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AMES. 
PHREATIA Lind I . 
Phreatia bracteata sp. nov. 
Pseudolmlbi congregati, rotundati, circa 2 cm longi. Folia 2, oblongi- 
lanceolata, acuta, coriacea, 8 ad 10.5 cm longa, circa 1.5 cm lata, ad 
basim sulcata. Scapus usque ad 2.2 dm longus, bracteatus. Bracteae 
scariosae, 9 ad 20 mm longae, acutae. Bacemus elongatus, usque ad 6 
cm longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae scariosae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 
pedicellum cum ovario excedentes, 3 ad 4 mm longae, circa 2 mm latae. 
Sepala lateralia late ovata, obtusa, mentum formantia, 3.5 mm longa, ad 
basim 2.5 mm lata. Sepalum clorsale oblongum, obtusum vel quadratum, 
2 mm longum. Petala oblonga, obtusa, 2 mm longa, 1.25 mm lata. 
Labellum ovaturn, obtusum, 2 mm longum, 1.5 mm latum, ad basim 
saccatum. Golumna minuta. Rostellum bifidum. 
The floral bracts are very conspicuous, slightly rigid and in dried specimens 
brownish at the center with a wide hyaline margin. The bracts of the scape are 
tubular, closely appressed and somewhat hyaline when dry. In general habit the 
plants resemble Phreatia scaphioglossa Schlechter. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 7 815 Curran & Merritt, November, 1907 : 
Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Bur. Sci. 5180 Topping, R. S. Williams 
910, along the Lamao River at an altitude of about 1000 m: Province of Pam- 
panga, Mount Arayat, Merrill 3916, October 23, 1904, altitude 820 m, flowers 
white, odorless. 
BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. 
Bulbophylium cuneatum R. A. Rolfe in Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 98. 
This, apparently i are species, has been discovered again on Mount Mariveles 
by D. Le Roy Topping. In his original diagnosis Mr. Rolfe described the scapes 
as recurved. In my observations I find that this characteristic is always strongly 
developed and gives the scape below the raceme thy appearance of a shepherd’s 
crook. Just at tire point of curvature the scape is thickened and below the 
inflorescence conspicuously dilated. The bracts appear to have been purplish and 
in the dried specimens examined the petals and lips are deep-purple. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Bur. Sci. 5183 Topping. 
Bulbophylium Dearei Reichb. f. in Flora 71 (188S) 150. 
In the herbarium of the Bureau of Science there are seven flowers of this 
species sent by Mary Strong Clemens from Camp Keitliley. When alive they 
were described by the collector as orange-yellow marked with purple. The 
plants from which the flowers were taken were found on large Ficus and 
Vitex trees. The specimens from Camp Keitliley agree very well with speci- 
mens of B. Dearei preserved in my herbarium. The upper sepal is beautifully 
veined and cross-veined with brown so that the yellow ground-color is bright 
and suggests sunlight as seen when filtered through the leaves of trees upon the 
forest flora. The lateral sepals are conspicuously marked with purple and 
strongly falcate. The petals are yellow and slightly falcate. B. bataaner.se 
Ames is a near ally of B. Dearei, but is smaller in all its parts and has a narrow 
upper sepal. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mary Strong Clemens s. «., June, 
July, 1907. 
