ORCHIDACE.E 



Altitude 1000 meters, on bark of tree. Flowers dark purple with dis- 

 agreeable odor. 



44. Bulbophyllum lepantense^m^sinPhil. Journ.Sci. 7 : 131. 

 Luzon. 



45. Bulbophyllum Levance sp. nov. Radices nbratse. Pseudo- 

 bulbi approximate pyriformes, in sicco valde rugosi et angulati, 

 superne fastigati, 2-3 cm. longi, 1.5-2 cm. in diametro, contigui, 

 erecti vel ascendentes, monophylli. Folium valde coriaceum, in 

 petiolum elongatum contractum ; lamina ligulato-oblonga, usque 

 ad 22 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, erecta, quam pedunculus multo 

 longior ; petiolus rigidus, circiter 4.5 cm. longus, sulcatus. Scapus 

 ascendens a basi pseudobulbi ortus, rigidus, pauci-bracteatus, cir- 

 citer 1 dm. longus, 2-3 florus. Bracteas usque ad 1.5 cm. longa?, 

 vaginatse. Pedicellus cum ovario circiter 1.5 cm. longus. Flores 

 flavidi circiter 4 cm. longi. Sepala lateralia triangulari-linearia, 

 valde acuta, carinata, 4 cm. longa, prope basim 5 mm. lata, ad api- 

 cem subcaudata, carnosa. Sepalum dorsale lineari-lanceolatum, 

 acutum, subcaudatum, prope apicem carinatum, ad basim ecari- 

 natum, circiter 3 cm. longum, prope basim 6 mm. latum. Petala 

 triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, ad apicem breviter apiculata, 1 2 mm. 

 longa, prope basim ± 4 mm. lata, quam labellum longiora. Label- 

 lum anguste lingulatum, trilobatum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, 

 erectis, 4 mm. longis, lobo medio 7 mm. longo, 2 mm. lato, con- 

 vexo, obtuso. Gynostemium circiter 7 mm. longum, antice ad 

 apicem utrinque in stelidium subulatum productum. Stelidia 

 gynostemii usque ad 2 mm. longa. 



Levte, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 0387, May 13, 1914. Epiphyte in forest. Alti- 

 tude 500 meters. Sepals and petals yellow, labellum brown. 



46. Bulbophyllum leytense sp. nov. Rhizoma longe repens, ligno- 

 sum, foliis oblongis obtusis petiolatis basi vix bulbosis, 3.5-6 cm. 

 distantibus. Petiolus elongatus, rigidus, usque ad 5 cm. longus, 



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