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ACRIOPSIS Reinw. ex Bl. 



A. PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. Aff . A.javanicce Reinw. Pseu- 

 dobulbi pyriformes, 3.5-4 cm. longi, diphylli. Folia linearia, 20— 

 26 cm. longa, ± 1 cm. lata, obtusa. 

 Liflorescentia lateralis, a basi pseu- 

 dobulbi orta. Scajms longitudine 

 2 dm. excedens, bracteis pluribus 

 tubularibus vestitus. Paniculus 

 laxus floribus numerosis parvis di- 

 luto rubentibus et flavis. Bractece 

 squamis similes, minutse, in sicco 

 scariosae, pedicellis gracilibus multo 

 breviores. Sepala lateralia 5 mm. 

 longa, omnino connata, 2-nervia, 

 laminam valde concavam ovatam 

 efficientia. Sepalum dorsale late- 

 ralibus connatis angustius, illis lon- 

 gitudine ferme aBquale. Petala 

 oblonga, obtusa, 1-nervia, 4 mm. 

 longa, 2 mm. lata. Labellum 4.5 

 mm. longum, ad mediam colum- 

 nam haerens, 3-lobatum ; lobi laterales obtusi, basim labelli cune- 

 atam f ormantes ; lobus medius oblongus, obtusus, 2 mm. longus ; 

 in disco ad basim lobi medii callus rotundatus, bilobatus. Columna 

 crassa, circa 3 mm. longa antice laciniis duabus linearibus, super 

 quas stant dentes duo triangulares. 



ACRIOPSIS PHILIPPINENSIS 



On dead log, Santa Cruz, Prov. Davao, southeastern Minda- 

 nao, May 5, 1905, R. S. Williams (no. 2778). — Camp Keithley, 

 Lake Lanao, Mindanao, February, 1906, Mary Strong Clem- 

 ens (no. 218) ; April, 1906, and November, 1906, Mary Strong 



Clemens. 



