ORCHIDACE.E 



In the following list no attempt has been made to separate Bul- 

 bophyllum from Cirrhopetalum. The section Cirrhopetalum is 

 characterized usually by an umbel-like inflorescence and united 

 lateral sepals. Schlechter recognizes Cirrhopetalum. J. J. Smith 

 in his Die Orchideen von Java united it with Bulbophyllum. I 

 am not prepared to adopt the view which upholds the section as 

 a distinct genus, although I agree with Dr. Schlechter that there 

 are several reasons why Cirrhopetalum would be better treated 

 as a distinct group. Most of the species are very easily recognized 

 through their appearance and floral structure, and with the ex- 

 ception of a few species are separable from Bulbophyllum at a 

 glance. In my own herbarium I keep all Cirrhopetalum species 

 under separate covers, which practice is an admission of the 

 convenience experienced by the recognition of a clearly charac- 

 terized group. But until Bulbophyllum is taken in hand by the 

 monographer and thoroughly studied, a work which must soon 

 be undertaken, I am inclined for purposes of publication to keep 

 Bulbophyllum and Cirrhopetalum inseparable. 



1. Bulbophyllum adenopetalum Lindl. inBot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 

 85. B. anguipes Schltr. from Celebes is a near ally of this spe- 

 cies. In Phanerogamae Cumingianaa Philippinarum Cuming's 

 2076 is referred to Bulbophyllum penicillium Par. and Reichb. f. 

 I have seen a duplicate of this number preserved in the herba- 

 rium of the British Museum of Natural History which is referable 

 to B. adenopetalum Lindl. (as that species is at present under- 

 stood), and in no way comparable with B. penicillium, a species 

 that I have not seen among the Philippine species I have ex- 

 amined. In my herbarium there is a note which accompanies 

 a specimen of Merrill's 3853. This note I made at the British 

 Museum of Natural History, and it reads as follows:" Proba- 

 bly near Bulbophyllum penicillium, Cuming 2076 Ins. Philipp. in 



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