ORCHIDACEiE 



protuberance of the basal angle. This gives a bilobed appearance 

 to each sepal. 



Philippines, Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Cabadbaran, C. M. Weber 

 187, August 8, 1911. Epiphyte on tree trunks. Fruit green-purple. At sea 

 level. 



TRICHOGLOTTIS BL 



Trichoglottis hTSiCh.ia.t2i A vies sp. nov. AfF. T.philippinensi 

 Lindl. Caules plus minusve 30 cm. alti, rigidi, usque ad apicem 

 foliati, vaginis foliorum obtecti, usque ad 8 mm. in crassitudine, 

 internodiis 1.4 cm. longis. Folia plus minusve 4.5 cm. longa, 2.9 

 cm. lata, oblongo-elliptica, disticha, retusa, apiculata, apiculo 

 rigido, acuto. Flores laterales, e nodis orientes, singuli. Pedicel- 

 lus cum ovario usque ad 3.5 cm. longus. Sepala lateralia patentia, 

 21 mm. longa, 11 mm. lata, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, coriacea. 

 Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala 2 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, anguste 

 lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, subacuta, valde coriacea, paten- 

 tia. Labellum 19 mm. longum, quinquelobatum, usque ad me- 

 dium columnae affixum, ecalcaratum, basi saccatum vel valde 

 concavum; lobi basilares erecti,trianguli,carnosi, circa 3 mm. alti, 

 intus minute pubescentes; lobi laterales 8 mm. longi, usque ad 

 1.5 mm. lati, acinaciformes, apice inaequaliter dentati, utrinque 

 minute pubescentes; lobus terminalis a latere complanatus, 9 

 mm. longus, 5 mm. altus, carnosus, cuneato-quadratus, angulo 

 superiore valde elongato, utrinque pubescens, supra pilosus ; dis- 

 cus carina valde carnosa ornatus, prope basim appendicula quad- 

 rata, truncata, carnosa instructus. Columna brevis, 7 mm. longa, 

 minute pubescens. 



Trichoglottis brachiata is closely allied to T. philippinensis 

 Lindl. from which it is most readily distinguished by the elon- 

 gated, linear, curved lateral lobes of the labellum which arise 

 near the base of the terminal lobe, and by the nearly smooth 



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