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ORCHIDACEM 



Batemanii Lindley Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 59 and Fol. Orch. Vanda 

 p. 2; Paxton's Mag. Bot. 14: 21 (1847) and Fl. Gard. 2: 22 

 (1851) ; Moore Orch. PI. Vanda p. 10, 1. 1 ; Fl. des Serres 6 : 332 

 (1850-1) and 18 : t. 1921-2 (1870) ; Jennings Orch. sub t. 34. — 

 Stauropsis Lissochiloides Bentham ex Pfitzer Vergl. Morph. 

 Orch. 14 (1882); Veitch Man. Orch. PI. pt. 7, 3; Sander Orch. 

 Guide 234; Journ. des Orch. 5: 291, f. 80 (1894). 



Flowers alone obtained ; flowers 5-6 cm. across ; lateral sepals 

 3 cm. long; upper sepal 3.5 cm. long; petals 2.5-2.8 cm. long; 

 raceme erect, first flower without lip, all others with lip ; petals 

 purple at back, inside yellowish green with purple spots ; lipless 

 flower fragrant, all others odorless or nearly so ; Panay (fls. from 

 specimen blooming in Manila, July 9, 1905), A. Loher (no. 6025). 



Moluccas, Amboina. 



LUISIA FOXWORTHII 



LUISIA Gaudich. 



L. FOXWORTHII sp. nov. Herba ± 3 

 dm. alta radicibus crassis extendentibus. 

 Caules erecti vel ascendentes, simplices, 

 ± 5 mm. crassitudine. Folia circa 20, dis- 

 ticha, teretia, ± 1 dm. longa, ± 3 mm. in 

 diametro, ad basim vaginas rigidas for- 

 mantia. Injlorescentia spica oppositifolia, 

 contracta, sessilis, rhachide crassa, 1 cm. 

 longa. Bractece inflorescentice rigidae, ro- 

 tundatae, obtusae, cochleatae. Pedicellus 

 ± 1 cm. longus. Flores dilute flavi, la- 

 bello purpureo. Sepala lateralia carinata, 

 cymbiformia, 8 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, ob- 

 longa, obtusa. Sepalum dor sale lateralibus 

 simile et aequale, ecarinatum, nervus medius 

 prominens. Petala oblongi-oblanceolata, 



