NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 
bellum 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, simple, but with the basal 
margin more or less erect, linguiform, very obtuse, con¬ 
spicuously 3-nerved, smooth, ecallose. Column (above the 
foot) 2.5 mm. long, stout, with a triangular tooth on each 
side in front at the summit, and with a rounded terminal 
membrane behind the anther. 
Bulhophyllum suhaequale is a close ally of B. dasypeta- 
lum Rolfe, from which species it differs chiefly in the foliage 
and in the shape of the petals. 
Philippines, Luzon, Rizal Province, Mount Susong- 
dalaga, M. Ramos & G. Edano, Bureau of Science 29296, 
August 5, 1917. 300 meters altitude. (Type in Herb. Bur. 
Sci. Duplicate type in Herb. Ames No. 26727.) 
Robiquetia pantherina (Kranzl.) Ames comb. nov. 
Saccolabium pantherinum Kranzl. in Fedde Report. 17 
(1921) 391. 
Cleisostoma spatulatum Bl. apud Naves Novis. App. 
(1882) 238. 
Saccolabium densiflorum Lindl. in Rot. Reg. (1838) 
Misc. 56, quoad Philip., non Lindl. in Wall. Cat.; Reichb. 
f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1864) 885, quoad Philip.; Naves Novis. 
App. (1882) 241. 
Robiquetia spathulata Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 237, non 
J. J. Sm. 
In the brief note appended to the description of Sac¬ 
colabium pantherinum, Kranzlin described the species as 
being without any trace of a scale or special structure in the 
throat of the labellum. In my studies of a flower of the 
type, I found a well-developed scale ascending obliquely 
from the anterior wall of the sac and a forcipate scale on the 
posterior wall. If for separation of Saccolabium pantherinum 
from Robiquetia spathulata, Kranzlin relied on the absence 
of the scales above mentioned, it would seem that he was 
deceived by the flower, which he examined, being imperfect. 
Robiquetia pantherina is closely related to Robiquetia 
spathulata J. J. Sm. It differs from that species in having 
the scale on the anterior wall of the sac obliquely ascending 
and hardly thickened, and in the sepals and petals having 
