ORCHID ACESE 135 



Epiphyte, ravine in rain forest, alt. ± 7000 ft., fls. salmon 

 colored, odorless, Mt. Data, Distr. Lepanto, Luzon, November 4, 

 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4577). 



Java, Sumatra, Perak. 



C. ELMERI Ames Orchidace^e fasc. 1, 10, t. 3 (1905). 



Mt. Santo Tomas, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, October 12, 1904, R. S. 

 Williams (no. 1928). — Mt. Santo Tomas, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, 

 August 8, 1906, H. M. Currcm (no. 5065). 



Endemic. 



C. FORBESII (Ridl.) comb. nov. — Liparis Forbesii Ridley 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. 22 : 283 (1886); ?J. J. Smith Orch. Java 268. 

 — Leptorchis Forbesii Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 671 (1891). 



" Pseudobulbus brevis conicus /^-uncialis, vaginis membranaceis 

 laxis tectus, superioribus f oliaceis ; folium singulum exacte lanceo- 

 latum acutum petiolatum semipedale, ferme unciam latum ; scapus 

 gracilis angulatus, anguste sed conspicue alatus, 8-uncialis ; race- 

 mus laxus circiter 12-florus; bractece breves lanceolatse acuminata 

 1 lineam longse ; pedicelli patentes 6 lineas longi ; flores quam iis 

 latifoliae minores ; septala lanceolata ligulata obtusa, lateralia fal- 

 catula ; petala linearia angustissima ; labellum late obovatum, 

 oblongum emarginatum, callis duobis parvis hemisphsericis ad 

 basin ; columna brevis crassiuscula parum curva, alis linearibus 

 ligulatis obtusis; costa3 ovarii sinuatae; capsulce pyriformes ^-un- 

 ciales nutantes." — Ridley, I. c. 



Pseudobulbs about 2 cm. long, monophyllous. Leaves 8-15 cm. 

 long, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad. Peduncle narrowly winged, clothed at 

 base by the large, 2-A cm. long, acute sheaths which invest the 

 young pseudobulbs. Flowers about 1 cm. apart, pendulous. 

 Bracts 4-8 mm. long, lanceolate, acute, equalling or shorter than 

 the slender 4-8 mm. long pedicels. Lateral sejmls lanceolate, fal- 

 cate, 7 mm. long. Petals linear, 1-nerved, 6.5 mm. long. Label- 



