252 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1924 



APOSTASIACEAE * 



1. NEUWIEDIA Blume 



NEUWIEDIA V E RAT R I FOLIA Blume in Hoev. & De Vriese Tijdschr. Nat. 

 Gesch. 1 (1834) 142, in Ann. Sci. Nat. II 2 (1834) 94; Reichb. 

 f. in Bonpl. 5 (1857) 58, in nota; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 

 748; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 251; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. 25 

 (1889) 231, 241; Hook. f. in Hook. Icon. PI. 20 (1891) t. 1987; 

 Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 4 (1896) 329; Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 

 (1897) 3, p. p.; Pfitz. in Engl. Pfianzenreich IV. 50 (1903) 5, 

 fig. 3; J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 15; Ames in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 311; J. J. Sm. in Bull. Jard. 

 Buitenz. II 14 (1914) 1. 



Mindoro, Merrill 5681. Mt. Halcon, in forest at 750 m altitude. In 

 Java and Borneo. 



EXCLUDED OR SYNONYMOUS SPECIES 



Neuwiedia zollingeri Reichb. f. apud Naves Novis. App. (1882) 251; 

 Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. 25 (1889) 231; Pfitz. in Engl. Pfian- 

 zenreich IV. 50 (1903) 5. 

 This Javan and Bornean species is credited to the Philippines solely on 

 the basis of Naves's record. 



2. APOSTASIA Blume 



APOSTASIA WALLICHII R. Br. in Wall. PI. Asiat. Rar. 1 (1830) 75, t. 84; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 748; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. 25 



(1889) 239; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 175; Ridl. in Journ. 



Linn. Soc. 32 (1896) 415; Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 (1897) 7; 



Trim. Handb. Fl. Ceyl. 4 (1898) 238; Pfitz. in Engl. Pfianzenreich 



IV. 50 (1903) 7, fig. U; J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 



18, Fig.- Atlas (1908) fig. 3, in Bull. Dept. Agr. Ind. Neerl. 13 



(1907) 1; Ridl. Mat. Fl. Mai. Penin. 1 (1907) 232; Ames in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 311. 



Mesodactylus deflexa Wall. PL Asiat. Rar. 1 (1830) 74. 



Luzon (Camarines), Sibuyan, Mindoro, Palawan, F. B. 18750 Darling, 



Merrill 5521, 5639, Elmer 1314-1. Terrestrial, up to 1,000 m altitude. In 



India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and New Guinea. 



EXCLUDED OR SYNONYMOUS SPECIES 



APOSTASIA odorata Blume apud Naves Novis. App. (1882) 251; Rolfe in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. 25 (1889) 239. 



The Philippine record, repeated by Rolfe, is based wholly on the earlier 

 one of Naves; the species is known only from Java. 



* The enumeration of the Apostasiaceae and the Orchidaceae was 

 prepared by Prof. Oakes Ames, who was materially assisted in the biblio- 

 graphic research connected therewith by Mr. F. Tracy Hubbard. — E. D. M. 



