ORCHIDACEM 



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Column 3-4 mm. long, slender below and strongly bent, dilated 

 above with a conspicuous rostellar process. Pollinia 8. 



Central Luzon, A. Loher (no. 543). — Near Baguio, Prov. Ben- 

 guet, northern Luzon, November 19, 1904, specimens in fruit, 

 R. S. Williams (no. 1926). — Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, Min- 

 danao, January, 1906, specimen in fruit, Mary Strong Clemens 

 (no. 130), and September-October, 1906, Mrs. Clemens. 



Endemic. 



CERATOSTYLIS Bl. 



C. PHILIPPINENSIS Rolfe in Ames Orchidace^j fasc. 1, 

 79, 80, fig. (1905). 



Flowers white, alt. 3200-3400 ft., Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, 

 Prov. Bataan, Luzon, September 21, 1905, H. N. Whitford (no. 

 1359). — October 17, 1906, F. W. Foxworthy (no. 1635). 



Endemic. 



C. RAMOSA Ames & Rolfe sp. nov. Caulis ramosus, 2-4 

 dm. longus, bracteis chartaceis, imbricatis, arete vaginantibus 

 dense vestitus. Folia oblongi-lanceolata, acuta, 4.5-6 cm. longa, 

 9-10 mm. lata, coriacea, breve peti- 

 olata. Flores in capitulis bracteatis, 

 2-3 cm. distantibus in caule. Ovarium 

 arachnoideo-hirsutum, 2 mm. longum. 

 Sepala lateralia valde concava, ob- 

 longi-lanceolata, obtusa, 3 mm. longa. 

 Sepalum dorsale elliptico - oblon- 

 gum, obtusum, 3 mm. longum. Petala 

 linearia, obtusa vel subacuta, circa 3 

 mm. longa, circa 1 mm. lata, 3-nervia. 

 Lahellum ovato-lanceolatum, acutum, 

 circa 3 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, 3-nervium, 2-tuberculatum 

 1 mm. ab apice. Columna generis. 



CERATOSTYUS RAMOSA 



