126 AMES. 
a number of species which have caudate-tipped lateral sepals. 
Aside from this conspicuous floral distinction, one easily recog- 
nized, the species of each group are perplexingly similar. 
Often the points of dissimilarity are difficult to make clear in 
a description and stand out distinctly only when actual com- 
parisons are made. 
The general habit and the characteristic flowers of this group 
may be seen in Bulbophyllum dasypetalum Rolfe, which is figured 
in Orchidaceae 1:99. The flowers of the species with caudate- 
tipped sepals are for the most part similar to those of Bulbo- 
phyllum flavescens LindL A figure of this species is given by 
J. J. Smith in his "Orchideen von Java," Atlas, fig. CCCIV. 
A LIST OF THE PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BULBOPHYLLUM. 
The following species of Bulbophyllum have been reported as 
natives of the Philippine Islands. Those species marked with 
an asterisk have been verified by an examination of material 
from the Archipelago; those marked with a double asterisk are 
doubtfully natives of the Philippines. 
♦1. Bulbophyllum adenopetalum Lindl. Hot. Reg. 28 (1842) Misc. 85. 
♦2. B. alagense Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot 233, Orchidaceae 
3 (1908) 54. 
•3. B. antenniferum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6 (1860) 248. 
Cirrhopetalum antenniferum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29 (1843) sub t. ^9. 
In Lindley*s herbarium at Kew this species is represented by a single 
flower coUected in the Philippines by Cuming. 
*4. B. auratum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6 (1860) 261. 
Cirrhopetalum auratum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 26 (1840) Misc. 60. 
**6. B. balaeniceps Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenz. 19 (1863) 280. 
In "Index Kewensis" this species is given as an equivalent of B, NapelU 
Lindl., a native of Brazil. The original description of B. balaeniceps 
appears to have been drawn entirely from a flower. It was not stated 
positively by Reichenbach that B. balaeniceps came from the Philippines; 
its origin was obscure. Pfitzer" gives Balaenoidea as a section of the 
genus and refers to it a single species, "B. balaeniceps Rchb. f. von den 
Philippinen." 
•6. B. bataanense Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 96. 
Probably conspecific with B, Cheiri Lindl. 
•7. B. Bolsterl Ames. See below. 
•8. B. bontocense Ames. See below. 
9. B. braccatum Reichb. f, in Linnaea 41 (1877) 117. 
*10. B, canlaonente Ames. See below. 
♦*11. B. careyanum Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3 (1826) 732. 
*12. B. carlnatum Ames. See below. 
■Engl. & Prantl, Nat Pflanzenfam. 2* (1889) 179. 
