ORCHIDACE.E 



appendage on the disc in front of the concave base. In habit 



these species are very similar and in the absence of flowers might 



easily be confused. In Lindley's specimens of T.philippinensis 



collected by Cuming the terminal pair of lobes is abbreviated 



and triangular in outline. 



Philippines, Biliran Island, R. C. McGregor Bur. Set. 18931 , June 13, 

 1914. In mangrove swamp. Sepals and two upper petals light cadmium 

 on the back, inside victoria lake except narrow edge and a central line on 

 each which are light cadmium. Odd petal white with a few lines of true 

 purple near base, large patch of cadmium yellow in centre with some vic- 

 toria lake above — Ridge way's Color Standard. 



Trichoglottis philippinensis Lindl. in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 15 (1845) 386. Stauropsis philippinensis Reichb. f. in 

 Hamb. Gartenzeit. 16 (1860) 117. 



In my previous lists of Philippine orchids the generic name 

 Stauropsis was adopted for this species. Stauropsis is at present 

 regarded as a monotypic genus, the only species S. undulata 

 Benth., being a native of the Himalayan region. 



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