220 ORCHIDACEM 



Cogniaux Diet. Icon. Orch. Renanthera t. 2. — Vanda Storiei 

 Storie ex Reichb. f. Gard. Chron. n. s. 14: 296 (1880). 



" Aff. Renantherce coccinece, Lour. ; floribus y^ brevioribus ; 

 sepalis lateralibus unguiculatis oblongis undulatis latis; sepalis 

 cuneato ligulatis obtusis latis, labelli majoris laciniis lateralibus 

 limbo externo triangulis, lacinia mediana ligulata obtuse acuta 

 porrecta lamellis geminis quadratis ante ostium calcaris conicis." 

 — Reichb. f ., Gard. Chron. I. c. 



Tall, stout epiphyte, 2-3 dm. high. Stems on my specimens 

 1-1.4 cm. thick. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, distichous, retuse at 

 the apex, 10-14 cm. long, about 3.5 cm. wide. Peduncles woody, 

 about 6 mm. thick, opposite the leaves. Inflorescence paniculate, 

 many-flowered. Flowers large, 4-4.5 cm. across. 



Alt. 400 ft., Lamao River, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, May 29, 1905, 

 H.N. Whitford (no. 1336). — Near Antipolo, Prov. Rizal, A. 

 Loher (no. 6000). — Dinagat Island, 15 miles north of Surigao, 

 Mindanao, April 21, 1904, Dr. E. A. Mearns (specimen in U. S. 

 Nat. Herb.). — I have compared my material with a specimen of 

 R. Storiei preserved at the British Museum. 



Endemic. 



VANDOPSIS Pfitzer 



V. LISSOCHILOIDES (Gaud.) Pfitzer in Engler & Prantl 

 Pflanzenf . OrchidaceaB 210, f . 229 (1889) ; Kerchove Livre des 

 Orch. 138, f. 114 ; J. J. Smith Orch. Ambon 102. — Angrcecum 

 quintum Rumphius Herb. Amb. 6: 102 (1750). — Fieldia Lis- 

 sochiloides Gaudichaud Voy. Bot. 424, t. 36 (1826) ; Blume 

 Rumphia 4 : t. 194, f. 2 ; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 : 870 and 

 Xen. Orch. 2 : 38 ; Fl. des Serres 17 : 91 (1867-8) and 18 : 161 

 (1870). — Vanda Lissochiloides Lindley Orch. PI. 216 (1833); 

 Blume Rumphia 4 : 49 and Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 : 63. — Reichb. 

 f. in Walp. Ann. 1: 790; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 680. — V. 



