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SARCANTHUS MALLEIFER J. J. Sm. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 72 

 (1912) 90 (reprint 19). 

 Cleisostoma sagittata Blume Bijdf."'(1825) 363, fig. 27; Lindl. Gen. 

 & Sp. Orch. (1833) 226; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 682; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 238. 

 Sarcanthus sagittatus J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 

 607, Fig.-Atlas (1914) fig. 451; Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 251, non 

 King & Pantl. 

 Palawan, Weber 601. At Alfonso XIII, epiphyte at sea level. 



SARCANTHUS MICRANTHUS Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 248. 



Luzon (Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas), Leyte, Mindanao (Lanao, Davao), 

 Basilan. A not uncommon species of rather wide distribution. Epiphyte 

 at sea level to 815 m altitude. 



SARCANTHUS PACHYPHYLLUS Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 250. 



Luzon (Albay, Rizal), Schaltze s. n., Lyon 65. 



SARCANTHUS RINGENS (Reichb. f.) J. J. Sm. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. 

 Ind. 72 (1912) 93 (reprint 22) ; Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 251. 

 Cleisostoma ringens Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. Ill 4 (1888) 724; 

 Edit, in Kew Bull. (1889) 83. 

 Reichenbach states: "Ex insulis Philippinis." No specimens of this 

 species have been seen. 



SARCANTHUS STRIOLATUS Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. II 18 (1882) 

 168; Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 336 (excl. spec), 

 Orch. 5 (1915) 252. 

 Reichenbach states that this species was imported from the Philippines 



by Low. No specimens certainly referable to it have been seen. 



SARCANTHUS WEBER! Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 252. 



Luzon (Bataan), Palawan, Mindanao (Cotabato, Davao), B. S. 5607 

 Foxworthy, Weber 252, 604, Schultze s. n., F. B. 11825 Whitford. Epiphyte 

 at sea level, from data at hand. 



EXCLUDED OR SYNONYMOUS SPECIES 



Sarcanthus cumingii (Reichb. f.) J. J. Sm. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 

 72 (1912) 85 (reprint 15). 

 Cleisostoma cumingii Reichb. f. in Allg. Berl. Gartenz. 24 (1856) 218. 



The Cuming material on which this species was based may have origin- 

 ated in the Philippines, but no material referable to the descrpition has 

 been seen in the Philippine collections of twenty years. 



Sarcanthus pugioniformis Reichb. f. in Allg. Berl. Gartenz. 24 (1856) 

 219. 



According to Dr. Rudolf Schlechter, in a letter, this species was in 

 cultivation in Erlangen from material sent from the Philippines by Loher. 

 No other record of its occurrence in the Islands is known. 



Sarcanthus sagittatus J. J. Sm. Fl. Buitenz. 6 (Orch. Jav.) (1905) 607, 

 Fig.-Atlas (1914) fig. 451; Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 251, non King 

 & Pantl. = Sarcanthus malleifer J. J. Sm. 



