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Disc with a central longitudinal fleshy pubescent zone ending in 
a distinct callus. Column thick, straight or slightly incurved, 
concave in front, with winged margins, about 14 mm long. 
Clinandrium small; anther broadly ovoid, obtuse at the apex, 
cucullate. Pollinia 2, triangular-ovoid, the dorsal side exca¬ 
vated, about 1.5 mm long. 
Mindanao, Zamboanga Province, Mount Silingan, Phil. Nat. 
Herb. 3000 Mrs. K. B. Day, November, 1934. 
The description was based on living specimens given to the 
junior author by Mrs. Day and now cultivated in the Bureau 
of Science orchid house. The flowers have the general ap¬ 
pearance and habit of opening of Sarcochilus pallidus. Pedi¬ 
cellate ovary chalcedony yellow; sepals and petals white with 
naphthalene yellow tips; labellum white with the callus on the 
front lobe apricot yellow; column naphthalene yellow. 
The genus Bromheadia is new to the Philippines. Bromheadia 
philippinensis is apparently closely allied to B. alticola Ridl., 
but differs in its apparently dissimilar habit of growth and the 
obtuse outward-pointing side lobes of the lip. 
Genus ASCOGLOSSUM Schlechter 
ASCOGLOSSUM CALOPTERUM (Reichb. f.) Schltr. Plate 1, figs. 12 and 13; Plate 5, 
fie*- 1 to 10. 
Ascoglossum calopterum (Reichb. f.) Schltr. in Fedde Repert. 
Beihefte 1 (Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu Guinea) (1914) 975; 21 
(Fig. Atlas) (1923) t. 843, No. 1324. 
Saccolabium calopterum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1882) 2: 520. 
Cleisostoma cryptochilum F. V. Muell. in Wing South Sci. Rec. n. 5 
1 (1885). 
Saccolabium Schleinitzianum Kranzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 7 (1886) 
440. 
Caules erecti vel curvati, rigidi, teretes, 20 ad 30 cm longi, 
vix 1 cm dimetiente. Folia disticha, rigida, ligulata, approxi- 
mata, valde coriacea, apice rotundato inaequaliter obtuse bilo- 
bata, 11 ad 18.5 cm longa, 2 ad 3 cm lata. Inflorescentiae 
laterales paniculatae, multiflorae, 20 ad 35 cm longae; pedun- 
culus erectus, rigidus, 12 ad 15 cm longus, vaginis brevibus 
tubularibus, 4 ad 5 mm longis ornatus. Pedicellus cum ovario 
gracilis, 11 ad 15 mm longus. Flores inodori feri, purpurei, 15 
ad 17 mm longi, 6 ad 8 mm dimetiente; perianthii parte valde 
reflexae. Sepala lateralia unguiculata, acuta vel obtusa, 9 ad 
12 mm longa, 4.5 ad 5 mm lata, ad basim vix 1.25 mm lata, 
supra medium lobulo ovato-triangulari plus minusve distincto 
ornata. Sepalum dorsale oblongo-oblanceolatum, acutum vel 
