ORCHIDS OF MADAGASCAR. 463 



Bulbophyllum nutans, Thouars, Orch. lies Afriq. t. 107 ; 

 folio t. iv. ; Lindley, Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. p. 52 ; Richard, 

 Orchid. Maur. p. 63 ; 8. Moore in Fl. of Maur and Seych. p. 345. 



Madagascar, fide Thouars ; Ankaratra montes, Butenberg. 

 Mauritius, Ayres, Herb. Kew. Ins. Mascarenes, Sir J. Macgregor 

 in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



B. multifloba, n. sp. ; pseudobulbis quadrato-cylindricis, 

 semiuncialibus, vaginis membranaceis tectis, nitidis rugosis flavis 

 monophyllis ; folio lanceolato obtuso, apicc bilobo, coriaceo ; ra- 

 eerao denso nutante longo gracili ; floribus brevissime pedicellatis 

 copiosis flavescentibus ; bracteis membranaceis lanceolatis vel 

 superioribus ovatis, acutis, ovarium superantibus ; sepalis lineari- 

 bus lanceolatis acutis ; petalis oblongis lanceolatis ; labello un- 

 guiculato, lobo medio brevissimo earnoso linguiformi curvo, medio 

 depresso marginibus eveetis ; columna brevi crassiuscula, denti- 

 bus clir.andrii brevibus obtusis, antheram vix superantibus ; 

 antbera ovata depressa. 



Imerina, Anfeafana, " on trees in great clusters, often covering 

 tbe wbole tree," Deans Cowan ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



B. Baronii, n. sp. ; rbizomate longo lignoso ; pseudobulbis 

 dissitis oblongis flavis rugosis (siccis), monopbyllis; foliis oblongis 

 obcuueatis obtusis, bilobis erectis ; scapo longiusculo basi vaginis 

 membranaceis tecto, racemo laxo, floribus pluribus parvis ; 

 bracteis ovatis obtusis vel subaeutis, ovario a?quantibus ; sepalis 

 ovato-lanceolatis ; petalis lanceolatis obtusis multo minoribus ; 

 labello ovato subacuto, curvo marginibus erectis niinimo; columna) 

 dentibus brevibus obtusis. 



Andrangaloaka, E. Imerina, apud truncos arborum, floribus 

 flavis, Hildebrandt no. 3728 ! Ankafana, Deans Cowan ! Central 

 Madagascar, Baron no. 1176 ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. ; Baron 714, 

 Herb. Kew. 



This plant is nearly allied to B. nutans, Thouars, for which it 

 has been mistaken. It is easily distinguished by its elongate 

 pseudobulbs, half an inch in length., bearing only one rather long 

 leaf, 2, more rarely 3, inches in length by { in diameter, and 

 more erect scape 3| inches or less in length. The flowers are 

 small, about twenty in number. 



B. MINUTUM, Thouars, Orch lies Afr. t. 110 ; Lindley, Gen. 

 and Sp. Orch. PI. p. 52. 



