NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, I. 599 



a tinge of red, November, 1904, A. I). E. Elmer IIS.W : Province of Rizal, Luzon. 

 November 23, 1907, .Maximo Ramos, Bur. Bci. 3060. 



Xote. — The specimens collected by Elmer and Borden have stems up to 2 dm 

 long and narrowly lanceolate leaves, 1.3 dm long, 1-1.9 cm wide. The flowers 

 of the specimen collected by EJmer are, in a dried state, strongly tinged with purple 

 and resemble large flowers of Dendrobium secundum. The racemes on all the 

 sjiecimens examined appeal to have been lew-llowered. 



D. Dearei Keichb. f. in Card. (1mm. 52 (1882) 361. 

 MlNDOBO, January, 190S, For. Bur. 8525 Merritt. 



D. (J Aporum) Merrill i i Ames Orchidaceae 2: 181, /'.'/• 



In Orchis 2: 96, Dr. Kninzlin in a review of •■Orchidaceae Ease. II."' criticises 

 rather severely my description of Dendrobium MerrilUi and suggests that to me 

 the genus Dendrobium is a seven-sealed book. His reason for this unkind remark 

 is based on the words "Folia . . . conduplicata, explanata 14 mm lata." By these 

 words he understands that D. Merrillii is a species with broad leaves and con- 

 sequently inadmissible as a member of I Aporum. Unfortunately the word "ex- 

 planata" is misleading, although it was intended to indicate that the leaves if 

 spread out would then measure 14 mm in width. As a matter of fact the leaves 

 are characteristic of I Aporum and resemble the leaves of such species as D. 

 atropurpureum Miq. and I), sagittatum ,1. ,). Smith. In his criticism Dr. Kranzlin 

 has quoted from my description and has omitted the word "conduplicata" which I 

 thought was a sufficient offset to the problematical condition expressed by "ex- 

 planata." The leaves of D. Merrillii are in reality equitant and in the type 

 measure 7 mm across in the vertical direction of the stem. 



BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. 



B. bataanense Ames Orchidaceae 1: 90. 



Among living plants sent from Mount Mariveles this species bloomed in May, 

 1909, in my greenhouse. The flowers are yellowish, faintly tinged with purple 

 and conspicuously nerved with pale-green. The sepals, especially the upper one. 

 are sprinkled with fine purple dots. The labellum is similarly marked with the 

 addition of a bright yellow spot at the base of the cordate apical portion. The 

 original description of this species was prepared from dried material, consequently 

 the color of the flowers could not be given accurately. 



Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon, Elmer D. Merrill. 1905. 



PHALAENOPSIS HI. 



P. Linden ii Loher in Journ. des Orch. 6 (1895) 103. 



Among the orchids collected by W. S. Lyon is a specimen of Phalaenopsis 

 which is surely conspecific with P. Lindcnii. It agrees in every detail with the 

 description published in "Le Journal des Orchidees." P. Lindcnii is described 

 as resembling /'. Schttlerkma in its foliage and as baving flowers which suggest 

 those of /'. rosea (/'. equestria). Mr. R. A. Rolfe has suggested that Mr. Loher's 

 species may be a natural hybrid resulting from a cross between /'. SchiUerinnu 

 and /*. rosea which would give P. Veitchiana lleichb. f. The specimen at 

 hand is not at all in agreement with P. Veitchiana as figured and described 

 in horticultural literature. The flowers are about 2.5 cm in diameter and 

 the apical lobe of the labellum is rotund apiculate, 1 cm long by 8 mm wide. 

 The lateral lobes are oblong, obtuse, somewhat dilated at the apex, about 7 mm 

 long, the fleshy callus between the lateral lobes is disc-shaped when spread out. 

 The lateral sepals are somewhat ovate-falcate, 13 mm long, 7 mm wide. The 

 petals are spat Inflate, obtuse, 16 mm long, mm wide. 



