ORCHIDACE^ 



uninervia. Labellum 1 mm. longum, circa 1 mm. latum, circa 

 .5 mm. in crassitudine, quadrilaterum, cum pede columnae con- 

 tinuum, infra apicem insertum, postice excavatum. Pes colum- 

 nae ad apicem liber, erectus, lamellam transversam simulans. 



Bulbophyllum philippinense is a member of the group to which 

 belong B. coUiferum J. J. Sm., B.fractijiexum J. J. Sm., and B. 

 Pelma 5.5. Sm.From the nearly related B. absconditum J. J. Sm. 

 and B. neo-caledonicum Schltr. it is distinguished by the several- 

 flowered inflorescence. For the species of this alliance Schlech- 

 ter has proposed the section Pelma based on the bitypic genus 

 Pelma proposed by A. Finet. In Fedde's Repertorium 10 (1912) 

 488, J. J. Smith had previously suggested the advisability of 

 uniting B. absconditum and B.subcubicum J. J. Sm. into a section 

 for which the name Pelma might well be adopted. Schlechter in- 

 cludes in § Pelma a number of species that have more than one 

 flower on the peduncle and thus differ from the species on which 

 Finet relied for the characterization of his genus. The foot of the 

 column is free and erect and at the tip appears like a transverse 

 lamella. The labellum is inserted below the tip of the column- 

 foot on its outer side. As at present limited the section Pelma 

 includes no less than twenty-seven species, the greater part of 

 which are natives of New Guinea. 



Leyte, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 0659, November 13, 1914. Epiphyte in for- 

 est. 500 meters altitude. Sepals and petals flesh color, labellum orange. 



Bulbophyllum (§Racemosae) sempiternum A7}ies sp. nov, 

 Rhizoma longe repens, radicibus flexuosis instructum. Pseudo- 

 bulbi subapproximati vel 2 cm. distantes, parvi, cylindracei, 2-3 

 mm. alti, longitudinaliter rugosi, monophylli. FoUum cum peti- 

 olo ±20 cm. longum, ±2 cm. latum, variabile, anguste oblongo- 

 oblanceolatum, ad basim valde attenuatum, obtusum, valde cori- 

 aceum; petiolus ±5 cm. longus, rigidus, erectus, sulcatus; lamina 



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