334 AMKS. 
Bulbophyllum (§ Monanthaparva) halconense Ainea sp. nov. 
Khizome thread-liko, less tlian 1 mm. thick. Psciulohulhs 1-^5 cm. 
apart, rouiKl-pyriforin wlieii mature, rugose when dry, about 5 mm. 
long, about 4: mm. in diameter at ba^^c. Leaves narrowly elliptie-obloiig, 
very fleshy (not apiculate), 1.0-2.5 cm. long^ 4-(> mm. wide, acute, con- 
tracted into a very slender petiole. Scape exceeding tlie pseudobulbs, 
filiform, 1.5-3 cm. long, sheathed at base. Flower solitary, relatively 
large. Pedicel filiform, subtended by a tubular, obliquely truncate, apic- 
ulate bract dilated at its mouth. Lateral sepals narrowly lanceolate, 
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caudate-tipped^ 12-14 mm, long, about 3 mm. wide near the base. Upper 
sepal similar to the laterals, 12-14 mm. long, caudate-tipped. Petals 
ovate, acute, 5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. Labellum lanceolate from a 
cordate base, acute, dilated at the middle, 3.5-4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. 
(From dried speciments it appears to have been strongly convex in life.) 
Column short with a minute tooth in front at about the middle. 
On trees in ridge forest, ilowers dark purple, at 4,o00 ft. alt. on ;Mount iial- 
con, Nov. Hi, 190G, Merrill (No. 5832). On the same sheet with the type is 
a small species of the Monanthaparva section with nmch smaller flowers and 
shorter scapes. 
Bulbophyllum (§ Racemosae) Merrittii Ames sp. nov. 
Near B. cylindraceuia Lindl. ' Hoots copious. Iihizome creeping. 
Pseudobulbs small, about 1 cm. long, about 5 mm. thick, when mature 
surrounded by the elongated fibrous remains of sheathing bracts. Leaves 
coriaceous, 7-16 cm. long, 2-3.2 em. wide, rounded" at the tip, gradually 
tapering into the comparatively slender, about 3 cm. long petiole. Scape 
slender, exceeding the leaves, provided Avith several distant, closely ap- 
pressed bracts. Bracts of the inflorescence minute, triangular, 1 mm. 
long, acute. Flowers in a dense, slender, 4-5 cm. long raceme. Lateral 
sepals strongly deflexod, ovate-falcate, snbobtuse, 3-nerved, 2.5-3 mm. 
long, 1.25 mm. wide near the middle. Fpper sepal ovate-lanceolate, 
s\djobtuse, 2. 75-3 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide at base. Petals oblong, 
obtuse, 1-nerved, 1.5 mm. long^ 0.75 mm. wide. Labellum Ungulate, 
1.5 nmi. long, 1 mm. wide, rounded-obtuse at the tip, very fleshy with 
two callus-like thickenings at base. Column minute. 
At 1,475 ft. alt. on Mount Ilalcon, Juno 15-27, lOOG, Jd. L. Merritt (No. 4338). 
Bulbophyllum (§ Monanthaparva) mindorense Ames sp. nov. 
Rhizome inconspicuous, concealed by the depressed, 3-4 mm. long 
pseudobulbs, which form a continuous, sometimes branching chain, 
which is closely appresscd to the bark of trees on which the species is 
epiphytic. Tx^aves lanceolate, acute, ()-8 mm. long, np to 3 mm. wide, 
shortly pctiolate. Scapes filiform, up to 4 cm. long. Flower with a 
•very long pedicel, apparently wihout a subtending bract, the pedicel 
