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ad 17 cm longus, gracilis, multiflorus. Sepala lateralia oblongi- 
elliptica, valde obtusa, 2 mm longa, 1.5 mm lata, membranacea. 
Sepalum dorsale simile circiter 2.5 mm longum. Petala linearia 
obtusa circiter 2 mm longa. Labellum antice 3-lobatum et biden- 
tatum: lobus medius 1 mm longus, leviter retusus, rotundatus, 
lobi laterales acuti; in sinu utroque prope basim lobi medii dens 
stat ; auriculae magnae, obtusae, 2 mm longae. Ad basim labelli, 
prope columnam, callus cucullatus. Gynostemium breve, auri- 
culis obtusis. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 52, November 29, 1912, in soil in deep 
shade of forest. 
The lobing of the labellum recalls Malaxis commelinifolia (Zoll.) 0. 
Ktze., although there is no close relationship between the two species. Mr. 
Wenzel’s field notes indicate that the color of the fiowers in living spe- 
cimens is brownish-yellow. 
3. MALAXIS WENZELII sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris in sylvis umbrosis, 2.5-3. 1 dm alta, foliosa. 
Caulis abbreviatus, circiter 9 cm longus, 6-8-foliatu^. Folia 
petiolata, chartacea, elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, usque 
ad 1.5 dm longa cum petiolo, 4 cm. lata. Petiolus canaliculatus 
cum vagina tubulosa. Inflorescentia erecta ; racemus cum pedun- 
culo 1. 5-2.3 dm longus, laxe multiflorus. Bracteae elongatae, 
subreflexae, lineariae. Sepala lateralia elliptico-ovata, obtusa, 
3 mm longa, circiter 2 mm lata, 3-nervia. Sepalum dorsale 
elliptico-oblongum, obtusum, 4 mm longum. Petala lineari- 
oblonga, ad apicem irregulariter truncata, uninervia, circiter 4 
mm longa, usque ad 1 mm lata. Labellum basi sagittatum, antice 
quadridentatum, dentes lineares, subfalcati, exteriores 1.5-2 mm 
longi, interiores circiter 1 mm longi. Auriculae anguste triangu- 
lares, acutae, 4 mm longae. Lamina fovea elliptica, margins 
hippocrepiforme-incrassata donata. Gynostemium breve, auri- 
culis obtusis. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel SJt, October 21, 1912, in deep shade of 
forest, alt. 60 flower pink and green, with rank odor. 
Malaxis Wenzelii appears to be near Microstylis retusus J. J. Smith, 
from which it differs in the form and distribution of the teeth of the 
labellum. In addition to the four terminal teeth of the labellum in M. 
Wenzelii sometimes an additional, very short, tooth occurs laterally or 
between the middle pair. 
CESTICHIS Pfitzer 
CESTICHIS FRAGILIS sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma repens. Pseudobulbi ±5 cm dis- 
tantes, 3.5-4 cm longi, graciles, infra aliquanto incrassati, vaginis 
laxis vestiti, monophylli. Folium subcoriaceum, usque ad 18 cm 
