68,1 Ames and Quisumbing: Philippine Orchids, VI 11 
elliptic, acute or subacute, 8.5 to 9.5 mm long, 6 to 6.5 mm wide. 
Dorsal sepal obovate-elliptic, broadly rounded at the apex, 
9 to 10 mm long, 6 to 6.5 mm wide. Petals elliptic-obovate, 
rounded at the apex, 8.5 to 9 mm long, 4.5 to 5.5 mm wide. 
Labellum 3-lobed, shallowly saccate at base, 8 to 9 mm long; 
lateral lobes short, erect, indistinct, with free portion 1 to 1.25 
mm high; middle lobe lanceolate, attenuate toward the apex, 
above the middle abruptly indexed, truncate dilated at the very 
tip. Disc strongly callose-thickened and pubescent through the 
center. Between the basal lobes there is a ligulate, pubescent 
upcurved appendage which is about 2.5 mm long. Gynostemium 
very short and stout, pubescent, with a pair of falcate, narrow, 
elongate, pubescent auricles which are 2.5 to 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Mariquina, Mrs. M. L. Quezon’s gar¬ 
dens, Phil. Nat. Herb. 3005 E. Quisumbing, January 16, 1935. 
The living plants were sent from Agusan by Attorney Jose 
Rodriguez. Pedicellate ovary lumiere green. Sepals and petals 
bright chalcedony yellow lined with vinaceous rufous. Lateral 
lobes of the lip white; the middle lobe white with two eugenia 
red lines above, apex and base between the lateral lobes cad¬ 
mium yellow, callus white. 
This species is allied to Trichoglottis ionosmu (Lindl.) J. J. 
Sm., but is a much smaller plant throughout with less prominent 
spurred base to the lip. 
