NEW OH NOTEWOl^THY ORCHIDS 
a triangular acute termination, which is 3 mm. long and 
2 mm. wide. Column 3.5 mm. long, produced into a slender, 
elongated foot. Anther papillose in front. 
There are no near allies of this species in the Philippines. 
Philippinks, Mindanao, Davao District, Todaya, 
Mount Apo, A. I). E. Elmer 11528, August 1909. Erect tuft 
upon moss-covered limbs of trees in dense woods of low 
moist soil at 6250 feet on Mount Apo; roots whitish; pseu¬ 
dobulbs not hard, green, covered with shredded sheaths; 
stem erect, green, terete; leaves thickly coriaceous, shiny 
dark green above, much lighter green beneath, Hat, but 
strongly recurved; inflorescence from the uppermost leaf- 
axil, 3-llowered, the subtending bracts green, the suberect, 
odorless flowers very pale white throughout. “ Salamiog.” 
(Type in Herb. Ames No. 26743.) 
Bulbophyllum arrectum Krdnzl. in Eedde Report. 
17 (1921) 384. 
The type of this species consists of a single inflorescence. 
In the dried condition it is blackish and brittle. The general 
aspect of the subumbellate flowers suggests very closely 
B. stellatum Ames. 
Bulbophyllum colubrimodum Ames sp. nov. Rhi- 
zoma longe repens, vaginis abbreviatis albidis vestitum. 
Pseudobulbi plus minusve approximati, obpyriformes, in 
sicco valde rugosi, erecti vel oblique ascendentes, mono- 
phylli. Folium variabile, plerumque elliptico-lanceolatum 
interdum oblongo-lanceo.latum, apiculatum, valde coriaceum, 
in petiolum brevem contractum. Scapus gracilis, folium 
superans, uniflorus. Ovarium breviter pedicellatum, bractea 
infundibuliformi infra pedicellum. Scpala lateralia longe 
triangularia, acutissima, trinervia, mentum breve formantia. 
Sepalum dorsale simile, basi concaviusculum, trinervium. 
Petala oblonga, utrinque angustata, uninervia, acuta, mem- 
branacea, sepalis multo breviora. Labellum complicatum, 
supra medium valde deflexum, usque ad medium tricarina- 
tum, carinis lateralibus prope basim labelli divergentibus, 
Carina media prope basim labelli protuberanti; pars apicalis 
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