674 AMES. 
PHREATIA Lindl. 
Phreatia bracteata sp. nov. 
Pseudobulbi congregati, 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. Scapus usque ad 2.2 dm longus, bracteatus. Bracteae 
scariosae, 9 ad 20 mm longae, acutae. Racemus elongatus, usque ad 6 
em longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae scariosae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 
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pedicellum cum ovario excedentes, 3 ad 4 mm longae, circa 2 mm latae. 
Sepala lateralia late ovata, obtusa, mentum formantia, 3.5 mm longa, ad 
basim 2.5 mm lata. Sepalwm dorsale oblongum, obtusum vel quadratum, 
2 mm longum. Petala oblonga, obtusa, 2 mm longa, 1.25 mm lata. 
Labellum ovatum, obtusum, 2 mm longum, 1.5 mm latum, ad basim 
saceatum. Columna minuta. Rostellum bifidum. 
The floral bracts are very conspicuous, slightly rigid and in dried specimens 
brownish at the center with a wide hyaline margin. The bracts of the scape are 
tubular, clesely appressed and somewhat hyaline when dry. In general habit the 
plants resemble Phreatia scaphioglossa Schlechter. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 7815 Curran & Merritt, November, 1907: 
Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Bur. Sci. 5180 Topping, R. 8. Williams 
910, along the Lamao River at an altitude of about 1000 m: Province of Pam- 
panga, Mount Arayat, Merrill 3916, October 23, 1904, altitude 820 m, flowers 
white, odorless. 
BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. 
Bulbophyllum cuneatum R. A. Rolfe in Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 98. 
This, apparently rare species, has been discovered again on Mount Mariveles 
by D. Le Roy Topping. In his original diagnosis Mr. Rolfe described the scapes 
as recurved. In my observations I find that this characteristic is always strongly 
developed and gives the scape below 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. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Bur. Sci. 5183 Topping. 
Bulbophyllum Dearei Reichb. f. in Flora 71 (1888) 156. 
In the herbarium of the Bureau of Science there are seven flowers of this 
species sent by Mary Strong Clemens from Camp Keithley. 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 large Ficus and 
Vitex trees. The specimens from Camp Keithley agree very well with speci- 
mens of B. Dearei preserved in my herbarium. The upper sepal is beautifully 
veined and cross-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 faleate. The petals are yellow and slightly faleate. B. bataanense 
Ames is a near ally of B. Dearei, but is smaller in all its parts and has a narrow 
upper sepal. 3 
Minpanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mary Strong Clemens s. n., June, 
July, 1907. 
