ORCHIDACEJE 



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San Ramon, Zaniboanga, Mindanao, February, 1905, E. B. 

 Copeland (no. 1570). — Mt. Batay, Prov. Rizal, Luzon, A. Loher 

 (no. 6014). 



The specimens on which the above determination and descrip- 

 tion are based agree with Cuming's Philippine plant (no. 2071) 

 preserved in the herbarium of the British Museum. On this 

 number of the Cuming collection Reichenbach f. based his de- 

 scription of E. vulpina in Bonplandia. E. mdpina is allied to 

 several species which are most difficult to study in the dried state, 

 and which appear to approach each other rather too closely to be 

 kept distinct. The whole section Trichotosia to which E. vulpina 

 belongs deserves careful study in the field. There are several 

 specimens of this section in the herbarium of the Bureau of 

 Science which may represent E.velutina Lodd., and E.ferox Bl., 

 but I have omitted them from the present list as there is not 

 sufficient material with which to make satisfactory comparisons. 



Endemic. 



PHREATIA Lindl. 



P. ARISTULIFERA sp. nov. 

 inflorescentiae oblongis, arista- 

 tis. Caules abbreviati, compla- 

 nati, 1-2 cm. longi, gerentes 

 folia circa 6, lineari-oblonga, 

 ± 15 cm. longa, ± 8 mm. lata, 

 ad apicem insequaliter bilobata. 

 Pedunadus elongatus, cum ra- 

 cemo folia excedens, bracteis 

 pluribus vaginantibus aristatis 

 instructus. Racemus ± 8 cm. 

 longus. Flores 2 mm. distantes, 

 albinei. Bractece inflorescentioe 

 4-5 mm. longse, conspicue aris- 

 tatse. Pedicellus gracilis, 2.5 

 mm. longus. Sepala later alia 



Species facile cognita bracteis 



PHREATIA ARISTULIFERA 



