ORCHIDACE.E 



This is an ally of Bulbophyllum ornatissimum and B. Collettii, 

 from both of which it is quite distinct. The very odd, feather- 

 like processes on the petals (which are brilliant carmine in color, 

 nearly 2 mm. long, and shortly stalked) are found in no other 

 Philippine species. They look exactly like little feathers, or like 

 the divisions of the plumes of Celosia plumosa, and are about 

 twenty in number on the upper margin of the inconspicuous 

 petals. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, L. Escritor Bur. Sci. 214-79, July 30, 



1913. 



66. Bulbophyllum profusum Ames'm Phil. Journ. Sci. 7 : 137. 

 This belongs to § Oxysepalum. B. myrianthum Schltr. from Cel- 

 ebes is a near ally of this species. 



Leyte, Basilan, Luzon, Palawan, Sibuyan, Mindanao. 

 Also Guam. 



67. Bulbophyllum (§ Cirrhopetalum) puguahaanense sp. nov. 

 Pseudobulbi conferti, tetragoni, in sicco rugosi, pyriformes, 15- 

 21 mm. longi, superne fastigati, monophylli. Folium coriaceum, 

 erectum, vix petiolatum,oblongi-ellipticum, ad apicem leviter bi- 

 lobatum, 3.5-4.5 cm. longum, circiter 1.5 cm. latum, in sicco ner- 

 vosum. Scapus foliis brevior, a basi pseudobulbi ortus, biflorus, 

 infra flores bibracteatus, bracteis approximatis,subimbricantibus, 

 4 mm. longis. Pedicellus cum ovario 7-8 mm. longus, gracilis, 

 saspe fractiflexus. Flores circiter 1 cm. longi, membranacei. Sepala 

 lateralia leviter cohaerentia vel libera usque ad pedem columnae, 

 oblonga, acuta, ad basim leviter concaviuscula, mentum brevem 

 formantia, 1 cm. longa, circiter 2.5 mm. lata. Sepalum dorsale 

 4 mm. longum, cum mucro ad apicem, concaviusculum vel 

 cucullatum. Petala oblonga, ad apicem rotundata, mucronata, 

 uninervia, vix 2 mm. longa, circiter 1 mm. lata. Labellum carno- 

 sum, lingulatum, valde arcuatam, obtusum, vix 3 mm. longum 



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