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Fil. 269; King & Pantling Orch. Sik.-Him. 176, t. 238; Ridley 

 Tr. Linn. Soc. ser. 2 (Bot.) 3: 368 (1893); Trimen Handb. Fl. 

 Ceylon pt. 4, 176. — ? Kathov-Theka-maravara Rheede Hort. 

 Mai. 12: 49, t. 25 (1703). — Arethitsa glutinosa Blanco Fl. Fil. 

 ed. 1, 641 (1837), ed. 2, 446 (fide collector's note; but cf. 

 Merrill Pub. Bur. Gov. Lab. no. 27, 84). — Eidophia inconspicua 

 Griffith Notul. 3: 349 (1851), Ic. PI. As. t. 326; Lindley Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. 3: 24 (1859). — E. decipiens Kurz Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. vol. 45, pt. 2, 155, t. 13, f. 8-12 (1876).— Graphorchis 

 graminea Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 662 (1891). — G. decipiens, 

 inconspicua Kuntze, /. c. 



" Foliis gramineis, scapo ramoso, bracteis primordialibus ob- 

 longis acutis concavis, fioribus erectis in fructu pendulis, sej)cdis 

 petcdisque linearibus acutissimis, labello trilobo basi angustato : 

 lobo intermedio oblongo crispo : venis tribus mediis contiguis sub- 

 parallelis fimbriato-appendiculatis, calcare brevi clavato." — Lind- 

 ley, Orch. PI. 182. 



Plant 28 cm. high, slender, from a thick, fleshy tuber. Scape 

 below the inflorescence clothed by much inflated, 1-2 cm. long, 

 scarious bracts. Flowers 10 or more, about 1.5 cm. long. Pedicel 

 slender, 7 mm. long. Floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 acute, 6-7 mm. long. Lateral sepcds 1.4 cm. long, equalling the 

 upper sepal. Petals 12-13 mm. long. Labellum from tip to the 

 base of the spur, 1.6 cm. long, 3-lobed; terminal lobe 5 mm. across. 



Prov. Pangasiman, Luzon, " collected by a Normal School stu- 

 dent," the tubers " very glutinous, used in gluing boxes, violins, 

 etc.," May and June, 1904. — The material on which my deter- 

 mination is based agrees with Cuming's Philippine plant numbered 

 2059. 



India from Assam to Ceylon and Nicobar Islands, Malacca, 

 Singapore. 



E. MACRORHIZA Blume Fl. Java Orch. 155 (Orch. Arch. 

 Ind. 183), t. 63, f. 2, t. 66, B (1858) ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 



