NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
1912. Somewhat creeping clusters along the nether side of 
moss-covered tree trunks on a wind-swept ridge of Masoy 
at 5500 feet; stems few, bendable, descending and curved 
upwardly, occasionally short branched, covered by imbricate 
dry bracts; pseudobulbs ascending, reddish-tinged on the 
upper or exposed side; leaves in ascending pairs, arising 
from the apex of the pseudobulbs, twistingly recurved, quite 
rigid and coriaceous, paler green beneath; spike arising 
from the basal side of the pseudobulb, erect at the base, 
which is densely clothed with marcescent sheaths; other¬ 
wise the green rachis is gracefully recurved; the ovary yel¬ 
lowish striate; the floral organs testaceous brown: Davao 
District, Mount Apo, E. B. Copeland s. n., April 1904. On 
mossy tree. 6300 feet altitude. 
Since the publication of the fifth fascicle of Orchidaceae 
I have been able to compare the Philippine species, now 
referred to Pholidoia carnea, with an abundance of material 
from Java. The characters on which I relied for the recog¬ 
nition of a new species seem to be inconsequential, and I 
believe it is best to neglect them. Pholidoia carnea is an 
addition to the orchid flora of the Philippines. I have seen 
Philippine specimens only from Mindanao. 
Acoridium exasperatum Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphy- 
tica, pusilla. Radices fibratae, ramosae, glabrae. Pseudo- 
bulbi semifusiformes, juniores vaginis acutis demum in fi- 
bras solutis inclusi, vagina summa pseudobulbum multo su- 
perans, caespitosi, monophylli. Folium oblongum utrin- 
que attenuatum, coriaceum, acutum, in petiolum brevem 
contractum. Pedunculus terminalis. pars pedunculi infra 
racemum folio brevior, nuda, filiformis. Racemus elongatus 
folii apicem superans, distichillorus. Bracteae inflores- 
centiae glumaceae, pedicellum cum ovario superantes, late 
rotundato-ovatae, acutae, nervosae, margine involutae. Se- 
pala lateralia lanceolata, acuta, per medium conspicue 
uninervia. Sepalum dorsale ovato-lanceolatum, acutum. 
Petala late ovata, acuta. Labellum trilobatum; lobis 
lateralibus falcatis, obtusis, erectis; lobo medio subqua- 
drato, apiculato vel trilobulato, lobulo terminali triangular!. 
