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ORCHIDACEAE 393 



OCTARRHENA GEM M IFERA Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 193. 



Leyte, Wenzel 025k, 0293, OUOh. 0526, 05U7, 0592. Jaro, epiphyte at 

 500 to 700 m altitude. 



68. THELASIS Blume 



THELASIS CAPITATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 386; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 

 (1833) 253; Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 186 (excl. syn. 

 Euphroboscis pygmaea Griff.) ; Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 5 (1857) 37; 

 Blume Fl. Jav. Orch. (1858) 19 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 20) t. 7, fig. 1; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 700, Sumatra (1862) 275; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1882) 244; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 86; Rid], in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. II 3 (1893) 376, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 32 (1896) 

 393; Schltr. in Mem. Herb. Boiss. 21 (1900) 69; J. J. Sm. FL 

 Buitenz. 6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 493, Fig.-Atlas (1911) fig. 372; 

 Ridl. Mat. Fl. Mai. Penin. 1 (1907) 199; Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 212, 



5 (1915) 194; Schltr. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45, Beibl. 104 (1911) 

 54; Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 23 (1911) 41; 

 Ames in Merr. in Journ. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Branch, Special 

 No. (1921) 190. 



Thelasis capitata Blume var. major Blume Fl. Jav. Orch. (1858) 19 



(Orch. Arch. Ind. 20). 

 Thelasis ochreata Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 (1859) 63; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 701; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 244; Ridl. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. 31 (1896) 303. 

 Thelasis elongata Blume var. major Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 32 

 (1896) 393, fide Ridl. in Mat. Fl. Mai. Penin. 1. c. 

 Mindoro, F. B. 12057 Merritt. In Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and 

 Borneo. 



THELASIS CAR IN ATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 386; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 

 (1833) 253, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 187, Fl. Jav. Orch. 

 (1858) 21 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 24) t. 7, fig. 3; J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 



6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 497, Fig.-Atlas (1912) fig. 375; Ames in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 336; Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 IV. 50. II. B. 23 (1911) 43; Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 194, in Merr. in 

 Journ. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Branch, Special No. (1921) 190. 



Phreatia carinata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 655, Sumatra (1862) 



274. 

 Eria carinata Reichb. f. in Seem. Fl. Vit. (1868) 301, in obs. 

 Thelasis elata Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 87; Ridl. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. II 3 (1893) 376; Hook. f. in Hook. Icon. PI. 22 (1893) 

 t. 2156. 

 Oxyanthera elata Hook. f. in Hook. Icon. PI. 22 (1893) sub t. ,2156; 

 Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 31 (1896) 303, 32 (1896) 394, Mat. 

 Fl. Mai. Penin. 1 (1907) 200. 

 Oxyanthera carinata Schltr. in Mem. Herb. Boiss. 21 (1900) 76, in 

 Fedde Repert. 10 (1911) 186. 

 Babuyan Islands (Camiguin Island), Luzon (Bataan, Laguna, Sorso- 

 gon), Mindoro, Negros, Leyte, Basilan, Mindanao (Zamboanga, Agusan). 

 A fairly common and widely distributed species in the Philippines. Epi- 



