NEW 01^ N0Tl<;W0H'riiY ORCHIDS 
March 9, 1900. l^xposed hilltops under pines. (Type in 
Herb. N. Y. Bol. Gard. Flower, photograph of type and 
sketches in Herb. Ames No. 22113.) 
Ascotainia Elmeri Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 99. 
Tainia inamoena Kranzl. in Fedde Repert. 17 (1921) 
387. 
A careful comparison of the types of Ascotainia Elmeri 
and Tainia inamoena has convinced me that they represent 
a single species. 
Dendrobium agusanense Ames sp. nov. Caules valde 
elongati, dependentes, foliosi. Folia disticha, lanccolata, 
apice inaequaliter bilobata, coriacea, inter se satis distantia. 
Racemi e vagina foliorum orientes, brevissimi, biflori, 
tloribus approximatis. Sepala lateralia valde curvata, 
falcato-lanceolata, subacuta, carnosa, usque ad apicem 
sensim angustata, men turn breve formantia. Sepalum 
dorsale valde elongatum, lineari-oblongum, obtusum, apice 
incrassatum, prope basim sensim angustatum. Petala 
lineari-spathulata, basi valde attenuata, obtusa. Labellum 
trilobatum; lobis lateralibus quam lobo medio multo 
minoribiis, antice subquadratis; lobo medio, late ovato, 
acuminato, subacuto, carnoso. Discus verruculosus, ungui 
per medium tricarinato. Columna abbreviata in pedem 
produeta. 
An epiphytic caespitose herb 1-4 meters or more long, 
pendent, leafy. Leaves distichous, about 3.5 cm. apart, 
1 dm. or more long, 2-2.5 cm. wide, lanceolate, unevenly bi- 
lobed at the tip, with the lobes more or less acute or obtuse. 
Sheaths of the leaves closely oppressed, concealing the stem, 
minutely verruculose, about 3 cm. long. Peduncle 2-llowered, 
5 mm. long, breaking through the leaf sheath, opposite the 
leaves, subtended by two rigid opposed erect bracts which 
conceal the peduncle and reach to the base of the llower- 
stalks. Lateral sepals 11 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide above the 
base, strongly curved, falcate-lanceolate, subacute, rather 
lleshy, forming a distinct mentum which is 3 mm. long. 
Dorsal sepal 16.5 mm. long, about 3 mm. wide, linear- 
