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AMES. 
Calanthe pulchra (Bl.) Lindl. Och. PI. 250 (1833). — Ambyglottis pulchra 
Bl. Bijdr. 371 (1825). — Calanthe curculigoides Lindl. Wall. Cat. 7340 (1828). 
Terrestrial, border of forest at 2,300 ft. on Mount Haleon, Nov. 8, 1906, 
Merrill (No. 5850). — Terrestrial along the Alag River at 400 ft. alt., Nov. 5, 1906, 
Merrill (No. 5849). 
Calanthe pulchra has yellow flowers. 
Java, Sumatra, Singapore and Malay Peninsula, Malacca, Penang. 
Calanthe triplicatis (Willem.) Ames Orchidacese, fasc. 2 (1907) ined . — 
Orchis triplicatis Willem, in Usteri Ann. Bot. 18: 52 (1796). — Calanthe veratri- 
folia R. Br. Bot. Reg. sub t. 573 (1821). — C. furcata Batem. Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 
p. 28. 
Baco River, March, 1905, Merrill (No. 4065). 
After a careful study of the rich collections of Oalantlie in the her- 
barium of the Bureau of Science I am quite convinced that C. furcata 
is untenable as a distinct species. Although the average specimens from 
the Philippines are smaller than C. triplicatis they do not exhibit any 
structural characters which plainly separate them from it. The lobes 
of the labellum are very variable and the spur is frequently simple, with 
no indication of a furcate tip. LincUey considered the larger size of the 
lateral lobes of the labellum of C. furcata the chief distinction by which 
to separate it from C. veratrifolia, but this distinction fails absolutely 
if applied to a large series of specimens. Cuming’s No. 2064 in the 
British Museum herbarium has large apical lobes on the labellum and 
leaves fully 3 dm. long by 6 cm. wide. 
Japan to New South Wales, and from S. India to the Fiji Islands, New Guinea, 
Java, Cochtn China, Ceylon, Formosa, Liu Kiu and Borneo. Very common in the 
Philippines. 
PLOCOGLOTTIS Bl. 
Plocoglottis Copelandii Ames sp. nov. — P. acuminata Ames Orchid, fasc. 1, 
p. 82 (1905), not Blume. 
Rhizome creeping, sheathed with scarious, tubular bracts which persist 
as elongated fibers. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, about 
14 cm. long, 4.5— 6.5 cm wide. Petioles 3-4 cm. long rather slender. 
Scape about 3 dm. long, graceful, pubescent, with several sheathing, 
tubular, obliquely truncate, acute bracts at intervals. Inflorescence an 
elongated, rather loose raceme of yellowish, red-brown spotted, odorless 
flowers. Rachis of the raceme rather densely pubescent. Floral bracts 
triangular-lanceolate, acute, about 4 mm. long, shorter than the pubescent 
pedicels of the flowers. Pedicels and ovary together 1.5 cm. long. 
Lateral sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, 1.5 cm. long, about 4 mm. wide. 
Upper sepal similar to the laterals but somewhat shorter. Petals linear, 
gradually tapering from the base to the acute apex, 11 mm. long. 
Labellum about 6 mm. long, 5 mm. wide at the tip, oblong-cuneate, 
