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acteristic of the type to broadly lanceolate. As a rule the scapes exceed the 
leaves considerably and bear spikes of white flowers wliich appear to be more 
rigid than in the other material I have examined. The structure of the flowers 
is very similar in the plants from Mount Haleon and in those collected by Mc- 
Gregor, so that variation seems to be purely vegetative. P. prorcpens is closely 
related to P, acuminata J. J. Smith, from which it appears to differ chiefly in 
the size of the floral parts. In Lindley's herbarium at Kew there are two Javan 
species of PJireatia mounted on the same sheet. One of these, a plant collected 
by Junghuhn (no. 207), belongs to § Ehulhosae. The other, a plant collected by 
I.obb, belongs to § Btdhosae and is probably conspecific with P. acuminata. In 
habit it closely resembles P. prorepens and may be a form of that species. 
From my material it is quite impossible to distinguish P. acuminata from P. 
prorepens. In "Die Orehideen von Java," J. J. Smith distinguishes P. acuminata 
by the floral bracts being shorter than the ovaries. In my material I find some 
of the bracts conspicuously shorter than the ovaries, and some longer, 
Luzoi^, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 8363 R. C. McGregor, June, 1909. 
383. CLEISOSTOMA Bl. 
r 
Cleisostoma Kunstleri Hook. f. Icon. PI. IV 4: pi. 2S35. 
I refer to this species, which was originally collected at Perak by 
Kunstler, material from the Island of Polillo. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 
at the apex unequally bilobed, 2 dm long, 3-4.4 cm wide. Scape terete, 
3.5 mm in diameter. Bracts few, obtuse, 5 mm long. Inflorescence 
laxly paniculate, many-flowered. Floral bracts minute, acute, much 
shorter than the pedicels of the purplish flowers. Lateral sepals oblong, 
obtuse, 3.5 mm long, 1.25 mm wide. Upper sepal oblong or oblanceolate, 
obtuse, 5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. Petals linear- oblong, obtuse, 4.5-5 
mm long, 1 mm wide. Labellum saccate, 3-lobed. Sac serotiform, 3 mm 
long, with a posterior scale within, the scale oblong, membranaceous, bifid 
at the ti^, each division obscurely emarginate. Lateral lobes minute, 
triangular, less than 1 mm long, middle lobe suborbicular, 1.5 mm long. 
Polillo, Bur. Sci. lOJjU i?. C. McGregor, September 2o, 1909, on tree 
trunks. 
286. BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. (§ Cirrhopetalum) . 
Bulbophyllum chryseum comb. nov. 
Cirrhopetalum chryseum Kranzl. in Fedde Rep. 8 : 97. 
This is a member of the section Cirrhopelalum, characterized by a solitary 
Hower at the summit of the scape. The only other described species from the 
rhihppmes which are thus characterized are the ones very briefly described by 
Lmdley, namely B. antennifcmm and B. mawiUare, which are remarkable on 
account of their very large flowers. 
I l^ave not seen the type of B. chryseum but my material agrees almost in 
detail with Kranzlin's description. Furthermore the colleetions^in the Bureau 
which tT '^'s™- 'T^'"'" "° "''''' '^'"'' "' '•'<' ^°^''»' ^i"gl« flo^^^ed type 
which belongs to § C^rrhopetalum that would indicate B. chryseum to be one of 
a group. Consequently I am morally sure that my identification is correct. 
The only other described species of § Cirrhopetalum from the Philippines char- 
acterized by a solitary flower, are the two mentioned above, and th^ a e 
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