Bulbophyllum.] cxiv. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 765 
much longer thin the leaves, raceme secun, bracts minute, flowers small 
shortly pedicelled, sepals obtuse, dorsal ovate l-nerved, lateral broadly 
obliquely ovate obtuse 3-nerved, mentum rounded, petals oblong obtuse 
ermite, lip stipitate ovate-cordate ciliate, columnar teeth minute. 
UPPER Assam ; Naga Hills, on Kohima, Prain. 
Pseudobulbs à in. diam., subglobose. Leaf 13-23 in.. petioled, linear, obtuse, 
nerves strong, Scape with raceme 5-6 in.; pedicels xy in.; sepals 4'5 in. long, 
obscurely ciliolate. 
55. B. auricomum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1985; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
50; scape slender ascending, raceme long many-fld. puberulous cernuous, 
racts small lanceolate, sepals elongate-lanceolate membranous 3-nerved, 
dorsal shorter, mentum obscure, petals ovate-oblong l-nerved ciliate, lip 
shortly stipitate lanceolate, columnar teeth short. B. fcenisecii, Par. er 
es in Bot. Zeit. 1865, 99. Dendrobium tripetaloides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
Rangoon, Carey. "TENAsssRIM; Tavoy, Wallich; Moulmein, Parish. 
Pseudobulbs 1-1 in., subcylindric, terete, or obpyriform. Leaf not seen. Raceme 
$ in.; bracts 3g Ón.; pedicels very short; flowers yellow, sweet-scented (of 
Anthovanthum) 3 Sepals 3 in. long. ` 
3 
ttt Sepals and petals glabrous, eciliate. 
§ Pseudobulbs 0, or very small, 
„56. m. cylindraceum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 53; scape tall 
mith usually a large upper sheath, spike erect cylindric, flowers imbricate, 
"acts small, dorsa] sepal triangular much smaller than the oblong obtuse 
atera], petals small oblong l-nerved, lip ovate, columnar spurs short 
‘rect. Wall Pl, As. Rar. i. t. 69. 
al Nerar, plich. Sikkim Himaraya, alt. 6-7000 ft., Clarke. Kuasia MTs., 
" + common. 
shear titome very stout. Leaf 4-10 in., obtuse; petiole 1-4 in. Scape 6-10 in. : 
or dee s 1-2; bracts ovate, acute; flowers } in. long, dorsally flattened, white, pin 
Ver P Purple; dorsal scpal with sometimes a spiral tip; lip green or purple; ovary 
j Short.—There are two forms found in both Sikkim and the Khasia Hills. 
spike XUINDRSceUM PROPER; upper sheath of scape embracing the base of the 
erg - : Imbricatum, Griff. Notul. iii. 289.— Wallich's figure is probably grossly 
€ rated (made in Nepal, there are no specimens in his herbarium), with yellow 
75, leaves 10-19 by 12-2 in., scape 18 in., and spike 6-8 in. 
Grif N. khasiana ; upper sheath smaller distant from the spike. 
* Volul. iii, 284; Reich. f. in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 716. 
R, khasianum, 
Mur B. repens, Griff. Notul. ii. 293; Te. Pl. Asiat. t. 294; scape slender 
e i shorter than the leaf, lowers in a dense globose head, bracts short, 
ons 3-nerved, dorsal triangular much shorter than the broadly oblong 
hag lateral, petals minute cuneately obovate 1-nerved, lip sessile oblong 
Reichs obtuse, columnar spurs simple or branched. B. khasyanum, 
Sin Trans, Linn, Soc. xxx. 198 (not of Griff). 
ASIA, Hints. a , 5 ft., Griffith. 
Gallathy (p ay Catewh S lcd 
: ry stout, densely fibrous. 
flattened d of flowers 1 in. diam.; flowers purple, 
Lindley is qually.—Griffith's drawing is a very bad one, 
? Owerless; the scape is much longer in the Tenasse 
TENASSERIM, Parish, 
e$ 2-6 by 2-1 in., very thick ; petiole 
Leaner ie 1 in. long and broad, much 
and the specimen in Herb. 
rim plants. 
