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Luisia zeylanica Lindl. Fol. Orch. Luisia (1853) 3; Reichb. f. Xen. 



Orch. 1 (1856) 204, in Walp. Ann. 6 (1863) 621; Thw. Enum. PI. 



Zeyl. (1864) 302. 

 Luisia trichorrhiza Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. 1 (1856) t. 77, figs. 8-18, 



non Blume. 

 Luisia platyglossa Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1863) 622, in Trans. 



Linn. Soc. 30 (1874) 144. 

 Luisia tristis Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 672 (excl. syn.), non 



Hook. f. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Bulacan, Laguna, Sorsogon), Negros (Oriental Negros), 

 Leyte, Palawan, Mindanao (Camiguin Island, Agusan, Surigao). A fairly 

 common, variable, and widely distributed species. Epiphyte at 70 to 500 m 

 altitude. In India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Siam, China, Su- 

 matra, Java, Amboina, Moluccas, Borneo (fide Ridley), and also the 

 Marianne Islands and New Caledonia. 



LUISIA VALIDA Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 10 (1862) 335, in Walp. Ann. 6 

 (1863) 621; Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 220. 



According to Reichenbach (Bonpl. 1. c.) of Philippine origin. The 

 description is vague, and it seems probable that the species is conspecific 

 with Luisia teretifolia Gaudich. 



EXCLUDED OR SYNONYMOUS SPECIES 



Luisia antennifera Blume apud Naves Novis. App. (1882) 242. 

 Luisia brachystachys Blume apud Naves Novis. App. (1882) 242. 



83. ARACHNIS Blume 



ARACHNIS LYONII Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 221. 



Luzon (Isabela), Mindanao (Lanao), Lyon 126, M. S. Clemens s. n. 

 Terrestrial at 1,000 m altitude in Luzon. 



84. VAN DO PS IS Pfitzer 



VANDOPSIS LEYTENSIS Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 222. 



Luzon (Rizal, Sorsogon), Leyte, Lyon s. n., Elmer 16860, Wenzel 014, 

 0154, 0172, 0900 C. Epiphyte at 60 to 800 m altitude. 



VANDOPSIS LISSOCHILOIDES (Gaudich.) Pfitz. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. 



Pflanzenfam. 2, Abt. 6 (1889) 210, fig. 229; Kerchove Livre des 



Orch. (1894) 138, jig. 114; J. J. Sm. Orch. Amb. (1905) 102; 



Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 220, 5 (1915) 223; J. J. Sm. in Nat. Tijdschr. 



Ned. Ind. 72 (1913) 76 (reprint 6), in Merr. Interp, Rumph. Herb. 



Amb. (1917) 178. 

 Fieldia lissochiloides Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Uranie et Physic. (1829) 



Bot. 424, t. 86; Blume Rumphia 4 (1848) t. 194, fig. 2; Van Houtte 



in Fl. des Serres 17 (1869) 91; Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. 2 (1862) 



38, in Walp. Ann. 6 (1864) 870. 

 Vanda lissochiloides Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1833) 216; Blume 



Rumphia 4 (1848) 49, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 (1849) 63; Reichb. 



f. in Walp. Ann. 1 (1849) 790, 3 (1852) 565; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1859) 680; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 240. 



