163 CXLVI. ORCHIDE®. (J.D. Hooker.) [Bulbophyllum 
** Lip without basal auricles. 
+ Sepals pubescent. 
41. B. lemniscatum, Parish mss.; Bot. Mag. t. 5961; scape erect 
slender or thickened upwards, spike short pendulous, flowers minute globo 
villous, sepals orbicular-ovate connate below, midrib of each below the 
apex with a long slender pendulous appendage, petals linear-oblong obtuse 
l-nerved, lip sessile short obtuse purple, columnar spurs stout incurveo. 
Fl. des Serres, & 2476. B. lemniscatum & var. tumida, Reichb. f. in Trans. 
Linn, Soc. xxx. 151. 
TENASSERIM ; at Zwabakir in Moulmein, Parish. 3 on 
Pseudobulbs 3 in. diam., crowded, globose, strongly tubercled. Logout 55 
the shoots, lanceolate (not seen on pseudobulbs). Scape 4-6 in., slender b we 
sometimes tumid above the middle; spike $ in., dense-fld. ; bracts ovate, pear oh: 
flower green and purple, 1 in. long ; appendages three times as long, l0-ang? ? 
many crenate lamellz, banded white and red; lip purple.—A very curious pian’ 
suppress var. tumida, Par. & Reichb., the characters of which apply to the type, - 
figured in Bot. Mag. 1. c. 
. 3; 
42. B. gracile, Par. § Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. me dl 
scape and elongate suberect raceme filiform, flowers minute subg ovate 
glandular and villous, dorsal sepals oblong shorter than the orbicular Oe 
obtuse 3-nerved lateral, petals linear obtuse 1-nerved, hr, subsessile gard. 
lanceolate obtuse, columnar spurs slender incurved. eichb. f. m 
Chron. 1874, ii. 162, 
TENASSERIM ; on Moolee-it, alt. 3000 ft., Parish. 9.]eaved ? 
Pseudobulbs 3 in. diam., subglobose, tubercled (when dry), young rv short 
Scape with lax-fld. raceme 6 in.; bracts setaceous, longer than the very 
pedicels; flowers } in., green mottled with brown. 
hid. 515 
43. B. hirtum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1989; Gen. & Sp. Orci oe 
Bot. Reg. xxxiii. (184) under t. 66; scape tall stout, spike long Ad PI her 
drooping, flowers sessile tomentose, dorsal sepal lanceolate 3-nerves kir 
shorter and narrower than the broad-based falcately-lanceolate linear- 
lateral, petals small oblong obtuse ciliate, lip subsessile claweg vati 
oblong truncate hispid below the middle, columnar spurs short. q'ribrachia 
Griff. Notul. iii. 292. Stelis hirta, Smith in Rees Cyclop. xxxiv. 40 
hirta, Lindl. Collect. 41. 
4 .H. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft» J. D 
&c. KnasiA Mrs., Griffith, &c. TENASSERIM, Parish. 12, 48 in. 
Pseudobulbs 1-12 in., ovoid-oblong, terete, 2-leaved. Leaves 72 Bowers 
oblong to lanceolate, obtuse, rather thin. Scape with spike 8-12 MM acute, 
-3 in. long, yellow or greenish white, scented of Anthovanthum ; bracts ova 
«xceeding the ovary; pollinia globose, one pair minute. 
44. B. comosum, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. ie 
scape robust 2-3-sheathed, raceme inclined cylindric trunco an 
most densely crowded 4 in. long horizontally spreading, Sep? mall linear 
hyaline subulate-lanceolate villous with flaccid hairs, petals sm teeth 
obtuse l-nerved, lip shortly stipitate lanceolate recurved, columnar 
short. 
Eastern Burma; Shan Hills, alt, 6000 ft., Collett. . wequill, 
Pseudobulbs and leaves unknown. Scape 10 in., curved, as thick "c ip: 
kneed at the top so that the racemes form an angle of 45° with it. pec ir i sely villous 
diam., like a bottle brush, the flowers being perfectly horizontal and ] and ovary? 
with unicellular hairs; bracts subulate, as long as the very short pedice 
