98 ORCHIDACEM 



length of the mid-lobe of the lip, in the length and form of the 

 sepals and petals, and in the color of the flowers. 



Epiphyte in Mangrove swamp, Santa Cruz, Davao, Mindanao, 

 April 28, 1904, E. B. Copeland (no. 1316). 



B. (§ Racemos^e) cuneatum, Rolfe, sp. nov. "Rhizome stout 

 and woody, scandent, clothed with ovate brown imbricating scales. 

 Pseudobulbs obsolete, approximate, monophyllous. Leaves petio- 

 late, limb oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base, very coriaceous, 

 21^-21 inches long, 8-9 lines broad ; petioles 1 inch long. Scapes 

 about 5 in. long, with a single sheath above the base ; spike re- 

 curved, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, acute, concave, spreading, 



1 lin. long. Pedicels stout, | lin. long. Dorsal sepal elliptical- 

 oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved, 2 Hn. long ; lateral pair oblong, obtuse, 



2 lin. long, connate to about the middle. Petals ovate, acute, den- 

 ticulate, 1-nerved, 1 lin. long. Lip recurved, 1| lin. long, front 

 lobe very fleshy, obtuse, its base terminating in an abrupt suberect 

 fleshy callus, side lobes small and more membranaceous. Column 

 stout, teeth oblong, minutely bidentate at the apex. — Mt. Mari- 

 veles, in the Province of Bataan, Merrill, n. 3730. This has much 

 of the general appearance of the Indian B. globulus, Hook, f., but 

 the leaves are longer and more cuneate at the base, and the flowers 

 are quite different in structure." — R. A. Rolfe in MS. 



B. (§ Racemose) dasypetalum, Rolfe, sp. nov. "Rhizome 

 creeping, stout. Pseudobulbs obsolete. Leaves long-petioled, 

 blades lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, about 5-6 inches long, 1 

 inch broad; petiole about 3 inches long. Scape erect, rather 

 slender, about 10 inches high, clothed with four or five lanceolate 

 acute sheaths, f-lj inches long, below the raceme, the lower ones 

 tubular for the greater part of their length ; raceme lax, many- 

 flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 lin. long. Pedicels 

 slender, 1 lin. long. Dorsal sepal elliptical-lanceolate, shortly acu- 

 minate, concave, 21 lin. long ; lateral pair obliquely triangular- 

 ovate, acuminate, broader than the dorsal. Petals linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, somewhat thickened at the apex, \\ lin. long. Lip oblong. 



