NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
oblong, obtuse, thickened at the tip, fleshy. Petals 13.5 mm. 
long, 2 mm. wide above the middle, linear-spatulate from 
a very slender and elongated base, 7-nerved, rather fleshy. 
Labellum 3-lobed, 7 mm. long; lateral lobes smaller than 
the middle one, the anterior free portion subquadrate, 
1.5 mm. wide and 1.5 mm. long; middle lobe ovate acumi¬ 
nate, acute, much exceeding the lateral lobes about 4 mm. 
long, 3 mm. wide across the base. Disc minutely verrucu- 
lose and papillose. Unguis tricarinate, the middle keel very 
much thickened, the laterals verrucose. Column short, pro¬ 
duced into a distinct foot. 
In habit similar to D. luzonense Lindh, but with broader 
leaves and a very different labellum. 
Philippines, Mindanao, Agusan Province, Cabad- 
baran. Mount Urdaneta, A. D. E. Elmer 12462, August 
1912. Small tufts hanging from moss-covered limbs extend¬ 
ing over the Catangan creek-bed at 1000 feet altitude in 
very humid and densely shaded places. Roots fibrous, 
ample, greenish brown, closely attached, and thereby some¬ 
what flattened. Stems few and quite rigid at base, 5-15 feet 
long, unbranched, the leaf-bearing portion subterete. Leaves 
thickly coriaceous, paler beneath than above, flat. Flowers 
in pairs from brown bracts. Floral segments green, slightly 
curved toward each other, petals and labellum spotted 
minutely with purple. (Type in Herb. Ames No. 13433.) 
Dendrobium pterocarpum Ames sp. nov. Radices 
fibratae, albidae, glabrae. Caules caespitosi, elongati, basi 
tumidi vel pseudobulbosg uni- ad quadrifoliati (pars tumida 
caulis semifusiformis, in sicco flavida, valde sulcata), juniores 
vaginis acutis demum in fibras solutis inclusi. Folia alterna, 
inter se satis distantia, valde recurvata, lineari-lanceolata 
vel anguste oblonga, utrinque attenuata, apice breviter 
apiculata, vix in petiolum contracta, ascendentia, coriacea. 
Inflorescentia terminalis, pauciflora, ex axilla folii terminalis 
oriens. Racemus folio multo brevior, bractea infundibuli- 
formi subtendenti. Bracteae flores subtendentes permagnae, 
ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, apice breviter conduplicatae. 
Ovarium pedicellatum sexalatum, pedicello gracili. Sepal a 
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