ORCHIDACE.E 



of B. Santosii, but is larger. The flowers of B. Santosii were de- 

 scribed by the collector as white. In dried specimens the wrinkled 

 pseudobulbs are gamboge yellow. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Iriga, F. Santos s. n. December, 



1913. 



71. Bulbophyllum sapphirinum sp. nov. Herba epiphytica. 

 Pseudobulbi approximati, fusiformes, teretes, monophylli, erecti 

 vel ascendentes, ± 8 mm. longi, in sicco circiter 2 mm. in diame- 

 tro. Folium oblongum, ad basim apicemque fastigatum, valde 

 acutum, coriaceum, breviter petiolatum, usque ad 6 cm. longum, 

 circiter 6.5 mm. latum, quam pedunculi multo longius. Pedun- 

 culi erecti, usque ad 2 cm. alti, graciles, filiformes, uniflori, pauci- 

 bracteati, bracteis tubularibus prope basim confertis. Bractea sub 

 florem infundibuliformis, apiculata, vix 1 mm. longa. Flores 

 5-6 mm. longi, bicolores. Petala et labellum purpureum. Sepala 

 lateralia falcata, oblongi-triangularia, acuminata, acuta, trinervia, 

 mentum brevem formantia, ± 6 mm. longa, ad basim vix 2 mm. 

 lata. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, acutum, trinervium, circiter 

 6 mm. longum, supra basim vix 2 mm. latum. Petala lanceolata, 

 valde acuta, 4.5 mm. longa, circiter 1.5 mm. lata. Labellum lin- 

 gulatum, crassum, 4 mm. longum, obtusum, explanatum lanceo- 

 latum, quinquenervium. Gynostemium antice ad apicem bicus- 

 pidatum. 



In dried specimens the sepals are yellowish tinged with pink, 

 the petals indigo, with maculations of a deeper color; the label- 

 lum is colored like the petals. 



Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 0125, May 20, 1913. On trees at great 

 height, 60 meters above sea level, in forest foothills. Flower purple and 

 flesh-color; Wenzel 092, May 14, 1913; Wenzel 0136, June 5, 1913. 



72. Bulbophyllum saurocephalum Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 

 (1886) 2 : 262. R. A. Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 11 : 190; 13 : 244. "It 



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