ORCHIDACEiE 



trinervia, caudata. Sepalum dorsale 9 mm. longum, triangulari- 

 lanceolatum, acutum. Petala minuta, 2 mm. longa, .75 mm. lata, 

 oblonga, acuta, uninervia. Labellum vix 3 mm. longum, lingu- 

 latum, trilobatum ; lobi laterales erecti, rotundati ; lobus medius 

 oblongus, obtusus, callo oblongo in disco, minute verruculosus. 

 Gynostemium antice bicuspidatum. 



Closely allied with Bulbophylluvi hortense J.J. Sm. which has 

 longer, looser racemes and very different flowers in which the 

 lateral sepals are more caudate at the tip and less triangular. 

 B. odoratum Lindl., another nearly related species, is in part dis- 

 tinguished by its triangular sepals that are hardly, if at all, cau- 

 date. Among Philippine species, B. hortensoides is most closely 

 allied with B. leytense Ames, from which it differs in the struc- 

 ture of the labellum. As in B.prianganense J.J. Sm., B. hortense 

 J. J. Sm. and B. leytense Ames, the scape is concealed from 

 its base to the lowermost flower of the raceme by conspicuous, 

 ancipitous, imbricating, foliaceous sheaths. The elongated callus, 

 rounded in front, that reaches almost to the apex of the mid- 

 dle lobe of the labellum is of diacritical value in separating 

 B. hortensoides from its Philippine allies. When highly magni- 

 fied the sepals are pustulose. 



Leyte, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 0771 (Type), November 28, 1914. In for- 

 est. Epiphyte. 600 meters altitude. Flowers yellow; Wenzel 061^^ No- 

 vember 13, 1914. In forest. 600 meters altitude. 



Bulbophyllum (§Racemosae) jarense Ames sp. nov. Radi- 

 ces fibratae, circa 2 mm. in crassitudine, numerosae. Pseudo- 

 bulbi valde abbreviati, circa 6 mm. alti, ±5 mm. in diametro, lon- 

 gitudinaliter rugosi, vaginis mox in fibras solutis inclusi, mono- 

 phylh. Fohum longe petiolatum, cum petiolo ±3.5 dm. longum, 

 valde coriaceum, rigidum ; lamina anguste elliptica vel oblance- 

 olata, circa 25 cm. longa, 7.5-10 cm. lata, obtusa, nervosa ; peti- 



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