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orbiculata, reliqua ovata. OucuUus alter triphyllus: lateralibus 

 oblongis, intermedia hastato, bifido setis duabus subulatis." — 

 Linnaeus, Sp. PL ed. 1, 953. 



Borneo. Celebes, Java, Boeroe, Amboina; Palawan, in the Phil- 

 ippines. As most so-called varieties of the species depend on color 

 alone, it is often impossible to distinguish them in the herbarium. 



Var. APHRODITE (Reichb. f.j comb. nov. — P. Aphrodite 

 Reichb. f. Hamb. Gartenz. 18: 35 (1862) and Xen. Orch. 2:6; 

 Duchartre Journ. Soc. Imp. et Centr. d'Hort. 8 : 730 (1862) ; El. 

 Hort. 10 : Misc. p. 11 1 1863) in part ; Rolfe Gard. Chron. n. s. 26: 

 212 1 1886 I, f . 13 B ; Pfitzer in Eugler & Prantl Pflanzenf. Orch. 

 211, f. 230; Stein Orchideenb. 505, f. 155; Veitch Man. Orch. 

 PI. pt. 7, 21. cum ic; Orch. Rev. 2: 209. f. 20(1891); Cogniaux 

 Diet. Icon. Orch. Phahenopsis t. 1; Orch. Rev. 8: 135-136, f. 20 

 1 1900 1 ; la Sem. Hort. 4 : 392, f. 132 1 1900) ; Sander Orch. Guide 

 202 ; Rolfe Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 : 31 ( 1903) ; Matsumura Ind. PL 

 Jap. 2: 257; Orch. Rev. 13: 260 (1905); Ames Philipp. Journ. 

 Sci. (Bot.) 2: 336 1907-. — P. amabUis Lindley Bot. Reg. 1838, 

 t. 31, excl. syn., and Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5: 20, 162 (1838), not 

 P. amabUisBL; Allg. Berl. Gartenz. 6: 218 (1838) in part; Pax- 

 ton's Mag. Bot. 7: 19, 50, cum i.e. (1810) excl. syn.; Fl. des 

 Serres 1: 201-203, fig., t. 36 (1815) excl. svn. ; Blanco Fl. Fil. 

 ed. 2, 592; Allg. Berl. Gartenz. 13: 389 (1845) and 15: 257 

 1 1817) excl. syn. in both; Bot. Mag. t. 4297, excl. syn. in part; 

 Blume Rumphia 4: 52 (1818) as to syn. in part; Gard. Chron. 

 1818. 39, f . 2 ; Maund Botanist 3 : t. 133, excl. syn. ; Moore Orch. 

 PL Phahenopsis no. 1, t. 1, excl. syn. in part; Miquel Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 : 690, as to syn. in part ; Burbidge The Garden 22 : 119 

 (1882,; ? Naves Nov. App. 213; Tidal Phan. Cum. Phil. 150, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Fil. 270 ; Lindenia 2 : 65, t. 79, excl. syn. in part; 

 The Garden 35 : 362, fig., 363 1 1889 1 ; Roebelen Gard. Chron. ser. 

 3, 7 : 159 (1890) ; Williams Orch. Gr. Man. ed. 7, 660, in part; 

 Merrill Pub. Bur. Gov. Lab. Manila no. 8, pp. 57, 174, no. 27, 

 p. 84; Ames Orchidaceje fasc. 1, 101 (1905) in part. — P. am- 



