ORCHIDACEiE 



lum formans, omnino 6 mm. longa, subgracilis, apicem versus di- 



latata, utrinque rotundato-alata, pedem 3 mm. longum formans. 



Closely allied with E. philippinensis Ames from which it differs 



in the broader leaves and differently formed ecallose labellum. 



BoNToc SuBPROviNCE, Mouiit Masapilid, M. Ramos Sc G. Edam Bur. Sci. 

 37937, March 16, 1920. On tree in mossy forest. Flowers "meat" colored. 

 4800 feet altitude. 



HABENARIA JrUld. 



Habenaria boadanensis Ames sp. nov. Herba terrestris, 

 usque ad 36 cm. alta, gracilis, foliis in medio caulis congestis. 

 Radices ignotae. Folia usque ad 7 cm. longa, plus minusve 2.3 

 cm. lata, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, margine crenato-undulata, 

 supra atroviridia, subtus pallidiora, nervis vix eminentibus. Brac- 

 teae caulinae infra folia vaginantes, tubulatae, oblique truncatae, 

 acutae ; bracteae caulinae supra folia caulem amplectentes, an- 

 guste lanceolatae,acuminatae, acutae, plus minusve 2 cm.longae. 

 Racemus sublaxiflorus, usque ad 13.5 cm. longus, vix 2.5 cm. 

 in diametro, floribus viridibus, plus minusve 6 mm. inter se dis- 

 tantibus. Bracteae inflorescentiae 6-16 mm. longae, lanceolatae, 

 acuminatae, acutissimae. Pedicellus cum ovario 8-15 mm. lon- 

 gus, utrinque attenuatus, oblique ascendens, glaber. Sepala later- 

 alia usque ad 7.5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata trans medium, ovato- 

 lanceolata, membranacea, trinervia, dependentia, nervo medio in 

 mucronem producto. Sepalum dorsale valde concavum, cucul- 

 latum, 6 mm. longum, late ovato-ellipticum, obtusum, triner- 

 vium. Petala simplicia, vix 6 mm. longa, prope basim 2 mm. lata, 

 anguste triangula, acuta, binervia, erecta, quam sepalum dorsale 

 vix breviora. Labellum usque ad apicem lobi medii plus minusve 

 7 mm. longum, valde carnosum, parenchymate opaco, triloba- 

 tum, partitionibus linearibus; lobi laterales 5 mm. longi, circa 

 .5 mm. lati, prope basim labelli inserti, recurvi, usque ad apicem 



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