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nervosa, chartacea. Pedunculus erectns, 8-15 cm longus, foliis longior. 
Racemus cylindricus,, sublaxiflorus, 3-7.5 cm longus, in sicco 1.5 cm in 
diametro. Bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, circiter 6 mm longae, 
dependentes. Flores numerosi, fusco-virides vel purpurase'entes. Bepala 
lateralia elliptica, circiter 2 mm longa, 1.5 mm lata, 1-nervia. Sepalwn 
dorsale ovatum, 2.5 mm longum, 1-1.25 mm latum, obtusum, 1-nervium. 
Petala linearia, obtusa, 1-nervia, circiter 2.5 mm longa, 0.75 mm lata. 
Labellum obscure trilobatum, concavum, late cordato-hastatum, 2.5 mm 
longum, 3 mm latum; l obis lateralibus vix distinctis, rotundatis; lobus 
medius rotundatus, obtusus, callo crescentiforme in margine. Columna 
brevis, crassiuscula. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 8362 McGregor, June, 1909, 
altitude 2,100 m. 
The material at hand exhibits a wide range of variation in measurements. 
The labellum is round heart-shaped or broadly and bluntly hastate. From the 
base a distinct vein emerges on each side and extends round the circular de- 
pression of the lip and is thickened along the innner margin of the middle lobe 
to form a crescent-shaped membranaceous callus. 
Mai ax is Curran ii sp. nov. 
Aft. M. latifoliae, at triplo minor. Herba usque ad 2 dm alta, 
gracilis, folia 3. Gaulis ±3 cm longus vix incrassatus. Folia lanceolata, 
acuminata, acuta, breviter petiolata, 5-10 cm longa, circiter 1.5 cm lata, 
chartacea, nervosa. Pedunculus gracilis, angulatus, foliis longior, 9-15 
cm longus. Racemus compactus, cylindricus, 1-2.5 cm longus, 5 mm in 
diametro ; flores plures, parvi, luteo-virides. Bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 
setaceae. Sepala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 3-nervia, 3 mm longa, 
1.5 mm lata. Bepalum dorsale simile. Petala lineari-oblanceolata, acuta, 
1-nervia, 3 mm longa, 0.5 mm lata. Labellum cymbiforme, 2 mm lon- 
gum, auriculis parvis, apice trilobo, lobis lateralibus obtusis, medio sub- 
acuto longiore, lanceolato; lobi laterales minuti; lobus medius 1 mm 
longus. Columna brevis. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, For. Bur. 5105 Curran, August 16, 1906, open pine 
forest. 
The differences between M . Currami and typical M. latifolia are chiefly 
habital. The habit of the species here proposed is quite distinctive. The floral 
details, however, are not sufficiently unlike M. latifolia to be easily emphasized 
in a description. The shorter, more slender peduncle and raceme, and the acute 
middle lobe of the labellum must be relied on in differentiating the Philippine 
material from typical M. latifolia. 
Malaxis latifolia Smith in Rees’s Cycl. 22, No. 3. 
Microstylis congesta Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6: 206. 
Malaxis plicata Roxb. FI. Ind. 3: 456. 
Dienia congesta Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1936. 
