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rostellum is orange and sticky. The lip moves very readily on 
its stipes. 
ButpopHyLtium (§ SEsTOCHILOS) LONGIFLORUM, Itidl., sp. nova. 
Rhizoma } poll. crassum, longe repens, lignosum ; radices 
plures, valide. Pseudo-bulbi 14-14 poll. longi, cylindrici, inter 
se 2 poll. dissiti. Foliwm 6-7 poll. longum, 2-25 poll. latum, 
petiolatum, lanceolatum sepius obovatum vel ellipticum, 
acutum, subcoriaceum in sicco membranaceum ;_ petiolus ] 
poll. longus; nervi plurimi, reticulati. Scapus 1 poll. longus, 
pseudo-bulbo sepius approximatus, a bracteis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis membranaceis tectus; pedicellus 14 poll. longi, basi a 
bracteé long’ involutus. Flos 2 poll. longus, tenuis, hand 
explanatus. Sepala lanceolata, caudata, lateralia postico paullo 
latiora $ poll. lata. Petala 12 poll. longa, lineari-lanceolata, 
caudata, sepalis breviora angustiora. Sepala petala rosea, 
obscurius striata. Labellum } poll. longum, crassum, curvum, 
breviter stipitatum, a latere visum reniforme, pallide auranti- 
acum, apice papillosum. Columna brevis ; stelidia longa, 
porrecta, subteretia. Ovarii coste, sinuate, elevate. 
Hab. Kedah: Kedah Peak! alt. 3,000 feet, on trees and on 
the ground, abundant. v.v. 
Penang: Government Hill, C. Curtis ! 
This belongs to the group with a stipitate broad thick fleshy 
lip, almost cubic in proportions, like that of B. insigne, Ridl. 
The flowers are thin in texture and of a dull pink with darker 
veins, with an apricot-orange lip. The Penang specimens are 
rather smaller than those from Kedah, but appear to belong to 
the same species. 
B. (§ Sesrocumos) uisprpum, Ridl., sp. nova. Rhizoma 
validum, lignosum, longe repens; radices longe, rigide. 
Pseudo-bulbi 1 poll. longi, conici, crassi, inter se usque ad 
3 poll. dissiti. Folivm lanceolatum, obtusum, coriaceum, in 
sicco nigricans, striatum, politum; petiolus 1 poll. longus; 
lamina 3-6 poll. longa, 2 poll. lata. Scapi 3 poll. longi, pseudo- 
bulbis approximati, crassi, a bracteis undique tecti. Iacemus 
4 poll. longus; rhachis crassa; bractes } poll. longs, ovate, 
acute. Flores majusculi, patentes, atropurpurei, footidi, usque 
ad 8 in racemo congesti. Sepala sxqualia, } poll. longa, # poll. 
lata, ovata subacuta, polita, atrorubra in marginibus hispida, 
lateralia connata. Petala } poll. longa, lanceolata, falcata, 
