NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Malaxis bulusanensis Ames sp. nov. Caulis foliis 
radicalibus brevior, di- vel triphyllus, basi plus minusve 
tumidus. Folia elliptico-lanceolata vel elliptica, acuta, 
gradatim in peliolum conlracla, membranacea, in sicco 
valdc chartacea, multinervia. Petiolus caulem vaginans, 
amplus. Pedunculus elongatus, folia multo excedens, infra 
racemum paucibracleatus. Racemus elongatus bracteis 
flores subtcndentibus valde deflexis, triangulari-linearibus. 
Sepala lateralia elliptica, apice cucullata, valde obtusa, 
quadrinervia. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, obtusum, tri- 
nervium, margine revoluta. Petala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 
unincrvia, margine valde revoluta. Labellum antice octo- vel 
decemdentatum, post columnam in auriculas permagnas 
longe triangulas productum. Discus ante foveam callo 
transverse instructus. Columna generis. 
Roots fibrous, villose. Stems about 4.5 cm. tall, 
2-3-lcaved, more or less tumid at the base, concealed by 
sheathing petioles. Lamina of the leaves 9-13.5 cm. long, 
up to 5.5 cm. wide, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptical, acute, 
membranaceous, many-nerved, gradually contracted into 
wide petioles which become sheathing at the base. Pedun¬ 
cles up to 35 cm. long, much exceeding the leaves, with a 
few linear bracts below the raceme, longitudinally and shal¬ 
lowly sulcate. Racemes up to 21 cm. long, very slender, 
about 1 cm. in diameter, many-flowered, flowers opening 
in succession. Bracts of the raceme about 5 mm. long, nar¬ 
rowly triangular-lanceolate, acute, sharply deflexed. Ovary 
6-winged, curved. Lateral sepals 5 mm. long, elliptical, 
cucullate at the tip, 4-nerved. Dorsal sepal 6 mm. long, 
about 2 mm. wide near the middle, oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved, 
margin revolute. Petals 5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved, margin revolute. Labellum in¬ 
cluding the auricles 9 mm. long, 5.5 mm. wide in front of the 
column, coarsely 8-10-toothed or lobulate in front, cordate- 
sagittate in outline; auricles 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, tri¬ 
angular, subacute, prolonged behind the column. Disc with 
a small transverse thickening or callus in front of the shallow' 
fovea. Column 2 mm. long. 
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