NEW OR NO'rEWOlVrilY ORCHIDS 
Appendicula leytensis Ames sp. nov. Herba epi- 
phyLica. Radices villosae, libratae. Caules simplices, caes- 
pilosi, foliosi, vaginis folioriim omnino obtecti. Folia ellip- 
tico-oblonga, disticha, apice bilobata apiculo interjecto, 
margine apicali vix erosa, basi leviter angiistata, in sicco 
olivacea. Pedunculus terminalis, simplex, raro lateralis, 
paene usque ad basim lloriger. Racemus per longum tempus 
alabastro bractea arete incluso apice terminatus videtur, 
multitlorus, floribus illis A. xijtriophorae vix minoribus. Se- 
pala purpurea, lateralibus mentum obtusum formantibus, 
triangularibus, obtusis, trinerviis, nervo medio plus minusve 
prominenti. Sepalum dorsale valde concavum, ellipticum, 
subacuLum. Petala elliptico-oblonga, apice rotundato-ob- 
Lusa, trinervia. Labellum simplex, subrhombicum, valde 
obtusum vel truncatum, prope apicem callo minuto papilli- 
formi ornatum, prope basim callo hippocrepiformi vel 
IJ-formi ornatum. Columna abbreviata. 
Epiphytic herb. Roots fibrous, at least the upper por¬ 
tion villose. Stems caespitose, simple, leafy from base to 
summit, 14-26 cm. long, completely concealed by the sheath¬ 
ing bases of tlie leaves. Leaves 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, 
elliptic-oblong, bilobulate at the summit with an apicule 
between the lobules, olivaceous when dry, hardly decreasing 
in size from the middle of the stem toward the base and 
summit, distichous. Peduncle with the raceme about 8 cm. 
long, lloriferous almost to the base, the flowerless portion 
equaling the subtending leaf. Raceme elongating as the 
flowers expand (ripe capsules being present simultaneously 
with opening buds), bearing twenty or more purple and 
yellow flowers. Bracts of the raceme 1-3 mm. long, lanceo¬ 
late, soon strongly dellexed, about equaling the pedicellate 
ovary during an thesis, bracts below the raceme up to 8 mm. 
long, several, linear-lanceolate, ascending. Lateral sepals 
3-3.5 mm. long, forming a blunt mentum, about 3 mm. 
wide, broadly triangular, obtuse or subacute, 3-nerved, with 
the mid-nerve more or less prominent on the outer surface. 
Mentum 2 mm. long. Dorsal sepal 3 mm. long, elliptic, con¬ 
cave. Petals about 3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide at the middle, 
elliptic-oblong, round-obtuse at the tip, 3-nerved. Labellum 
