NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Epiphytic herb 18 cm. tall to the Lip of the raceme. 
Roots fibrous, lanuginose, spreading. Stems abbreviated, 
tumid at the base, about 2 cm. long, covered by the sheath¬ 
ing petioles. Leaves three to five, more or less radical, ap¬ 
proximate; lamina 4-12 cm. long, 1.7-5 cm. wide, elliptic 
lanceolate, acuminate, acute, gradually narrowed toward 
the base. Petioles about 2 cm. long, dilated at the base. 
Peduncle with the raceme 10-15 cm. long, floriferous almost 
to the base, only slightly exceeding the leaves, the floral 
bracts becoming strongly deflexed as the flowers mature 
and fall off. Bracts about 5 mm. long, narrowly triangular, 
acute. Lateral sepals 2 m.m. long, 1.5 mm. wide, elliptical, 
obtuse, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves sometimes obscure. 
Dorsal sepal 3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide at the middle, el¬ 
liptic-oblong, obtuse. Petals 2.5 mm. long, hardly 1 mm. 
wide, linear-oblong, obtuse, with the margin strongly 
revolute, 1-nerved. Labellum including the auricles 3.5 mm. 
long, 2.5 mm. wide near the base of the column, cordate with 
the apex obtusely bilobulate; auricles 1.24 mm. long, about 
1 mm. wide, narrowly triangular, obtuse. Disc with a 
transverse callus in front of the fovea near the base of the 
column. Column 1.25 mm. long, auricles thickened. 
The nearest ally of this species is Malaxis negrosiana 
Ames, which has larger flowers, with the auricles of the 
labellum 3 mm. long. 
Philippines, Leyte, C. A. Wenzel ()6il, November 12, 
1914. Epiphyte. Flowers lilac. 600 meters altitude. (Type 
in Herb. Ames No. 16681): Wenzel 0667, November 15, 
1914. Epiphyte in forest. Flowers purple. 600 meters 
altitude. Panay, Antique Province, Richard C. McGregor 
6205, June 20, 1918. Mossy forest on ridge east of Culasi. 
900 meters altitude. 
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Malaxis Maxonii Arnes sp. nov. Radices fibratae, 
villosae. Rhizoma repens, validum. Caules pseudobulbosi 
demum valde incrassati, obpyriformes, vaginis arete ap- 
pressis obtecti. Folia duo, elliptico-ovata vel ovata, acuta, 
membranacea, in petiolos elongatos producta. Pedunculus 
erectus, foliis longior, conspicue alatus. Infloresccntia 
