336 
AMES. 
Bulbophyllum sp. 
Balete, Baco River, flowers yellowish, April-May, 1905, It. C. McGregor (No. 
329). 
A single specimen found on a fallen tree trunk. 
Bulbophyllum sp. 
Epiphyte on exposed ridge at 4,500 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, Nov. 14, 1906, 
Merrill (No. 5833). 
A single specimen insufficient for description. 
THELASIS BL 
Thelasis carinata Bl. Bijdr. 386 (1825). 
Epiphyte in humid forest at 500 ft. alt. along the Alag River, flowers odorless, 
brownish, except white tips of petals, Nov. 7, 1906, Merrill (No. 5679). 
Java, Sumatra and Borneo. 
PHALAENOPSIS Bl. 
Phalaenopsis Aphrodite Reichb. f. Hamb. Gartenz. 18: 35 (1862). 
Epiphyte in forest at 300 ft. alt. along the Alag River, flower odorless, pure 
white, except for the purple-striped and spotted labellum, Dec. 3, 1906, Merrill 
(No. 5845). 
Very nearly allied to, if not merely a form of, P. amabile Bl. 
Philippines and Formosa. 
SARCANTHUS Lindl. 
?Sarcanthus striolatus Reichb. f. Gard. Chron. n. s. 18: 168 (1882). 
On large bowlders in Alag River, at 500 ft. alt., flowers greenish, labellum 
white, turning yellowish, Nov. 6, 1906, Merrill (No. 5517). 
Endemic in the Philippines. 
SACCOLABIUM Bl. 
?Saccolabium compressum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. p. 9. 
Epiphyte in mossy forest at 6,000 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, Nov. 18, 1906, 
Merrill (No. 5564). 
Although the material on which the above determination is based is in fruit, 
it agrees well with S. compressum Lindl. in habit and general aspect. 
Endemic in the Philippines. 
ANGRAECUM Thouars. 
Angraecum philippinense Ames sp. nov. 
Plants 3-6. cm. higli. Eoots very fleshy. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 
obtnse, 2 - 5.5 cm. long, 0. 6-1.4 cm. wide, on contracted stems. Peduncles 
fleshy, stout, conspicuously winged, few-flowered, about 4 cm. long. 
Bracts rigid, fleshy, 5 mm. -long, conduplicate, triangular, acute. Pedicels 
elongated,' about 2.5 cm. long, including the ovary. Flowers large, white, 
odorless. Lateral sepals elliptic, rounded and very obtuse at the apex, 
about 2.2 cm. long, about 1.5 cm. wide. .Upper sepal similar to the 
petals, cuneate at base, about 2.2 cm. long, 14-15 mm. wide. Petals 
