NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, II. 
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In liis description of D. acuminatum in “Orchis,” Dr. Kranzlin gives the length 
of the sepals and petals as 3 to 3.5 cm. In the plate which accompanies his 
description the lateral sepals exceed 4.5 cm in length and in one flowet are 5 cm 
long. Dr. Kranzlin’s plate on the other hand portrays D. Lyonii which produces 
larger flowers than D. acuminatum. 
Notwithstanding Dr. Kranzlin’s remarks regarding the color of the flowers of 
D. acuminatum and D. Lyonii no change is necessary in the descriptions pub- 
lished in “Orchidaceae.” D. Lyonii bears purplish flowers according to Mr. Lyon’s 
notes and the type material. D. acuminatum has whitish or yellowish sepals and 
petals and a deeper-colored labellum (brownish when dry). 
In Fedde’s “Repertorium novarum Speeierum regni vegetabilis,” 2 Dr. Kranzlin 
takes up the name Sarcopodium and refers to it in addition to a new species, 
namely S. stella silvae, Dendrobium acuminatum and D. Lyonii. This last he now 
calls Sarcopodium acuminatum var. Lyonii! Sarcopodium stella silvae was col- 
lected in Luzon by A. Lolier and is described as a near affinity of Dendrobium 
acuminatum. 
Dendrobium Sanderae Rolfe in Gard. Chron. Ill 45 (1909) 374, /ip. 163; 
Orchid Review 17 (1909) 209, fig. 17. 
I refer to this species two specimens of Dendrobium from Luzon. My material 
agrees with Mr. Rolfe’s description and with the illustration which accompanies it. 
No habitat is given for Dendrobium Sanderae either in the “Gardeners’ Chronicle” 
or in the “Orchid Review,” so that we may presume that the place of origin of 
the species is unknown to Mr. Rolfe or- else a trade secret. Mr. Rolfe received 
the type material from Messrs. Sander and Sons of St. Albans, England, who 
probably introduced it from the East Indies, as it is nearly allied to Dendrobium 
Dearei and D. parthenium. The petals of the Philippine material are white, 
about 4 cm long, and nearly 3 cm wide, rounded at the tip and cuneate at the 
base. The white sepals are much narrower than the petals and are acute. The 
middle lobe of the labellum is obcordate or obovate with the margin dentate or 
crenate. The lateral lobes are much smaller than the middle one and rounded. 
The throat and lateral lobes are conspicuously striated with purple. In habit 
D. Sanderae resembles D. Dearei very closely. The flowers, however, are larger 
than those of the older species. The striations on the labellum help to distinguish 
the one from the other. D. Dearei has a white and yellow labellum. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 3407 Hearns, July, 1907 : District of 
Lepanto-Bontoe, Bur. Sci. 5614 Dean G. Worcester, July, 1908, “flowers white, 
faint odor, throat and tube with purple lines inside:” northern Luzon, W. S. Lyon 
114 , on pine trees, altitude. 1,000 to 1,200 m. 
ER I A Lindl. 
Eria philippinensis Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 94. 
To this species I refer, with some hesitation, specimens from Benguet which 
Curran and Merritt collected in December, 1908. The flowers are much larger 
than in the type, the labellum measures 9 mm in length. The color of the 
flowers is a deep-wine-purple. Near the apex of the labellum there is a linear 
thickening. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Lusod-Bayabas trail, For. Bur. 15717 Curran & 
Merritt, December 16, 1908, altitude 1500 m, flowers deep-coral-red. 
2 7: 40. (April, 1909.) 
