ORCHIDACEM 



BULBOPHYLLUM LASIOGLOSSUM 



Bulbophyllum lasioglossum Rolfe, Orchidaoe^e, fasc. 1, p. 100 



(1905). 



Rhizoma crassum. Pseudobulbi approximate, ovati, 1.5-1.7 cm. 

 longi, monophylli. Folia petiolata, lamina elliptico-oblonga, sub- 

 acuta, coriacea, circa 10 cm. longa et 3.2 cm. lata ; petiolus 2 cm. 

 longus. Scapus suberectus, gracilis, circa 2.5-3 dm. altus, pars 

 inferior 3 vaginis tubularibus vestita ; racemus laxe multiflorus. 

 Bractese ovato-lanceolatae, acuminata, 1.5-3 mm. longse. Pedi- 

 celli graciles, 8 mm. longi. Sepala oblonga, subacuta vel apicu- 

 lata, 9 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata ; dorsale 3-nervium ; lateralia 

 5-nervia. Petala oblongi-lanceolata, acuminata, pilosa, 2.8 mm. 

 longa, vix 1 mm. lata. Labellum lineari-oblongum, subobtusum, 

 ad basim cordatum, aliquanto incrassatum, 5-nervium, margine 

 dense piloso pilis patentibus. Columna perbrevis, dentes obtusi ; 

 calyptra antherae penicilliis duobus instructa. 



B. lasioglossum is apparently endemic in the vicinity of Mt. 

 Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



