CamBripGe, Massacnuserts, NovEMBER 2, 1937 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
ORCHID STUDIES, III 
BY 
Louris O. WitiiamMs 
ADDITIONS TO THE GENUS Dendrochilum BLUME 
IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 
Dendrochilum (Subg. Platyclinis) cucullatum 
(Ames) Pfitzer in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. IL. B. 7. 
(1907) 98, fig. 38J; Ames, Orch. 2 (1908) 12, 115, t. 24, 
fig. IIT, 3; Ames, Orch. 5 (1915) 56; Ames in Merrill, 
Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1 (1924) 298. 
Acoridium cucullatum Ames in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 
19 (1906) 153. 
Dendrochilum cucullatum had not appeared in collec- 
tions, until recently, since Copeland’s original collection 
in 1904. Through the kindness of Dr. Eduardo Quisum- 
bing, of the Bureau of Science, Manila, several excellent 
specimens of this plant have been received for determi- 
nation. 
Minpanao: Mt. Matutum, Cotabato Province, April 1932, Ramos 
& Edatio Bur. Sci. Nos. 85428, 85431, 85444, 85459 and 85466 
(Specimens in Herb. Ames and in Herb. Bur. Sci., Manila). 
Dendrochilum (Subg. Platyclinis) filiforme 
Lindl. var. Ramosii (Ames) L.O. Williams, comb. nov. 
Dendrochilum Ramosii Ames in Philipp. Journ. Sci. 
8 (1918) Bot. 410. 
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