NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
Bulbophyllum marcidum Ames sp. nov. Radices 
glabrae. Rhizoma repens. Pseudobulbi dense congest!, in 
calenam aggregali, monophylli. Folium ellipticum vel ob- 
longo-ellipticum, aculum vel obtusum, coriaceum, in pctio- 
lum brevem contractum, scapo filiform! multo brevius. 
Scapus erectus, unillorus. Flos flavidus. Sepala laleralia 
obtuse triangularia, trinervia, men turn obtusum formantia. 
Sepalum dorsalc oblongo-ligulatum, obtusum, trinervium. 
Petala sepalis multo breviora, oblonga, uninervia, apice 
rotundata. Labellum obscure trilobatum, lamina labelli 
expansa in circuitu subsagittata; lobis lateralibus crectis, 
obtusis; lobo medio oblongo, convexo, obtuso, dense et 
breviter glanduloso, margine valde detlexo vel revoluto. 
Columna brevis, in pedem elongatum producta, apice bi- 
cuspidata. 
Roots smooth, coarse, whitish when dry. Rhizome 
creeping, elongated. Pseudobulbs 3 mm. long, about 1 mm. 
in diameter in dried specimens, procumbent on the slender 
rhizome, contiguous, with the ascending apex bearing a 
single leaf, the mature pseudobulbs subtended by the 
fibrous remains of loosely oppressed sheaths. Leaf 5-10 
mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, ob¬ 
tuse or acute, coriaceous, contracted into a short petiole. 
Scape arising from the base of the pseudobulbs, 2-3 cm. 
long, filiform, erect, exceeding the leaf, 1-flowered. Flower 
yellow. Ovary with the pedicel 7 mm. long to the subtend¬ 
ing tubular bract, smooth. Lateral sepals 3.5 mm. long, 
1 mm. wide near the middle, tapering very gradually to a 
subobtuse tip, 3-nerved, smooth on the mmrgin, forming a 
mentum 1.5 mm. long, llorsal sepal 4 mm. long, about 
1 mm. wide near the middle, oblong-ligulate, obtuse or sub¬ 
acute, 3-nerved, smooth. Petals 1.5 mm. long, hardly 1 mm. 
wide, oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved. Labellum 2.75 mm. long, 
obscurely 3-lobed, with the lateral lobes erect, obtuse, 1 mm. 
long and with the terminal lobe narrowly oblong, obtuse, 
1.5 mm. long, its margin strongly revolute, its upper surface 
rounded, minutely and densely glandulose; when the lateral 
lobes are spread out the outline of the labellum is obtusely 
subsagittate. Column about 1 mm. long, continued at the 
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