NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
3.5-4 mm. long, 3 mm. wide across the middle, more or less 
rhombic in outline from a broad base, 2 mm. wide near the 
blunt or truncate apex, with a small papilliform callus on 
the upper surface near the tip, 7-nerved. Disc ornamented 
near the base with a large U-shaped callus, the arms or sides 
of the callus extending to the middle of the labellum and 
more or less convergent. Column produced into a distinct, 
elongated foot. 
The closest allies of Appendicula leijtensis are A. cuneata 
Ames and A. xyiriophora Reichb. f. From the former it is 
readily separated by the elliptic-oblong petals and rhombic 
labellum. From A. xijtriophora it differs in the simple stems, 
purplish rather than yellowish flowers, and in the tendency 
of the leaves to dry olivaceous green. Another difference be¬ 
tween A. leijtensis and A. xijtriophora which is constant in 
the specimens examined is the erose margin of the tips of the 
leaves in the latter species, the margin of the leaf in A. 
leytensis being entire or nearly so. [Fig. 9, flower.] 
Philippines, Leyte, C. A. Wenzel 0359, March 15, 1914. 
Epiphyte in forest. Sepals purple, petals purple and yellow, 
lip yellow. 500 meters allitude. (Typic in Herb. Ames No. 
26662): Wenzel 0364, March 17, 1914. Sepals flesh color, 
petals flesh color and purple, lip purple. 500 meters alti¬ 
tude: Wenzel 0283, February 23, 1914. Sepals purple, 
petals flesh color, lip yellow. 
Agrostophyllum Elmer! Ames sp. nov. Caules elon- 
gati, foliosi, complanati, vaginis foliorum omnino obtecti. 
Folia oblongo-ligulata, utrinque angustata, coriacea. In- 
florescenfia capitata, bracteosa. Pediccllus valde trialatus. 
Ovarium plus minusve trigonum. Sepala lateralia cymbi- 
formia, lanceolata, extus per medium carinata, apicc valde 
incrassata et lateraliter compressa. Sepalum dorsale lanceo- 
latum, apice leviter incrassatum, ecarinatum. Pctala an- 
guste lanceolata, acuta, sepalis vix breviora. Labellum 
panduratum, basi valde concavum, carnosum, margine 
hypochilii erecta; epichilio orbiculari, septemnervio. Dis¬ 
cus propc basim epichilii septo transverso calloso inslructus. 
Columna apice tridentata. 
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