674 AMES. 



PHREATIA Lindl. 

 Phreatia bracteata sp. dov. 



Pseudobidbi oongiegati, rotundati, circa 2 cm longi. Folia 2, oblongi- 

 Lanceolata, acuta, coriacea, 8 ad 10.5 cm longa, circa 1.5 cm lata, ad 

 basim sulcata. Scapm usque ad 2.2 dm longus, bracteatus. Bracteae 

 Bcariosae, 9 ad 80 mm Lougae, acutae. Bacemus elongatua, usque ad 6 

 cm longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae Bcarioeae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 

 pedicellum cum ovario excedeutes, ;> ad l mm longae, circa 2 nun latae. 

 Sepala laieralia late ovata, obtusa, mentum formantia, 3.6 mm longa, ad 

 basim 2.5 mm lata. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, obtusum vel quadratum, 

 2 mm longum. Petala oblongs, obtusa, 2 mm longa, 1.25 nun lata. 

 Labcllum ovatum, obtusum, 2 nun longum, 1.5 nun latum, ad basim 

 saccatum. Columna minuta. Rostellum bitidum. 



The flora] bracts arc very conspicuous, slightly rigid and in dried specimens 



brownish at (lie cotter with a wide hyaline margin. The bracts of the scape are 

 tubular, closely appreated and somewhat hyaline when dry. In general habit the 

 plants resemble Phreatia tcaphioglotsa Schlechter. 



LUZON, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 7816 Cumin <(■ Merritt, November, 1907: 

 Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Bur. ksvi. 5180 Topping, li. 8. Williams 

 910, along the Lamao River at an altitude of about 1000 m: Province of Pain 

 panga, Mount Arayat, Merrill 3916, October 23, 1904, altitude 820 m, flowers 

 white, odorless. 



BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. 



Bulbophyllum cuneatum K. A. Rolfe in Ames Orohidaeeae 1 l 1905) 98. 



This, apparently rare species, has been discovered again on Mount Mariveles 

 by D. I.e Roy Topping. In his original diagnosis Mr. Rolfe described the scapes 

 as recurred. In my observations I find that this characteristic is always strongly 

 developed and gives the scape lielow the raceme the appearance of a shepherd's 

 crook. Just at the point of curvature the scape is thickened and below the 



inflorescence conspicuously dilated. The bracts appear to have been purplish and 



in the dried specimens examined the petals and lips are deep-purple. 

 I.( ZOlf, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, liitr. Set. 518$ Topping. 



Bulbophyllum Dearei Reichb. f. in Flora 71 (1SSS) ].">•>. 



In the herbarium of the Bureau of Science there are seven flowers of this 

 species sent by Mary Strong Clemens from Cam]) Keith ley. When alive they 

 were described by the collector as orange yellow marked with purple The 

 plants from which the flowers were taken were found on huge I'nus and 

 Fitew trees. The specimens from Camp Keithley agree very well with speci- 

 mens of li. Ihani preserved in my herbarium. The upper sepal is beautifully 

 veined and cro.-s veined with brown so that the yellow ground color is bright 

 and suggests sunlight as seen when filtered through the leaves of trees upon the 

 forest flora. The lateral sepals are conspicuously marked with purple and 

 strongly falcate. The petals are yellow and slightly falcate, li. halaanens>- 

 Ames is a near ally of li. Heard, but is smaller in all its parts ami has a narrow 

 upper sepal. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mary Strong Clemens s. n.. .lime. 

 July, 1907. 



