ORCHIDACEiE 



acuminatissima, acuta, in petiolum latum, vaginantem transeun- 

 tia, valde chartacea, in sicco pellucida. Scapus elongatus, usque 

 ad 26 cm. altus, gracilis, fere usque ad basim bracteatus, multi- 

 florus, floribus parvis, flavidis. Bracteae inflorescentiae lineares, 

 3-8 mm. longae, vix 1 mm. latae, patentes, margine scabridius- 

 cula. Racemus plus minusve 20 cm. longus, cylindraceus, circa 

 1.5 cm. per medium. Pedicellus cum ovario circa 5 mm. longus, 

 gracilis, quam bractea subtendens paulo brevior. Sepala lateralia 

 circa 2 mm. longa, plus minusve 1 mm. lata, oblongo-elliptica, 

 manifeste uninervia, deflexa. Sepalum dorsale simile, 2 mm. 

 longum, erectum. Petala 2 mm. longa, linearia, obtusa, patentia. 

 Labellum trilobatum, e basi columnae ad apicem lobi medii 2 

 mm. longum, inter apices loborum lateralium 2 mm. latum; lobi 

 laterales antice rotundati, post columnam in auriculas 2 mm. 

 longas, triangulas producti, auriculis obtusis. Columna 1 mm. 

 longa, auriculis obtusis, erectis. 



Malaxis hracteosa is a near ally of M. Junghuhnii (J. J. Sm.) 

 Ames which it resembles very closely in the shape of the label- 

 lum. 



Philippines, Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mahilucot River, M. 

 Ramos &$■ G. Edano Bur. Sci. 38658, July 15, 1920. Along streams in forest 

 on tree. 4200 feet altitude. 



NOTYLIA Lindl 



Notylia panamensis Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphytica, rhi- 

 zomate valde abbreviato, radicibus fibratis, elongatis, flexuosis, 

 glabris. Pseudobulbi plus minusve 2 cm. longi, complanati, com- 

 pressi, monophylli, vaginis foliatis duabus obtecti. Folia plus 

 minusve 1.5 dm. longa, 31-36 mm. lata, coriacea, nervo medio 

 conspicuo, oblonga, utrinque vix attenuata, apice inaequaliter et 

 obtuse bilobulata, basi in petiolum plus minusve 1 cm. longum 

 conduplicatum contracta. Pedunculus infra racemum plus mi- 



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