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intraspecific variation of R. philippinensis and leave no doubt that montanus is a distinct species. The external appearence of the noseleaf of montanus is intermediate between R. philippinensis and R. macrotis. As already ANDERSEN (1907) noted, R. macrotis is an example of "a type of low level of evolution which has no closer relative than the primitive forms of the Rh. philippinensis group" and "the sella of macrotis might properly be described as that of a philippinensis deprived of its lateral expansions; the shape of the connecting process and lancet also point towards relationship with philippinensis"

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