184 ORCHIDACEM 



In the Gray herbarium there is a specimen (without flowers) 

 collected in the Philippine Islands by the Wilkes expedition, de- 

 termined by H. G. Reich enbach f. as B. junceum Lindl., which 

 is very similar in habit to B. polytrichum. The following is a 

 note made by Mr. Merrill relative to the type of the present spe- 

 cies : " Flowers white, odorless or nearly so. Fringed lip with a 

 reddish yellow spot half way down." 



Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, April 13, 1905, E. B. Mer- 

 rill; near same locality, May 10, 1904, H. N. Whitford (no. 219). 

 — Epiphyte in humid forest, fls. white, fragrant, at 800 ft. alt. 

 along the Alag River, Mindoro, November 5, 1906, E. B. Merrill 

 (no. 5630). — Binabay River, Mindoro, fid. in Manila, February 

 20, 1907, E. B. Merrill (no. 3010). 



D. (§ Distichophyllae) REVOLUTUM Lindley Bot. Reg. 1840, 

 Misc. p. 51; Josst Beschr. u. Cult. Orch. 127; Reichb. f. in 

 Walp. Ann. 6 : 291 ; Hooker f . Fl. Br. Ind. 5 : 732, in part, not 

 Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 6706 nor Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1 : 63, f. 42 nor 

 Ridley Tr. Linn. Soc. ser. 2 (Bot.) 3 : 363 (1893) and Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. 32 : 256 (1896). — B. uniflorum Griffith Notul. 3 : 305 (1851) 

 and Ic. PI. As. t. 303 ; Ridley Tr. Linn. Soc. ser. 2 (Bot.) 3 : 363 

 (1893) and Journ. Linn. Soc. 31 : 271 (1896) and 32 : 256 (1896); 

 Ames Orchidaceje fasc. 1, 91 (1905). — Callista revoluta Kuntze 

 Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 655 (1891). 



"Caulibus obtuse ancipitibus, foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis apice 

 obliquis emarginatis basi subcarinatis, flor ibas solitariis oppositi- 

 f oliis, septalis petalisque acutissimis revolutis, labello carnoso con- 

 vexo obtuso subtrilobo aut rhombeo per medium exarato (s. lamellis 

 duabus inflexis parallelis instructo) lineis tribus discoloribus." — 

 Lindley, I. c. 



Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, 1904, B. LeRoy Topping 

 (no.476).— Cadiz, Negros Occidental, July 9, 1906, H. B. Everett 

 (no. 5579). — Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, February 

 13, 1907, Mary Strong Clemens (no. 3008). 



Perak, Singapore, Borneo. 



