0RCH1DACEM 



235 



(1886) cum ic; Warner Sel. Orch. ser. 3, t. 5 ; Stein Orchideenb. 

 512. — Flowers very large, dark rose with broad white border. 



Var. VESTALIS Reichb. £. Gard. Chron. n. s. 17 : 330 (1882), 

 n. s. 26 : 212 (1886), ser. 3, 3 : 75 (1888) ; l'Orchidophile 2 : 291 

 (1882); Stein Orchideenb. 512; Veitch Man. Orch. PI. pt. 7, 

 37; Williams Orch. Gr. Man. ed. 7, 671; Sander Orch. Guide 

 206. — Var. alba Roebelen Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 7 : 459 (1890); 

 Rolfe l'Orchidophile 13: 101 (1893); Orch. Rev. 8: 134 (1900).— 

 Flowers white. 



DORITIS Lindl. 



D. PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 

 Aff. D. Wightii. Radices crassae, 

 numerosae. Caulis brevis, circa 2 

 cm. longus. Folia circa 3, niten- 

 tia, coriacea, oblongi - lanceolata 

 vel oblanceolata, obtusa vel sub- 

 acuta, 4-19 cm. longa, 2-4.5 cm. 

 lata, scapis breviora. Scopus teres, 

 gracilis, supra incrassatus, 1.5 mm. 

 crassitudine. Bractem paucae, 4-7 

 cm. distantes, 4 mm. longae. In- 

 florescentia racemosa vel laxe pa- 

 niculata. Bractece inflorescentice 

 squamosae, minutae, pedicellis gra- 

 cilibus 4-6 mm. longis, multo bre- 

 viores. Flores flavidi a purpura 

 tincti, inodori. Sepala later alia 

 oblonga, obtusa vel acuta, 6 mm. 

 longa, 2.5 mm. lata, basi lato. 

 Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala 

 sepalis breviora, 5 mm. longa, ob- 

 lanceolata vel subspathulata, supra 

 medium latissima. Labellum 3- 

 lobatum, obscure saccatum, circa 



DOKITIS PHILIPPINENSIS 



