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be clearly referable to C. subulata. It has the characteristically 

 short leaves and long stems of that species, and is wholly unlike 

 the C. gracilis in Blume's herbarium. 



Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, April, 1906, Mary 

 Strong Clemens. — Epiphytic, Mt. Arayat, Prov. Pampanga, Lu- 

 zon, September 15, 1905, E. D. Merrill (no. 4202). — Mt. Mari- 

 veles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, November, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer 

 (no. 7024). — October 17, 1906, F. W. Foxworthy (no. 1639).— 

 Living specimens sent by E. D. Merrill from Mt. Mariveles, 1905. 



Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Malay Peninsula, Assam, Khasia, Sik- 

 kim. 



C. gracilis Bl. has been reported by Vidal as a native of the 

 Philippine Islands, but according to R. A. Rolfe (Orch. Rev. 12 : 

 219) Naves confused this species with Acoridium tenellum Nees & 

 Meyen. 



PHAIUS Lour. 



P. (§ Limatodis?) CALANTHOIDES sp. nov. Herha ± 3 dm. 

 alta. Folia3-5, approximata in parte superiore caulis f oliosi, lineari- 

 lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, 11- 

 20 cm. longa, 1.5-2.3 cm. lata, 

 nervosa, limbo transeunte paulatim 

 in partem basilarem vaginantem. 

 Prope basim caulis foliosi ortus 

 scapus elongatus, bracteatus, aphyl- 

 lus, pubescens ; scapus cum racemo 

 3 dm. longus. Racemus 10-12 cm. 

 longus, laxus, dense pubescens. 

 Bractece inflorescentim concavae, 

 lanceolatae, acutae, pedicellis longi- 

 ores, caducse. Flores 1-2.5 cm. 

 distantes, nutantes, 10 mm. longi, 

 albi cum labello pallide flavo. Pe- Phaics calanthoides 



