NEW 0I-! NOTEWOHTOY 01U:H1DS 
Column terminated by a membranaceous, Iriparlile ros- 
tellum. Capsule about 4 mm. long, provided with numerous 
blunt excrescences. [Fig. S.] 
Philippines, Leyte, C. A. Wenzel 0262, February 11, 
1914. Epiphyte in forest. 750 meters altitude. (Type in 
Herb. Ames No. 2()30()): Wenzel 0870, February 15, 1915. 
700 meters altitude. 
Appendicula cuneata Ames sp. nov. Radices elon- 
gatae, villosae. Caules breves vel elongati, valde variabiles, 
a basi usque ad apicem foliosi, vaginis foliorum omnino ob- 
tecti. Folia disticha, oblique ascendentia, inter se satis 
distantia, oblongo-elliptica, apice bilobulata apiculo inter- 
jecto, marginc apicali obscure erosa, nervo medio promi- 
nenti. Pedunculus terminalis, raro lateralis, gracilis, raro 
ramosus, usque ad basim floriger, plus minusve vigintillorus, 
lloribus in racemo elongate gracili dispositis, illis A. xytrio- 
phorae vix majoribus. Racemus per longum Lempus apice 
alabastro bractea arete incluso terminalus videtur. Brac- 
teae racemi demum oblique patentes, valde concavae, 
acutae. Rachis racemi leviter fractillexa. Ovarium bractea 
subtendenti vix longius. Sepala lateralia mentum forman- 
tia, late triangularia, subacuta, trinervia. Mentum ob- 
tusum, ovarium aeqiians. Sepalum dorsale elliptico-ovatum, 
obtusum, valde concavum, trinervium. Petala oblongo- 
spathulata vel oblongo-cuneata, apice valde obtuso vel 
obtuse trilobulato. Labellum obscure oblongo-pandura- 
tum, apice truncatum, supra basim callo hippocrepiformi 
ornatum. Columna in pedem elongatum producta, rostello 
breviter excise. 
Epiphytic herb 14-28 cm. tall. Roots fibrous, spreading, 
at least the upper portion villose. Stems unbranched, 
caespitose, 1-2 mm. in diameter, entirely concealed by the 
sheathing bases of the leaves, leafy to the summit. Leaves 
distichous, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 5-9 mm. wide at the middle, de¬ 
creasing in size very gradually toward the summit and base 
of the stem, oblong-elliptical, bilobed at the apex with a 
bristle-like apicule projecting between the lobes and with 
the apical margin somewhat erose or denticulate, narrowed 
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