33G 
AMES. 
Bulbopbyllum sp. 
Bulete, Baeo River, flowers yellowisli, ApiiI-:N[ay, lOOo, 7?. C. Me(he(jor (No. 
329). 
A single specimen found on a fallen tree tnmk. 
Bulbopbyllum sp. 
Epiphyte on exposed ridge at 4,500 ft. alt. on Jfoiint TTale*^n, Xov. 14, lOOfi, 
MexriU (Xo. 5833). 
A single specimen insnflicient for description. 
THELASIS J}]. 
Thelasis carinata Bl. Bijdr. 3SG (1825). 
Epiphyte in liumid forest at 500 ft. alt. along the Alag River, flowers odorless, 
brownish^ except white tips of petals, Nov. 7, 1900, Merrill (No. 5070). 
Java, Sumatra and Borneo. 
PHALAENOPSIS BL 
Phalaenopsis Aphrodite Reiclib. f. Hamb. Gartenz. 18: 35 (1802). 
Epiphyte in forest at 300 ft. alt. along the Alag River, flower odorless, pure 
white, except for the purple-striped and spotted laln'Muni, Dee. 3, 1!)00, Merrill 
(No. 5845). 
Very nearly allied to, if not merely a form of, P. amuhile Bl. 
Philippines and Formosa. 
SARCANTHU8 Lindl. 
r 
?Sarcanthus striolatus Reichb. f. Card. Chron. n. s. 18: 108 (1882). 
On large l>owlders in Alag River, at 500 ft. alt., flowers greenish, labellum 
white, turning yellowish, Nov. 0, 1000, Merrill (No. 5517). 
Kiidcniic in the Philippines. 
SACCOLABIUM Bl. 
?Saccolabium compressum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. p. fl. 
Epiphyte in mossy forest at 0,000 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, Nov. 18, 1900, 
Merrill (No. 5504). 
Although the material on which the above determination is based is in fruit, 
it agrees well with S. compressum Lindl. in habit and general aspect. 
Endemic in the l*liilippines. 
ANGRAECUM Thouars. 
Angraecum pbilippinense Ames sp. nov. 
Plants 3-6 em, high. Roots very fleshy. Lea^■Gs elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse, 2-5.5 cm. long, 0.6-1.4 cm. wide, on contracted stems. Peduncles 
fleshy, stoiit^ conspicuously winged, few-flowered, a])out 4 cm. long. 
Bracts rigid, fleshy, 5 mm. long, conduplicate, triangular, acute. Pedicels 
elongated, about 2.5 cm. long, including the ovary. Flowers largo, white, 
odorless. Lateral sepals elliptic, rounded and very obtuse at the apex, 
about 2.2 cm. long, about 1.5 cm. M-ide. Upper sepal similar to the 
petals, euneate at base, about 2.2 em. long, 14-15 mm. wide. Petals 
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