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long, 8 mm. wide at base, acute. Lip cordate-ovate, 9 mm. long. 

 Column stout, produced into an elongated foot, 1.4 cm. long, of 

 which the terminal portion is free, upcurved, and articulated with 

 the base of the lip. Flowers yellowish, striated with " brown," 

 fragrant. Closely allied to B. Lobbii, Lindl, from which species it 

 differs in the shorter, broader leaves, smaller flowers, and broader 

 petals. 



Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, May, 1904, IT. iV. 

 Whitford (no. 163), type ; May, 1904, Thomas E. Borden (no. 

 796) ; May, 1904, H. N. Whitford (no. 121). 



B. CoPELANDi, sp. nov. Rhozoma repens. Pseudobulbi remoti, 

 sessiles, parvi. Folium ellipticum, coriaceum, obtusum, 11-15 cm. 

 longum. Sepala lateralia oblongo-falcata, obtusa. Petala linearia, 

 sub-acuta. Labellum trilobatum, eglandulosum, lobi laterales con- 

 niventes ; medius integer, linearius, obtusus, 1.2 cm. longus. Flos 

 purpureus, maximus. 



Rhizome rather stout, creeping, with numerous simple or 

 branched roots. Pseudobulbs small, 1-1.2 cm. long, about 8 cm. 

 apart. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, shortly petiolate, 11-15 cm. long, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Peduncle long and slender, 3-5.5 cm. 

 long, bearing a solitary showy flower. Lateral sepals oblong-fal- 

 cate, obtuse, tapering to the blunt apex, 3 cm. long, 1 cm. wide at 

 base. Upper sepal narrowly oblong, 3.5 cm. long, about 6 mm. 

 wide. Petals linear, as long as the lateral sepals, tapering to the 

 sub-acute apex. Lip articulated with the elongated foot of the 

 column ; lateral lobes obtuse, erect, approximate ; mid-lobe linear, 

 obtuse, fleshy, rigid, 1.2 cm. long, 2 mm. wide, with a raised median 

 longitudinal nerve on the under side. Column stout, erect por- 

 tion 5 mm. high, the broad base passing into a foot, 15 mm. long, 

 to which the lateral sepals adhere basally ; the terminal portion 

 of the foot free, up-curved, bearing at its apex the mobile lip. 

 Capsule ellipsoidal, 5 cm. long. Flowers dark crimson, with the 

 lip much darker colored than the rest of the perianth. — Closely 

 allied to B. Whitfordii, Rolfe, from which it differs mainly in the 



