ORCHIDACE^ 



erectus, foliis brevior, uniflorus, paucibracteatus, bracteis tubu- 

 laribus 1-1.5 cm. longis. Sepala lateralia 2.8 cm. longa, ±8 mm. 

 lata, lanceolata, acuta, septemnervia, purpureo-striata. Sepalum 

 dorsale 2.8 cm. longum, valde concavum, extus quinquecosta- 

 tum costis valde pustulatis, purpureo-maculatum, acutum. Pe- 

 tala vix 3 cm. longa, prope basim 6 mm. lata, triangulari-falcata, 

 usque ad apicem attenuata, acuta, purpureo-maculata, pustulata. 

 Labellum vix 1 cm. longum, valde curvatum, linguiforme, disco 

 bicarinato, retusum vel bilobulatum, extus et intus minute glan- 

 duloso-pubescens, prope apicem pustulatum. Stelidia gynostemii 



3 mm. longa. 



Allied to Bulbophyllum maculosum Ames, but distinct from 



that species in the elongated scapes and blunt-tipped leaves. 



Leyte, C a. Wenzel 0665^ November 15, 1914. Epiphyte in forest. 

 600 meters altitude. Flowers yellow marked with six purple stripes on 

 the lateral sepals and spotted with purple on the upper sepal and petals. 



Bulbophyllum (§Racemosae) hortensoides Ames sp. nov. 

 Radices numerosae, fibratae, elongatae. Rhizoma repens, pseu- 

 dobulbis approximatis, more sectionis quam maxime subpressis, 

 ±4 mm. altis, circa 6 mm. in diametro, unifoliatis. Folium cori- 

 aceum, cum petiolo 2.5-3.5 dm. longum; lamina 2 dm. longa, 

 usque ad 4.5 cm. lata, anguste oblongo-eliiptica, in sicco valde 

 nervosa, nervis prominentibus. Petiolus circa 9 cm. longus, circa 



4 mm. in diametro, sulcatus, rigidus, in sicco valde rugosus, 

 subteres. Scapus ±20 cm. longus, a basi pseudobulbi ortus, cum 

 racemo foliis brevior, infra racemum bracteis laxis ancipitibus 

 imbricantibus. Racemus ±12 cm. longus, densiflorus, cylindra- 

 ceus, ±1 cm. in diametro, bracteosus. Bracteae inflorescentiae 

 5-10 mm. longae, in sicco scariosae, lineari-triangulares, acumi- 

 natae, pedicello cum ovario longiores. Flores flavidi. Sepala lat- 

 eralia triangularia, circa 1 cm. longa, prope basim vix 3 mm. lata, 



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