ORCHIDACEiE 



gatae, acuminatae. Racemus 8-10 cm. longus, plus minusve 3.5 

 cm. trans medium. Bracteae inflorescentiae plus minusve 9 mm. 

 longae, triangulari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, acutae, pubescen- 

 tes. Flores flavi, purpureo-punctati. Pedicellus cum ovario plus 

 minusve 1.7 cm. longus, setoso-pubescens. Sepala lateralia 1.6 

 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata trans medium, inaequaliter lanceolata, 

 acuta, extus pubescentia. Sepalum dorsale 1.5 cm. longum, prope 

 basim 6 mm. latum, oblongum, acuminatum, acutum, extus pu- 

 bescens. Petala 1.4 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, lineari-oblonga, car- 

 nosa, subacuta, glabra. Labellum 9 mm. longum, 8 mm. latum 

 trans apicem, quadrato-cuneatum, apiculatum, apiculo 1.5 mm. 

 longo, triangulo, prope basim utrinque callosum, callis breviter 

 carinatis. Columna crassa, 6 mm. longa, dense pubescens. 



Plocoglottis McGregorii is most nearly related to P. Cope- 

 landii Ames among the Philippine species, but is easily distin- 

 guished by its larger flowers and differently proportioned leaves. 

 From P. bicallosum Ames it differs markedly in the proportions 

 of the leaf. 



Philippines, Panay, Antigue Province, Culasi, R. C. McGregor Bur. Sci. 

 32189, June 20, 1918. Flowers yellow speckled with wine red. Mossy for- 

 est, hills east of Culasi. 1000 meters altitude. 



PONTHIEVA R. Br. 



Ponthieva pa.rvi[ahns{Lindl.)Eeichb.f.^e:n.Orch.3{lS7S) 

 18; Benth. ex Griseb. in Goetting. Abhandl. 24 (1879) 337. Cra- 

 nichis parvilabris Lindl. Orch. Linden. (1846) 27. 



Schlechter in his enumeration of Colombian orchids^ referred 

 Cranichis parvilabris Lindl. to the genus Cranichis, although it 

 would seem that Lindley based his description on a specimen 

 that is referable to Ponthieva. On the same sheet with the type 

 of Cranichis parvilabris there is a stouter plant of similar aspect, 



1 In Fedde Bepertorium, Beihefte 7 (1920) 215. 



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