XKW OR NO'n^woirniY oi^ciiids 
including the auricles, 3-lobed, with the lateral lobes triden- 
late; lateral lobes including the auricles up to 5 mm. long, 
divided in front into three teeth of which the middle one is 
the longest and up to 2.5 mm. long, linear, acute; middle 
lobe 2.5 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, bilobulate in front or 
sometimes trilobulate, the lobules more or less obtuse. 
Auricles 2 mm. long. Column 1 mm. long. 
In the details of the labellum M. epiphyiica is very 
similar to Malaxis micrantha {Hook. /.) Ames comb. nov. 
(Microstylis micrantha Hook. f. in Hook. Icon. PI. (1889) 
1. 1834), but is clearly distinguished by the larger dowers, 
somewhat different habit and larger vegetative parts. 
Among Philippine species it is most closely related to 
Malaxis denlala Ames, from which it differs in its larger 
dowers and longer lip-segments. Another closely allied 
species is M. McGregorii Ames, from which M. epiphyiica 
differs in having a narrower labellum with shorter auricles 
and longer lip-segments. 
Pnii.ippiNES, Mindanao, Cotabato District, C. M. 
Weber 223, August 24, 1911. Epiphyte on tree trunk. 
Flowers with purple exterior and yellow interior. 2700 feet 
altitude. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 12491.) 
Malaxis lilacina Ames sp. nov. Ilerba epiphytica, 
glabra, radicibus elongatis, lanuginosis. Gardes abbreviati, 
tumidi, petiolis vaginantibus foliorum obtecti. Folia plus 
minusve radicalia, verisimiliter succulenta, lanceolata vel 
anguste elliptica, utrinque attenuata, acuminata, acuta, in 
petiolum contracta. Petioli caulem abbreviatum vagi- 
nantes. Pedunculus folia superans, bracteis lineari-tri- 
angularibus demum valde dedexis obtectus, paene usque 
ad basim dorifer. Flores in racemo dense dispositi. Sepala 
lateralia elliptica, obtusa, uninervia vel obscure trinervia. 
Sepalum dorsale anguste ellipticum, obtusum. Petala 
lineari-oblonga, obtusa, uninervia, margine valde revoluta. 
Labellum cordatum, auriculis valde elongatis post col- 
umnam extensis triangularibus obtusis, antice bilobulatum, 
obtusum, ante foveam callo transverse instructum. Col- 
umna generis. 
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