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florescence 5.8 cm. long, fls. yellow, Mt. Batay Prov. Rizal, Luzon, 

 June 11, 1905, A. Loher (no. 6008). — Flowers yellowish red, 

 summit, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, November, 1904, 

 A. D. E. Elmer (no. 7010). 

 Endemic. 



C. TRICHOGLOTTIS sp. nov. 



Radices longae, copiosae. Pseudohulbi 

 pyriformes, 2-3 cm. longi, monophylli. 

 Folium elliptico-oblongum, in sicco 

 nervosum, 15-22 cm. longum, 3-3.5 

 cm. latum, pedunculo cum inflores- 

 centia 25 cm. longo brevius. Bractece 

 pedunculi squamiformes, elongato-lan- 

 ceolatae, acuminatae, ± 6 mm. longae. 

 Bractece inflorescentiw lineari-lanceo- 

 latae, 4-7 mm. longae. Pedicelli 6 mm. 

 longi. Sepala petalacfiie circinalia. 

 Sepala lateralia ligulato-oblonga, ob- 

 tusa, 3-nervia, 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. 

 lata. Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala 

 linearia, obtusa, 1-nervia, circa 5 mm. 

 longa. Labellum 7 mm. longum, cune- 

 ato-oblongum, ad apicem valde retusum 

 vel bilobatum, margine sericeo-pubes- 

 cente ; lobi rotundatim arginibus irre- 

 gulariter dentatis. Columna arcuata. 



CeSTICHIS TRICHOGLOTTIS 

 1, lateral sepal ; 2, petal ; 3, labellum. 



The flowers appear to have been greenish yellow. The species 

 is allied to Liparis pallida Lindl. 



Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, January 19, 1906, 

 Mary Strong Clemens (no. 131). 



C. VESTITA (Reichb. f .) comb. nov. — Liparis vestita Reichb. 

 f . Flora 55 : 274 (1872) ; Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 22 : 294 (1887) ; 



