 1 mm. 



lata. Sepalum dor sale oblongum, ob- 



tusum, 2 mm. longum, \ x / 2 mm. latum. 



Petala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 1-nervia, 



2 mm. longa. Labellum ad basim callo 



cucullato instructum, obscure 3-lobatum, 



3.5 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum ; lobus 



medius rotundatus, laterales obtusi, pro- 



ducti in auriculas obtusas vel acutas, 



inter quas columna minuta prominet. 



Fructus capsula oblongi-ellipsoidalis, 1 



cm. longa. 



M. Copelandii is nearly allied to M. malaxis Copelakdh 



acuminata Don {Micro sty lis Wallichii 1,col ^/^ a ^"Xr^ , Sr 1 " ,N,ls 

 Lindl.), M. discolor (Lindl.) Kuntze, and 



M. Burbidgei (Reichb. f. ex Bidl.) Kuntze. The middle lobe is 

 formed by two slight indentations in the margin near the apex of 

 the labellum ; these indentations also form the lateral lobes. 



Distr. Zamboanga, Mindanao, 1905, E. B. Copeland. Two 

 unnumbered specimens constitute the material on which the above 

 description is based. 



M. DENTATA comb. nov. — Microstylis dentata Ames Philip- 

 pine Journ. Sci. (Bot.) 2: 319 (1907). 



Leafy plants with elongated, strict racemes of small flowers. 

 Leaves 5 or 6, lanceolate, very acute, ± 10 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. 

 wide, bases imbricating, sheathing the stem. Peduncle elongated, 



