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ORCHID AC EM 



Ceratostyus scbulata 



1, petal ; 2, column and labellum ; 3, 

 dorsal sepal ; 4, lateral sepal. 



King & Pantling Orch. Sik.-Him. 247, t. 

 329.— C. gracilis Reichb. f. (not Bl.) 

 Xen. Orch. 2: 92, t. 127, f. 1 (1863); 

 Ridley Journ. Linn. Soc. 32 : 307 (1896) ; 

 Naves Nov. App. 245; Vidal Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Fil. 269 ; Ames Orchidace^e fasc. 

 1, 80 (1905). — C. Cejnda Reichb. f. 

 Bonpl. 5: 53 (1857). — ? Corymbis gra- 

 cilis Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Fil. 272 (1886) 

 sphalm. — C. malaccensis Hooker f. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. 5: 825 (1890) and Ic. PI. t. 

 2098. 



" C. caul'ibus simplicibus teretibus 1- 

 phyllis, foliis subulatis teretibus leviter 

 canaliculars, fiorihus confertis arach- 

 noideo-pubescentibus. (Flores minimi, 

 flavescentes; sepala lateralia exteriora in 

 calcar didymum coalita.) Crescit: inmon- 

 tanisSalak,Pantjar,etc." — Blume,Bijdr. 

 306. 



Here belongs C. gracilis listed among 

 the Philippine orchids in fascicle 1 of 

 Orchid ac em. C. gracilis is more slender 

 throughout than C. siibulata, with leaves 

 about equalling the stems in length or 

 somewhat longer. C. subulata is a much 

 stouter species, with the leaves strongly 

 grooved on the upper surface and several 

 times shorter than the stems. Although 

 there is very little in Blume's original 

 descriptions to separate the species, his 

 specimens in the Leiden herbarium clearly 

 show their differences. Reichenbach in 

 Xenia Orchidacea (t. 127) figures as 

 C. gracilis a specimen which appears to 



