52,4 Ames and Quisumbing: Philippine Orchids, IV 468 
jority of Trichoglottis, including all the Philippine orchids which 
logically belong to that genus, have prominent spurs. It ap¬ 
pears to us, therefore, that the genus Stauropsis should be 
retained for the Philippine orchids of this alliance, which are 
distinguished by an ecalcarate lip and footless column. Ac¬ 
cordingly, the following transfers are made and a key to the 
Philippine members of the genus Stauropsis appended. 
Key to the Philippine species of Stauropsis. 
1. Flowers in racemes; peduncles elongate, about 7 cm long; labellum cru¬ 
ciform, with prominent keel . S. fasciata. 
1. Flowers solitary, opposite the axils of the leaves; peduncles very short 
or none. 
2. Labellum 5-lobed, cruciform, with prominent elongate keel; mid¬ 
dle lobe of labellum elongate, linear. 
3. Lateral lobes of labellum (not the erect basal lobes) nar¬ 
rowly triangular to obliquely quadrate-oblong. 
S. philippinensis. 
3. Lateral lobes of labellum acinaciform-linear; sepals and 
petals within victoria lake. 
S. philippinensis var. brachiata. 
2. Labellum 3-lobed, not cruciform (with short basal lobes only), 
provided with a distinct rounded callus; middle lobe ovate-lan¬ 
ceolate with a caudate apex. S. Wenzelii. 
STAUROPSIS FASCIATA Benth. 
Stauropsis fasciata Benth. apud Jackson in Ind. Kew. (1885) 892; 
Ames and Quisumbing in Philip. Journ. Sci. 47 (1932) 214, pis. 2, 
12, 28, and 29. 
Luzon, Manila, Bureau of Science orchid house, Bur. Sci. 
80831 Eduardo Quisumbing, May 26, 1930. 
The living plants were collected from Atimonan, Tayabas 
Province, Luzon. They occur also in eastern tropical Asia; 
namely, Siam, Lankawi, etc. 
Stauropsis fasciata Benth. differs from all other Philippine 
species in its elongate racemes and in the color and form of 
its flowers. 
STAUROPSIS PHILIPPINENSIS (Lindl.) Reichb. f. Plate 2, figs. II to 13; Plate 7, figs. 
19 to 27; Plate 16, fig. 1. 
Stauropsis philippinensis (Lindl.) Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenz. 16 
(1860) 117, Xen. Orch. 2 (1862) 8, in Walp. Ann. 6 (1864) 882; 
Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 270; Ames Orch. 2 (1908) 223, 
5 (1915) 224, in Merr. Enum. Philip. FI. PI. 1 (1925) 440. 
Trichoglottis philippinensis Lindl. in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 15 
(1845) 386; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 243; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 150; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 128; 
Ames Orch. 7 (1922) 137, in Merr. Enum. Philip. FI. PI. 1 (1925) 
440. 
