ORCHIDACEM 203 



Epiphyte, fls. white, odorless, over the San Ramon River, alt. 

 700 ft., Prov. Zamboanga, Mindanao, February 19, 1905, E. B. 

 Copeland (no. 1658). — My specimens agree fairly well with the 

 specimen and sketches in Lindley's herbarium. 



Borneo, Singapore. 



P. MYOSURUS (Forst.) Ames, not Lindley. — Epidendrum 

 Myosurus Forster Prodr. 60 (1786). — Dendrobium Myosurus 

 Swartz Nov.Act.Ups. 6: 82(1799), Schrader's Journ.Bot. 2: 235 

 (1799) and Act. Holm. 21: 246 (1800); Willdenow Sp. PI. 4 : 133; 

 Persoon Syn. 2: 522. — Ob eronia Myosurus Lindley Orch. PI. 16 

 (1830) and Fol. Orch. Oberonia p. 8 ; Reichb. f . in Walp. Ann. 6 : 

 216 ; Grant Orch. Burma 31 ; all citations under this head in part, 

 not Lindley in Wall. Cat. — Titania miniata Guillemin Zephyr 

 Tait. no. 141 (1837); Panch. in Cuzent Tahiti 239(1857), not 

 Endlicher. — Eria Myosurus Reichb. f. in Seemann Fl. Vit. 300 

 (1868) ; Drake Fl. Polynes. Frang. 213, 111. Fl. Mar. Pac. 308 ; not 

 Reichb. f.Bonpl. 5:54(1857). 



"Foliis basi vaginantibus oblique divaricatis linearibus obtusis 

 canaliculars, scajjo nudo, racemo spicato nutante filiformi. F. 

 [Society Islands]." — Forster, I. c. 



Plants 7-14 cm. high. Leaves ± 8, distichous on the contracted 

 1-3 cm. long stem, jointed, linear-oblong, coriaceous, ± 1 dm. long, 

 ± 5 mm. wide, unequally bilobed at the apex, shorter than the 

 many-, minutely-flowered raceme and peduncle. Peduncles from 

 the axils of the leaves, 3-5 cm. long, with several sheath- 

 ing, tubular, acuminate-pointed bracts. Floral bracts lanceolate, 

 obtuse or subacute, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, longer than the ovary. 

 Lateral sepals 1 mm. long, 1 mm. wide at base, somewhat con- 

 cave, broadly ovate, acute. Upper sepal 1 mm. long, oblong- 

 ovate. Petals about 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, smaller than the 

 sepals, elliptic-obtuse. Labellum 1 mm. long, with an oblong 

 claw, and semi-rotund lamina. 



