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however, are much narrower in proportion to their length, the petals are 
narrower and falcate rather than asymmetrically ovate as in Adenostylis 
Vanoverberghii. Furthermore, the terminal lobes of the labellum in the 
present species are different from those of Z. abbreviata in outline and 
are drawn out into a slender tip. 
GOODYERA R. Brown 
GOODYERA RAMOSII sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris. AfF. G. reticulatae Bl. et G. clausae (A. 
A, Eaton) Schltr. Rhizoma repens succulentum. Caules sub- 
decumbentes vel erectiusculi, circiter 2 dm alti. Folia alterna, 
4-7 cm longa, 12-25 mm lata, lanceolata, acuminata, valde acuta, 
chartacea, reticulato-nervosa, breviter petiolata. Petioli ad ba- 
sim vaginati ±1 cm longi. Bracteae lanceolatae it 15 mm longae ; 
bracteae inflorescentiae ±1 cm longae, floribus longiores. Race- 
mus densiflorus, usque ad 7 cm longus, Flores minuti, secundi, 
vel subsecundi. Sepala lateralia 3 mm longa, circiter 2 mm lata, 
oblongi-elliptica, obtusa. Sepalum dorsale suborbiculare, con- 
cavlusculum. Petala circiter 3 mm longa, cuneato-spathulata, 
1-nervia. Labellum 3.5-4 mm longum, leviter saccatum, subor- 
biculare, subacutum, intus pubescens. Gynostemium breve, 
erectum, antice ad apicem rostello obtuso tandem emarginato 
terminatum. 
Camiguin de Mindanao, Bur. Sci. 1H21 Ramos. 
Among the recorded species of this genus now known to occur in the 
Philippine Islands Goodyera Ramosii is most closely allied to G. clausa 
(A. A. Eaton) Schltr., from which it is separable by its different foliage 
and by the absence of the two fleshy appendages among the papillae on the 
inside of the saccate labellum. From the dried specimens examined the 
leaves appear to have been dark green with whitish nerves and with a broad 
band of white along the middle. The flowers appear to have been reddish. 
In the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21: 63, 
A. A. Eaton, in a paper entitled “Nomenclatorial Studies in Three Orchid 
Genera” gave his reasons for assembling under the genus Epipactis 
(Haller) Boehm, the species usually referred to Goodyera R. Br. He 
assumed that the genus Epipactis was properly made by Bohmer in 1760 
to include the species designated by Linnaeus as Satyrium repens and 
later known as Goodyera repens R. Br. Recent investigations by Dr. P. 
A. Rydberg, assisted by Dr. J. H. Barnhardt (Torreya 12:89) have re- 
vealed a reference pertinent to this subject which must have escaped 
Mr. Eaton’s attention. This reference is to Zinn’s “Catalogus Plantarum 
Horti Academic! et Agri Gottingensis.” On page 86 of this work, which 
is dated 1757, two subgenera, namely 1. Helleborine and 2. Ophrys are 
given under Epipactis. Dr. Rydberg shows quite conclusively that in view 
of this work Eaton’s treatment is untenable and that the generic name 
Epipactis is not available for the species recently removed from Goodyera. 
It would seem, then, that Goodyera must be reinstated. Peranium Salisb. 
w’as published without characterization and therefore, according to the 
Vienna Code, has no standing, although it antedates Goodyera. 
