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ORCHIDACE& 



Calanthe Elmeei 



Labellum 3-lobatuni; lobi 

 laterales niaximi, 9 mm. 

 longi, ± 5 mm. lati, ad 

 apicem rotundati ; lob us 

 medius bifidus vel valde 

 bilobatus, lobuli subquad- 

 rati, obtusi, 5 mm. longi, 3 

 mm. lati. Calcar gracile, 

 pilosum, curvatum, 11 

 mm. longum. Pedicel- 

 lus gracilis, pilosus, ciun 

 ovario ± 25 mm. longus. 



La Trinidad, Baguio, 

 Prov. Benguet, Luzon, 

 March 12, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer (no. 5886) ; fls. pink, white, or 

 cream colored, according to field notes. 



C. LYROGLOSSA Reichb. f. Otia bot. Hamb. 53 (1878) and 

 Xen. Orch. 3: 30; Naves Nov. App. 216. — AlismograjMs lyro- 

 glossa Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL pt. 2, 650 (1891). 



"Aff. C. clavatce labelli lamina antice transversa ovata acuta. 

 Folium cuneato oblongum acutum. Pedunculus altus pedalis. 

 Vaginae, amplae laxaa in basi. Racemus pluriflorus. Bractece cito 

 deciduse. Sepala ligulata acuta. Tepala subaequalia. Labelli 

 lamina libera pandurata, laciniae laterales in basi seniiovatae mi- 

 nutae, lacinia antica transversa ovata acuta ; lamellae gemmae 

 obtusangulae in basi. Calcar cylindraceum apice ampliatum ova- 

 rio pedicellato subaequali. Columna superne ampliata. Anther a 

 acuta. Mt. Mahahai Luconiae." — Reichenbach f ., Otia bot. Hamb. 

 53. 



Leaves 34-52 cm. long, 4-5.5 cm. wide, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, nervose, petiolate. Flower-shoot 32-36 cm. long, loosely 

 sheathed, with several lanceolate acute bracts below the inflores- 



