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duratum, valde obtusum, carinae 2 canaliculo separate a basi 
ad medium labellum extensae. Gynostemium breve, circiter 2 
mm longum, crassum, stelidia in media columna inserta, ala 
apicalis retusa vel bidentata. 
Mindanao, Subprovince of Agusan, Cabadbaran, C. M. Weber 59, March, 
1911. 
Dendrochilum Weberi is the first representative of § Eudendrochilum 
which has been reported from the Philippine Islands. In general habit 
it resembles D. aurantiacum Bl. very closely, but in the details of the flower 
it is quite distinct. According to notes made by Mr. Weber the flowers 
are cream-colored. In dried specimens they are brownish. By the addition 
of D. Weberi to the genus every section of Dendrochilum is now represented 
in the Philippines, the sections Acoridium and Platyclinis by numerous 
species, § Pseudacoridium by D. Woodianum and § Eudendrochilum by D. 
Weberi. 
MALAXIS Swartz 
1. MALAXIS ARIETINA sp. nov. 
Caulis subincrassatus, 3-5 cm altus, bracteis subarcte appressis 
vaginantibus tectus. Folia chartacea, late ovato-lanceolata, 
acuminata, acuta, breviter petiolata, 2.5-10 cm longa, 1-4.8 cm 
lata, subcordata. Pedunculus cum racemo 9-26 cm longus, 
gracilis. Racemus laxiflorus usque ad 15 cm longus. Flores 
succedanei, eodem tempore perpauci aperti. Bracteae inflores- 
centiae retroflexae, lanceolatae, valde acute, 1-4 mm longae, 
pedicellis breviores. Sepala lateralia suborbicularia, nervosa, 
4 mm longa, 4 mm lata. Sepalum dorsale ovato-lanceolatum, 6 
mm longum, 4.5 mm latum, acutum. Petala linearia, 6 mm longa, 
1-nervia. Labellum sagittatum, arietinum, apiculatum, auriculis 
oblongi-falcatis, 4 mm longis. Gynostemium crassum auriculis 
obtusis divergentibus. 
Camiguin de Mindanao, Bur. Sci. 1H18 Ramos, March-April, 1912. 
The labellum is quite distinctive, the auricles being strongly curved and 
in conjunction with the terminal portion resembling a ram’s head. In dried 
specimens the flowers are yellowish, six or seven being open at the same 
time. In mature specimens flowers and fruit are present together. Each 
plant bears two or three leaves. 
2. MALAXIS LONGIPEDUNCULATA sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris. Caulis gracilis, foliosus. Folia 6, membran- 
acea cum petiolo usque ad 9.5 longa, 2.3-3. 1 cm lata, lamina 
ovato-lanceolata, circiter 8 cm longa, in sicco nervosa, acumi- 
nata, acuta. Petioli vaginantes, sulcati. Pedunculus 2.5-2. 6 cm 
longus, bracteis dependentibus, linearibus vel lanceolatis, 4-5 mm 
longis, acuminatis. Flores succedanei, flavidi. Racemus usque 
