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ORCHIBACEM 



2-5 dm. long, often copiously bracteate. Bracts linear, deflexed, 



± 1 cm. long. Lateral sepals elliptic, very obtuse, 2 mm. long, 



about 1.5 mm. wide. Upper sepml similar 



to the laterals. Petals elliptic-oblong, very 



obtuse, about 2 mm. long. Labellum 3- 



lobed, auriculate ; auricles obtuse, 1 mm. 



long; middle lobe oblong, bifid, 1 mm. long; 



on the anterior margin of each lateral lobe 



3 acute teeth are situated. At the base of the 



labellum under the column is a minute callus. 



In forests at 3000 ft. alt. along the Alag mat.*™ dentata 

 River, November, 1906, E. D. Merrill (no. 



5806). — In forests on Mt. Halcon, November, 1906, E. D. Mer- 

 rill (no. 5808). 



Endemic. 



M. ELMERI sp. nov. Herba 6-10 cm. alta in anthesi. Caulis 

 brevis, circa 2 cm. longus, incrassatus, diphyllus. Folia petiolata, 



4-6 cm. longa, 1-2.3 cm. lata, oblongi- 

 lanceolata, obtusa vel acuta. Peduncu- 

 lus 5-9 cm. longus, gracilis. Pacemus 

 laxe 4-12-florus. Bractem triangulari- 

 lineares, acutse, 5 mm. longae. Flores 

 magni. Pedicelli 6-9 mm. longi. Se- 

 pala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, 6 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale 

 lateralibus angustius, 6 mm. longum, 

 2 mm. latum. Petala linearia, 6 mm. 

 longa, 1 mm. lata, marginibus revolu- 

 tis. Labellum magnum, 7 mm. longum, 

 3-lobatum; lobi laterales dolabriformes, 

 4 mm. longi, in auriculas producti ; in 

 sinu utroque prope basim lobi medii oblongi-rotundati interdum 

 stat dens, sed variat situ, nonnumquam etiam abest ; lobus medius, 

 2 mm. longus, 3 mm. latus, breviter bifidus ad apicem. 



Malaxis Elmeri 



