ORCHIDACEiE 



trans basim, 2 mm. latum trans medium, vix 3 mm. latum trans 

 apicem, supra basim gibbosum, abrupte deflexum, circuitu late 

 panduratum, apice retuso-apiculato, prope basim callo lobato 

 ornatum. Columna carnosa, 2.5 mm.alta, prope medium dilatata; 

 alae terminates in dentes triangulares, porrectos reductae. An- 

 thera antice obtusa. 



This species differs very much from L. gibbosa Finet in the 

 structure of the column, the wings being reduced to triangu- 

 lar teeth which are somewhat deflexed at the acute apex, and 

 directed forward. Among Philippine species L. propinqua Ames 

 is most similar to L. prava in the structure of the flower, but 

 the wings of the column in that species are blunt, and the la- 

 bellum when spread out is not conspicuously constricted at the 

 middle. In habit the plants of L. prava resemble those of L. 

 Amesiana Schltr., but the floral differences are great 



Philippines, Leyte, Jaro, Conpagal, C. A. Wenzel 0718^ November 24, 

 1914. Sepals and petals flesh color, labellum flesh color and orange. Epi- 

 phyte. 800 meters altitude. 



Liparis (§ Distichae) ^ro^\nc\\XQ. Ames sp. tiou. Radices fibra- 

 tae, albidae, graciles. Rhizoma lignosum. Pseudobulbi approxi- 

 mati, lageniformes, monophylH, 2-2.5 cm. longi, vaginis folia- 

 ceis scariosis subtenti. Folium 7-16 cm. longum, usque ad 1 

 cm. latum, lineari-oblongum, acutum, quam scapus longius, 

 rigidum, subcoriaceum, basim scapi plus minusve vaginans. Sca- 

 pus bialatus, cum racemo usque ad 12 cm. longus, gracilis. Ra- 

 chis brevis, 1-2 cm. longa. Bracteae inflorescentiae distichae, ap- 

 proximatae, conduplicatae, plus minusve 4 mm. longae, acutae. 

 Flores succedanei,parvi, aurantiaci. Pedicellus cum ovario usque 

 ad 1 cm. longus, gracilis, glaber, leviter bialatus. Sepala latera- 

 lia 4 mm. longa, plus minusve 2 mm. lata, oblongo-elliptica, 

 acuta, apice incrassata, extus carinata, trinervia, dependentia. 



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