50 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



C. natalense, Harv., but the styles are different to those of any 



species of the genus. 



Woods, Port Dauphin, 2873 ! 



The following new Crotons have been described by M. Baillon 

 as under : 



Choton Elliotianus, Baill. in Bull. Linn. Soc. Par. i. p. 863 

 2970 ! 



CuoTOtf ijs t ops, Baill. h c. p. 864. 298G ! 



OKCHIDE^E. 

 (By E. Allen Rolfje, A.L.S.) 



Liparis bicornis, Bidl. 



Wet marshy slope near A'Mpanjakao, Manandona Valley, 



Interior, 2004 I 



A little taller than specimens previously collected. 



Liparis orxitiioriiynciius, Midi. 



leather wet places near Fianarantsoa, 2065 ! 

 The specimens are slightly taller and stouter than those 

 previously collected. 



! 



Bulbophtllum Baronii, Bidl. 



In forest at Ankeramadiuika, Tamatave to Capital, 1763! 



Shaded places in rock crevices, Andringitra, 5000 feet, 1827! 



Bulbophtllum IIumblotit, liolfe, sp. n. 



llhizoma repens, gracile. Pseudobulbi ovoidei, 3-6 lin. longi, 

 monophylli. Folia oblonga, crassiuscula, ^-1\ uncias long** 

 Scapi subsessiles, brevissitni, recurvi, basi vaginis membranaceis 

 tecti. Eacemi multiflori, rhachide acute subalata. Braefce® 

 ovatse, acuta*, 1-1 1 lin. long®. Sepalum posticum ovatum, acutum, 

 1-1| lin. longum ; lateralis lanceolato-linearia. Petala oblonga 

 v. lanceolato-oblonga, | lin. longa. Labellum recurvum, carnosum, 

 lineate, obtusura, median is lineis bis carnosulis. Column* 

 brevis, deutibus acutis columnam subsequalibus. 



On trees in forest near Fort Dauphin, 2771 ! Without 

 precise locality, Humblot 378! On trees by coast, Hirondio, 

 July 1882, Dr. Meller. 



This species much resembles B. pendulum, Thouars, in general 

 habit, but among other differences that species has a two-leaved 



