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AMES. 
shorter than the scape, sheathing at base. Petiole narrow, sul- 
cate. Scape slender, tomentose, up to 4 dm long. Bracts closely 
appressed, sheathing, 1 to 2 cm long, acute, the lower ones 
subacute or rounded at the tip, sparsely pubescent. Raceme 4 to 
9 cm long, densely many-flowered, bracts of the raceme lance- 
olate, 6 to 10 mm long. Pedicel and ovary about 1.5 cm long, 
slender, exceeding the bracts. Floivers 1 to 1.5 cm across, 
odorless, white, labellum purplish. Lateral sepals elliptic-lan- 
ceolate, acute, 6 to 8 mm long, 3 to 5 mm wide. Petals oblong, 
slightly dilated near the middle, truncate, apiculate, 3-nerved, 
5 to 8 mm long, 2.5 to 3.5 mm wide. Lahellum 1 cm long, 4-lobed. 
Basal lobes oblong, subfalcate, rounded at the tip, 4 mm long, 
about 2 mm wide, toothed in front, or almost entire, apical lobes 
3 mm long, 3 mm wide across the tip, divaricate, cuneate, fla- 
bellate, margin lacerate-dentate, papillate. In front of the col- 
umn on the disk two rows of flattened, elongated calli are sit- 
uated. Column about 3 mm long, fleshy; ovary pubescent. 
Spur cylindric, or subscrotiform, 4 to 5 mm long. Pollinia 8 
(4 large, 4 small). 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Elmer D. Merrill ^756, November 
8, 1905, terrestrial in mossy forest along the trail, about 2,050 m above sea 
level: Province of Tayabas, Mount Banahao, H. N. Whitford 960, at 1,700 
m above sea level: Lepanto Subprovince, Mount Data, Elmer D. Merrill 
iS82, November 4, 1905, in damp shaded ravine, mossy forest, about 2,100 m 
above sea level. 
The specimen collected on Mount Banahao, by Whitford, has broader 
leaves than the type (5 cm), but appears to be similar in the details of 
the flower. • 
Calanthe Ramosii sp. nov. 
Planta foliosa. Folia oblongi-lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, 
nervosa, in petiolum vaginantem angustata. Scapus tomentosus, 
elongatus, bracteis bene appressis, obtusis, vaginantibus, tubula- 
ribus. Bracteae inflorescentiae deciduae. Racemus laxus, pedi- 
celliis cum ovario pubescens. Sepala lateralia extus pubescen- 
tia, anguste lanceolata, acuminata. Sepalum dorsale simile. 
Petala lineari-lanceolata, acuta. Labellum 3-lobatum. Lobi 
laterales acuti. Lobiis medius valde emarginatus, apiculatus, 
crenulatus. In disco ultra columna utroque callus carinatus. 
Calcar o. 
Plant leafy, from stout elongated roots. Stem thickened at 
base, attenuated, about 15 cm long, terminated by 3 to 5 leaves. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, about 2 dm long, up 
to 3 cm wide, plicate, sheathing, conspicuously 5-nerved, with 
numerous less conspicuous nerves. Scape longer than the leaves. 
