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fibrosse. Folia subradicalia, membranacea, nervosa. Flores spi- 

 cati, pedicellati, bracteati. 



" Amblyglottis angustifolia. a : folils lineari-lanceolatis 

 cuspidatis, spica radicali, labelli limbo emarginato undulato, cal- 

 care obtuso ovarium sequante. (flores albidi, labelli limbo intus 

 sulphureo.) " — Blume Bijdr. 369. 



Plants ±2.5 dm. tall. Leaves about 4, linear-lanceolate, ± 2 

 dm. long, ± 2.5 cm. wide, plicate, with several prominent ribs, 

 petiolate. Petioles winged, 4 cm. long, passing into a sheathing 

 base. Scape slender, ± 2 dm. long, with several acute, tubular 

 bracts. Inflorescence few-flowered. Lateral sepals oblong, acute, 

 ± 9 mm. long, 5 mm. wide. Upper sepal similar to the laterals. 

 Petals elliptic-oblong, subacute, 9 mm. long, 4.5-5 mm. wide. La- 

 helium 9 mm. long, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe 4 mm. long, 5 mm. 

 wide, suborbicular, deeply retuse at the apex ; lateral lobes about 

 3 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, obtuse. Near the base of each on the 

 disc is an erect plate similar to that on the labellum of C. lyro- 

 glossa Reichb. f. Spur subclavate, 6 mm. long. 



Flowers white, alt. 7250 ft., Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, June 15-27, 

 1906, M. L. Merritt (no. 4454). — Terrestrial, fls. white, odorless, 

 alt. 6500 ft., Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, November 15, 1906, E. D. 

 Merrill (no. 5677). 



Java, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula. 



C. ELMERI sp. nov. Aff. C. vestitce Lindl. et C. rubenti Rid- 

 ley. Pseudobulbi 3-8 cm. longi, a basi lato fastigati, interdum 

 ad medium constricti. Folia (non visa) in anthesi absunt. Scopus 

 ± 4 dm. altus, gracilis, capillis villosis, albidis et bracteis plurimis 

 scariosis, vaginantibus, acutis, 1.5-2 cm. longis vestitus. Bracteai 

 inflorescentice pilosae, ovato-lanceolatse, acuminata?, acutse, ± 1 cm. 

 longae. Flores circa 12. Sepala capillis longis vestita ; lateralia 

 ovato-falcata, apiculata, 9 mm. longa, 4.5 mm. lata ; sepalum dor- 

 sale ellipticum, apiculatum, 8 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum. Petala 

 oblonga, obovata, circa 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata supra medium. 



