Orchids from Ponape — Hawkes 
Phreatia Goodspeediana A. D. Hawkes, sp. 
nov. (§ Euphreatid) 
Herba parva epiphytica caespitosa, usque 
ad 6.5 cm. alta. Rhizoma abbreviatissima, 
cataphyllis scariosis obtecta. Caules fere 
deficientes. Folia parva, 4. 5-6. 5 cm. longa, 
3-4.5 mm. lata, rigide erecta, coriacea, 
lineari-ligulata, obtusa vel apiculata, inaequa- 
liter bilobata, basi pseudopetiolata articulata, 
vagina ca. 6 mm. longa, 3-3.5 mm. lata, 
scariosa, conduplicata. Inflorescentia 5 cm. 
longa, lateralis, erecta, apice valde reflexa, 
secunda, apice racemosa. Bracteae erectae, 
5 mm. longae, basi 1 mm. latae, linear!- ensi- 
formae, longe-acuminatae, apice leviter tor- 
tuosae. Flores 1 mm. longi, numerosi, 
fragili. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, acuminatum, 
1 mm. longum, 0.25 mm. latum. Sepala later- 
alia ovato-elliptica usque ad obovata, acumi- 
nata, 1 mm. longa, ca. 0.5 mm. lata. Petala 
ovata, acuto-acuminata, leviter inflecta, 0.25 
mm. longa, insigniter minus lata. Labellum 
1.25 mm. longum, ca. 0.75 mm. latum expan- 
sum, obscure trilobulatum, oblongo-ellipti- 
cum, obtuso-apiculatum, disco leviter crasso. 
Dwarf caespitose epiphytic herb to 6.5 cm.- 
tall when in flower. Rhizome very abbrevi- 
ated, obscured by sheathing scarious deteri- 
orating bracts and copious flexuose slender 
roots. Stems mostly absent. Leaves few (6 in 
our specimen), 4. 5-6. 5 cm. long, 3-4.5 mm. 
broad, mostly rigidly erect, coriaceous, lin- 
ear-ligulate, obtuse to apiculate and un- 
equally bilobate apically, pseudopetiolate 
basally and articulate there, the basal sheath- 
ing portion about 6 mm. long and 3-3.5 mm. 
broad, scarious, conduplicate. Inflorescence 
5 cm. long, lateral, erect, the tip sharply re- 
flexed, mostly secund, apical portion race- 
mose. Floral bracts mostly erect, 5 mm. long, 
less than 1 mm. broad at base, linear-ensi- 
form, long-acuminate, the apex rather tor- 
tuose. Pedicellate ovaries vaguely arcuate, 
1.25 mm. long. Flowers 1 mm. long, ”trans- 
lucent green” [fide collector], numerous, 
fragile in texture. Dorsal sepal ovate, acumin- 
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ate, 1 mm. long, 0.25 mm. broad. Lateral 
sepals ovate- elliptic to obovate, acuminate, 
1 mm. long, about 0.5 mm. broad, minutely 
coherent basally, forming a blunt mentum 
about 0.5 mm. long. Petals ovate, acute- 
acuminate, slightly upcurving, 0.25 mm. 
long, much less broad. Lip 1.25 mm. long, 
about 0.75 mm. broad when expanded, ob- 
scurely trilobulate, oblong-elliptic, some- 
what bluntly apiculate, with a single median 
thickening on the disc. 
Mt. Tolotom, 1,700 ft. alt.: on trunk of 
fallen hardwood, epiphytic. Flower trans- 
lucent green. August, 1950, P. A. Adams 2, 
TYPE, deposited in the Herbarium of the 
University of California at Berkeley (916891). 
Living material is being grown in the collec- 
tions of the Botanical -Garden of the Univer- 
sity of California at Berkeley. 
Phreatia Goodspeediana is an unusual cluster- 
forming dwarf epiphyte of singular beauty. 
Its closest alliance is apparently with the 
Ponapean P. pseudo-Thompsonii Tuyama, 
though it differs from that species in its some- 
what smaller size, the secund inflorescence, 
smaller flowers of a green instead of white 
color, the segments of which are of different 
shape. It is with pleasure that I dedicate this 
attractive novelty to Dr. T. Harper Good- 
speed, Professor of Botany and Director of 
the Botanical Garden of the University of 
California at Berkeley, through whose efforts 
and kindness the present collection of Pona-* 
pean Orchidaceae came into my hands. 
Phreatia ladronica Tuyama, Bot. Mag. 
[Tokyo] 54: 277, 279, in clavi, 1940. 
Mt. Sankaku, 1,100 ft. alt.: on tree trunks, 
with lichens, #27 {Oheronia Hosokawae Fuku- 
yama) , #24 (Bulhophyllum Gibbonianum Schltr.) , 
and Bird’s Nest Ferns {Asplenium nidus L.). 
Flower translucent green, epiphytic. August, 
1950, P. A. Adams 26. 
An unusually interesting species, the foli- 
age of which, upon drying, becomes almost 
