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evident characteristic. The neuration. the form of the sepals and petals, and 
the outline of the labellum proved similar in both. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Reithley, Mary Strong Clemens s. n., Septem- 
ber, October, 1907. 
PODOCH ILUS Blume. 
Podochilus Clemensiae sp. nov. 
Planta 4 dm alta vel etiam altior, -gracilis. Folia linearia, disticha, 
4 ad 6 cm longa, 4 ad 6 mm lata,, obtusa, ad apicem inaequaliter bilobata 
cuspidata. Flores circa 20, distichi, in racemis laxis ex axillis foliorum 
emergentibus. Racemus 2.5 ad 3 cm longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae 
lanceolatae, acutae, ovariis breviores, 2 mm longae. Sepala lateralia 
ovata, acuta vel subobtusa, 3 ad 3.5 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Bepalum 
dor sale ovato-lanceolatum, lateralibus brevius. Petala oblonga, obtusa 
vel subtruncata., circa 2 mm longa, 1 mm lata. Labellum cuneatum, 
obtusum, 2 mm longum. Columna brevissima. 
Podochilus Clemensiae is a slender, extremely graceful species which sug- 
gests P. pendulus in habit, although the leaves are narrower in relation to their 
length than those of P. pendulus and longer than the racemes. The labellum 
resembles that of P. lancifolius, but is entire, and the membrane at the base 
which forms a pocket or cup is very strongly developed and extends nearly to 
the middle of the labellum. Although the racemes are prevailingly axillary, 
they are sometimes, perhaps frequently, terminal. The material at hand is very 
copiously flowered. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mary Strong Clemens s. n., September, 
1907. 
Podochilus crotalinus sp. nov. 
Glaberrimus, erectus ( ?), circa 3 dm altus, pluricaulis; foliis distichis, 
lineari-oblongis, ad vaginam articulatis, bilobulatis, nervo intermedio in 
apiculum setiforme minutum producto, basi vix attenuatis, 1 ad 2 cm 
longis, medio 3 ad 5 mm latis ; spica terminale, disticha, multiflora, 2.3 
cm longa; bracteis lanceolato-ellipticis, 8 ad 10 mm longis, florcs plus 
minusve excedentibus ; sepalis lateralibus valde obliquis, acuminatis, 
trinerviis, 6 mm longis ; sepalo intermedio ovato ; petalis lineari-oblongis 
obtusis, sepalis paulo brevioribus; labello 5 mm longo, circuito oblongo 
supra medio dilatato obscure trilobato. 
In the specimens examined the flowers are old and badly shrivelled so that 
the form of the labellum is difficult to observe. The basal half is almost rotund, 
slightly concave, the apical half is subflabelliforin and apparently truncate. Near 
the point of origin of the apical lobe or half there are two thickened lines. The 
extreme base of the lip resembles that of P. distichus Schleehter. The floral 
bracts, which are scarious and so arranged as to resemble the rattles of Crotalus 
horridus, are elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, about 6 mm wide near the base and at the 
apex subobtuse, scarcely acute, and obscurely, if at all, cuspidate. The distichous 
inflorescence is from 1.8 to 2 cm wide in its greatest diameter. The nearest 
affinity of P. crotalinus is P. distichus Schleehter. The form of the inflorescence, 
however, and the very broad floral bracts are differentiating characters. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mary Strong Clemens s. «., November, 
1906. 
