ORCHIDACE^E 



1. Acriopsis javanica Reinw. Flora Lit. 2 : 4. A. philippinensis 

 Ames Orchidace^e 2 : 215. 

 Mindanao. 



70. THECOSTELE Reichb.f. 



One species has been discovered in the Philippines. 



1. Thecostele alata Par. <% Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 : 

 144, t. 29. T. Elmeri Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 8 : 434. The char- 

 acters on which I relied in describing T. Elmeri have proved 

 inconsequential. T. alata has been reported from Java, Borneo, 

 etc. In the Orchid Review (20 : 237) an interesting account of 

 Thecostele is given by R. A. Rolfe. 

 Palawan, Leyte. 



71. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM Bl. 



The extent of the synonymy in comparison with the number of 

 species is surely an indication that variation is characteristic of 

 Grammatophyllum. Four or more species have been ascribed to 

 the Philippines, but only three of these are known to me. They 

 appear to be quite distinct. Grammatophyllum Measuresianum 

 has been referred to the synonymy of G. Fenzlianum Reichb. f., 

 and G. Fenzlianum has been referred to the synonymy of G. 

 scriptum Bl. In Die Orchideen von Ambon J. J. Smith sug- 

 gested that perhaps G. scriptum and G. multiflorum are forms 

 of the same species. It is not unlikely that G. Measuresianum, as 

 Sir Joseph Hooker suspected, is merely a garden form of G. 

 Fenzlianum. G. Fenzlianum is a near ally of G. Rumphianum. 

 J. J. Smith has referred both to the synonymy of G. scriptum in 

 Die Orchideen von Ambon. 



1. Grammatophyllum Measuresianum Weathers in Gard. & 

 For. 2 : 524. 



LUMBUCAX, MlNDORO, PaLAWAX. 



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