NEW OR NOl’KWOKTIIY ORCHIDS 
The labellum in its sharply deflexed apical half sug¬ 
gests the lip of Bulhophyllum lipense Ames. In the dried 
material examined the petals are purplish, the sepals yel¬ 
lowish or yellow-green. The labellum appears to have been 
purplish and yellow. The specific name alludes to the 
peculiar apical portion of the labellum which, — in certain 
positions, — resembles the head of a snake about to strike. 
[Fig. 12.] 
Philippines, Leyte, C. A. Wenzel 0698, November 22, 
1914. Epiphyte in forest. Sepals green and purple: petals 
green and purple: lip green and purple. 600 meters altitude. 
(Type in Herb. Ames No. 26731.) 
Bulhophyllum echinochilum Kranzl. in Fedde Re- 
pert. 17 (1921) 385. 
Through the kindness of Dr. Kranzlin I have been able 
to examine the type specimen of this species which in the 
structure of the labellum suggests the West African B. 
Calamaria Lindl. In the original description prepared from 
a specimen cultivated in the botanic garden at Miinchen- 
Nymphenburg the native country of B. echinoehilum is said 
to be the Philippine Islands. As the affinities of the plant 
are distinctly African, it would seem wise to await confirma¬ 
tion of the ascribed habitat before including B. echinochilum 
in the Philippine flora. The frequency with which labels 
become transferred from one plant to another in botanic 
gardens stimulates skepticism when species are referred 
to a geographical area in which they lack aflinities or close 
allies. 
Bulhophyllum exquisitum Ames nom. nov. 
Bulhophyllum MacGregorii Ame.s in Phil, .lourn. Sci. 
C. Bot. 7 (1912) 137, non Schltr. in Fedde Report. 10 (1911) 
252. 
Bulhophyllum filicoides Ames sp. nov. Ilerba epi- 
phytica, pendula. Bhizoma gracile elongatum. Pseudo- 
bulbi parvuli, in rhizomate seriati, juniores vaginis mar- 
cescentibus mox in fragmenta fibrosa solutis tecti, inter se 
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