NEW OR NOTKWOR'J'IIY OI-tCIlIDS 
Allied to Malaxis Tai]lorii Ames, from which it differs 
in the structure of the labellum. 
Philippines, Luzon, Sorsogon Province, Irosin, Mount 
Bulusan, A. D. E. Elmer 14702, October 1915. (Type in 
Herb. Ames No. 26317): Elmer 14830, November 1915. 
Malaxis epiphytica Ames sp. nov. Ilerba epiphytica, 
glabra. Radices incrassatae, lanuginosae. Folia conferta 
subrosulata, ascendentia, elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, 
acuta, basi in petiolum sulcatum contracta, subtus purpurea, 
omnia tenuia. Pedunculus demum folia superans, infra ra- 
cemum paucibracteatus, bracteis linearibus acutis nonnihil 
dependentibus. Racemus multiflorus, elongatus. Bracteae 
intlorescentiae lineares, acutae. Flores extus purpurei, 
glabri. Sepala lateralia elliptica, obtusa, concava, trinervia. 
Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ellipticum, utrinque leviter at- 
tenuatum, trinervium. Petala anguste oblonga, obtusa, 
uninervia. Labellum trilobatum; lobis lateralibus antice 
longe tridentatis; lobo medio bi-vel tridentato. Auriculae 
labelli post columnam extensae, obtuse triangulares. Col- 
umna generis. 
Epiphytic herb 26 cm. tall to the tip of the raceme. 
Roots up to to cm. long, fleshy, covered with matted, woolly 
hairs. Stems concealed by the sheathing leaves, stout, erect. 
Leaves crowded at the base of the plant, about eight in 
number, increasing in size upwards, 9-20 cm. long, 2-5.2 cm. 
wide, smooth, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, in living 
specimens bronzy green above and purplish beneath, delicate 
in texture, ascending, contracted at base in sheathing pet¬ 
ioles. Peduncle about 20 cm. long, with several linear acute 
bracts below' the raceme. Raceme 6 cm. or more long, the 
flow'ers opening in succession, the (lowering period being a 
long one. Bracts of the raceme up to 1 cm. long, linear, 
acute, exceeding the slender ovary. Pedicel wdth the 
6-winged ovary 5.5 mm. long. Lateral sepals 4-4.5 mm. 
long, about 3 mm. wide, elliptical, obtuse, strongly concave, 
3-nerved. Dorsal sepal 4.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, oblong- 
elliptical. obtuse, 3-nerved. Petals 4 mm. long, 1 mm. wade, 
narrowly oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved. Labellum 6 mm. long 
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