Mcw OR NOTKwoiri'iiY oiu:iiins 
on the outer surface. Petals 4 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide 
near the middle, narrowly lanceolate, acute, 3-ncrved, mem¬ 
branaceous. Labellum 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide above the 
base, shortly unguiculale, with the claw ascending from the 
foot of the column; lamina simple, lanceolate, heavily cari¬ 
nate along the middle beneath, with the apex thickened and 
triquetrous. Disc bicarinate below the middle of the la¬ 
bellum, with the surface between the keels glandulose. 
Column 2 mm. long, dilated upwards, produced into a 
distinct foot. 
Closely allied to Ceralostijlis pcndula Hook, f., but with 
larger flowers. 
PniLippiNiis, Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount 
Dumalucpihan, M. Bamos & G. Edano, Bureau of Science 
39015, .July 28, 1920. 5000 feet altitude. (Typk in Herb. 
Bur. Sci. Dupi.icatk TVPii in Herb. Ames No. 26,3,30.) 
Stelis cucullata Ames sp. nov. Badices graciles, fi- 
bratae. Caules secundarii elongati, graciles, crecti, vaginis 
tubulatis instruct!, monophylli. Folium lineare, usque ad 
basim leviter angustatum, apice apiculatum, vix in petiolum 
contractum. Pedunculi cum racemo elongati, folium aequan- 
tes vcl excedentes. Bracteae racemi oblicjue infundibuli- 
formes, scariosae. Sepala lateralia ovata, acuta, carnosa, 
extus per medium aliquando leviter carinata, trinervia. 
Sepalum dorsale simile. Petala cucullata, anguste llabellata, 
apice valde incrassata, trans apicem triangularia, trinervia. 
Labellum concavum, cucullatum, in circuitu rhombicum, 
trans medium callo instructum. Columna generis. 
Hoots finely fibrous, elongated, at length branching, 
whitish. Rhizome very much abbreviated. Secondary 
stems 3-7 cm. long, very slender, clothed with several elon¬ 
gated tubular scarious sheaths, monophyllous. Sheaths up 
to 3 cm. long, rather loosely appressed, acute. I^caf 6-8.5 
cm. long, up to 5 mm. wide above the middle, linear-ob- 
lanceolate, tapering gradually toward the base, obtuse, 
apiculate. Peduncle up to 11 cm. long, subtended by a 
scarious spathaceous bract, for the most part floriferous very 
slender. Flowers numerous, pale yellowish, in a slender 
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