ORCHIDACEM 239 



"Caule juniore ancipiti, fol'tis distichis amplexicaulibus undu- 

 latis obtusis oblique 3-dentatis, racemis cylindraceis pendulis, 

 labelli calcare falcato obtuso lamina carnosa minima dentiformi 

 sepalisque triplo longiore." — Lindley, Bot. Reg. I. c. 



The specimens in the herbarium of the Bureau of Government 

 Laboratories, Manila, have stems 13-30 cm. high, leaves 10-12 

 cm. long and about 2.5 cm. wide, spur 1 cm. long, curved, blunt, 

 inflated at the apex. 



Epiphyte, odor sweet, alt. 5500 ft., Mt. Apo, Prov. Davao, 

 Mindanao, April 24, 1904, E. B. Copeland (no. 1184). — Mt. 

 Apo, alt. 6000 ft., June 26, 1904, Dr. E. A. Meams (no. 447646, 

 U. S. Nat. Herb.). — Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, April, 

 1906, E. B. Copeland. — Fls. reddish, very common, alt. 3000- 

 9000 ft., Mt. Malindang, Prov. Misamis, Mindanao, May, 1906, 

 Meams & Hutchinson (no. 4603). 



The material on which my determination is based agrees with 

 the type, and appears to be conspecific with no. 2100 of Cuming's 

 Philippine plants. 



Endemic. 



S. MINIATUM Lindley Bot. Reg. 1847, sub. t. 26, t. 58 ; 

 Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 : 692 ; Reichb. f . in Walp. Ann. 1 : 791 ; 

 Journ. Hort. 24 : 449, f . 77 (1892) ; Williams Orch. Gr. Man. ed. 7, 

 702 ; Veitch Man. Orch. PL pt. 7, 117 ; Rolfe Orch. Rev. 4 : 178 

 (1896) ; J. J. Smith Orch. Java 648, not Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 5326. 

 — Gastrochilus miniatus Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 661 (1891). 



" Racemis brevibus erectis cylindraceis, bracteis minimis acutis, 

 sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis patulis, lahello lineari obtuso re- 

 curvo calcare recto pendulo tereti breviore, polliniis albis." — 

 Lindley, Bot. Reg. 1847, sub. t. 26. 



Plant about 2 dm. high. Leaves linear-oblong, conduplicate, 

 about 16 cm. long, 8 mm. wide from midrib to margin. Peduncle 



