BULBOPHYLLUM ALAGENSE, B. HALCONENSE, 

 B. PLEUROTHALLOIDES 



Bulbophyllum (§Monanthaparva) alagense Ames in Philipp. 

 Journ. Sci. (Bot) 2: 333 (1907). 



Rhizome slender, creeping. Pseudobulbs approximate to each 

 other or sometimes 2 cm. apart, pyriform, 4-6 mm. long, nar- 

 rowed above, at base 3-4 mm. in diameter. Leaves ovate, api- 

 culate, 1.2-2 cm. long, 4-9 mm. wide; apicule 0.75 mm. long, 

 awn-hke. Scape very slender, filiform, exceeding the pseudo- 

 bulbs, 8-11 mm. long, sheathed at base by a tubular truncate 

 1-2 mm. long bract. Flower solitary, pale yellow, nearly white. 

 Pedicel slender, graceful, subtended by a loose tubular obliquely 

 truncate apiculate 2 mm. long bract, which is dilated above. 

 Sepals triangular-lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, caudate-tipped, the 

 tails about 4 mm. long. Petals minute, about 2 mm. long, spath- 

 ulate, acute. Labellum about 1.5 mm. long, strongly curved, 

 3-lobed ; lateral lobes erect, half-round, when spread out form- 

 ing an orbicular plate, 1 mm. long, 1 mm. wide; middle lobe 

 fleshy, oblong, obtuse, about 1 mm. long. Column minute with 

 blunt wings. 



Philippine Islands : On mossy branches overhanging the water along the 

 Alag River, Mindoro, at 1250 ft. alt., November 12, 1906, E. D. Merrill 

 (no. 5494). 



Bulbophyllum (§Monanthaparva) halconense Ames in Phi- 

 li^jp. Journ. Sci. {Bot.) 2: 334 (1907). 



''Rhizome thread-like, less than 1 mm. thick. Pseudobulbs 1-3 cm. 

 apart, round-pyriform when mature, rugose when dry, about 

 5 mm. long, about 4 mm. in diameter at base. Leaves narrowly 



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