272 MR. HENRY RIDLEY ON ORCHIDER AND 
2 poll. longi, ovoideo-conici, dissiti. Foliwm 14 poll. longum, 
2 poll. latum, elliptico-lanceolatum, obtusum. Scap? plurimi, 
1 poll. longi, filiformes. los singulus, parvus; bractea cupuli- 
formis, mucronata. Sepalwm posticum lanceolatum obtusum 
rubronervium, lateralia (postico majora) ferme } poll. longa 
lanceolata acuta flava. Petala cum } parte sepali vix equilonga, 
late ovata acuta, apice purpurea. Labellwm sepalis brevius, 
lanceolatum, planum, subobtusum, flavum basi purpureo- 
maculatum. Columna breviuscula; stelidia longa, subulata, 
ascendentia. Anthera ovata, depressa. 
Hab. Siam: Pungah, Kasoom Road, (. Curtis ! 
This species, of which I have seen but one flower, is closely 
allied to B. catenarium, Ridl., which it much resembles in the 
form of the flower, but the pseudo-bulbs and foliage more 
resemble those of B. modestwm, Hook., f. The bract is like 
that of B. Avicella, Ridl., a wineglass-shaped cup, from one side 
of which projects a small point or mucro. 
BvuLBopHYLLUM CLANDEsTINUM, Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1841) Mesc., 
p. 77. 
Hab. Singapore: Very common; Kranji, Tanglia, Sungei 
Morai, Chan Chu Kang! 
Johore: Kota Tinggi ! 
Malacca: Batu Berendam (R. Derry)! 
Penang: Telak Tikus, C. Curtis ! 
Pahang: Pekan, Tahan River! 
Perak: Scortechini. 
Also Rhio! (Native Collector). Java, Dr. Treub! 
Abundant on trees in open country, river banks, &c. 
B. caprratum, Lindl., Gen. et Sp. Orch., p. 56. 
Hab. Johore: Batu Pahat, Lake and Kelsall! 
Penang: Government Hill, Curtis ! 
Perak: Gunong Hijan! Gunong Batu Putih, Wray. 
Also occurs in Java and Borneo. 
The flowers are orange red, brightest at the tips of the 
sepals. They are not really capitate, as the name implies, but 
in short racemes. It appears to be always a native of hill 
districts. 
B. Ericrrantues, Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., v. p. 753. 
In specimens cultivated here, I find 14 petal threads, two 
pairs of threes, and two single ones. They are not strap- 
