134 ORCHIDACEM 



(1886) ; Cordemoy FL Reunion 180 ; J. J. Smith Orch. Java 266. 

 — L. minima Lindley Orch. PI. 32 (1830) ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 : 622 ; Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 22 : 297 (1887). — L. cmgusti- 

 folia Lindley Orch. PL 31 (1830) ; Miquel I c. ; Thwaites Enum. 

 PL Ceyl. 296. — L. auriculata Reichb. f. Flora 55: 277 (1872) 

 not Miquel. — L. pmsilla Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 22 : 294 

 (1886); Hooker f. Ic. PL t. 1856, A, and FL Br. Ind. 5: 701; 

 King & Pantling Orch. Sik.-Him. 32, t. 41. — L. Prainii Hooker 

 f. Ic. PL t. 1857, A (1889) and Fl. Br. Ind. 5: 700. — L. Duthiei 

 Hooker f . Ic. PL t. 1857, B (1889) and Fl. Br. Ind. 5 : 701 ; 

 King & Pantling Orch. Sik.-Him. 32, t. 42. — L. obscura Hooker 

 f. Ic. PL t. 1886 (1889), Fl. Br. Ind. 5: 701. — Leptorchis cans- 

 pitosa. minima, Prainii, Duthiei, obscura, pusilla Kuntze Rev. 

 Gen. PL pt. 2, 671 (1891). 



Pseudobulbs 1-2 cm. long, monophyllous. Leaves oblong, 

 acute, 4-8 cm. long, 6—8 mm. wide. Bracts longer than the ovary. 

 Flowers greenish. Lateral sepals 2.5 mm. long. Petals linear, 

 2 mm. long. Labellum 2.5 mm. long. Column 2 mm. long. — A 

 plant of comparatively dwarf habit, which has a wide distribution. 



On damp mossy cliff, fls. green, odorless, Buguias, Prov. Ben- 

 guet, Luzon, October 28, 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4684).— 

 Upper Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, alt. 3500 ft., January 2, 1904, 

 B. S. Williams (no. 428) ; Baguio, Prov. Benguet, November 

 26,1904, B. S. Williams (no. 1954).— Camp Keithley, Lake 

 Lanao. Mindanao, April, 1906, Mary Strong Clemens (no. 509). 



Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, India, Bourbon, Mauritius, Madagascar. 



C. COMPRESSA (Bl.) Ames Orchidace^ fasc. 1, 8, 76 with fig. 

 (1905). — Malaxis compressa Blume Bijdr. 390, t. 54 (1825). — 

 IAparis compressa Lindley Orch. PL 32 (1830); Miquel FL Ind. 

 Bat. 3: 621; Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 22: 291 (1887); Hooker 

 f. FL Br. Ind. 5: 706; Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 32 : 230 (1896) ; 

 J. J. Smith Orch. Java 280. — LepAorchis compressa Kuntze Rev. 

 Gen. PL pt. 2, 670 (1891). 



