NKW OR NOTKWOHTIIY ORCHIDS 
Benlh. The labellum is very different from the labellum 
of typical II. lacertifera as the lateral lobes are shorter and 
smaller than the middle lobe (sometimes much shorter). 
Unless II. lacertifera is a much more variable species than 
we now know it to be, it would be unwise to merge the 
Philippine ally with it. In my studies of specimens of H. 
intrudens from Rizal Province I have found that the lateral 
lobes are sometimes relatively shorter when contrasted with 
the middle lobe than the above description of the type in¬ 
dicates. In II. lacertifera the lateral lobes of the labellum 
are normally much longer than the middle one, often 
fdiform. [Fig. l.\ 
Philippines, Luzon, Rizal Province, Antipolo, M. 
Ramos, Bureau of Science 21999, October 1913. Flowers 
white. In thick forest. 100 meters altitude. (Type in 
Herb. Ames No. 15455): Luzon, Bulacan Province, Angat, 
M. Ramos, Bureau of Science 21706, September 27, 1913. 
Flowers white. 90 meters altitude: Luzon, Benguet 
Province, Baguio, II. M. Curran, Forestri/ Bureau 5085, 
August 24, 1906. Flowers white. Pine woods, ridges: 
R. S. Williams 1933, October 6, 1904. Flowers white. 
Isotria verticillata (Willd.) Raf. in A4ed. Repos. 
N. Y. 5 (1808) 357. 
The accompanying figure represents a two-flowered 
specimen of the species in which fasciation has taken place. 
4Te pedicels of the flowers and the basal portion of the 
ovaries have become united. My records do not show that 
a similar type of fasciation has been reported for Isotria 
verticillata. [Fig. 2.] 
Massachusetts, North Easton, II. Walter Child & 
Oakes Ames. May 29, 1923. 
Galeola philippinensis Ames sp. nov. Herba scan- 
dens, verisimiliter aphylla. Caules validi, nodis radicanti- 
bus. Inflorescentia ampla, bracteis foliosis ramos sub- 
Lendenlibus. Sepala lateralia carnosa, concava, supra 
medium dilatata, obtusa vel subacuta. Sepalum dorsale 
oblongum, utrinque attenuatum, apice cucullatum, sep- 
