768 CXLVIII. oRCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Bulbophyllum. 
obtuse lateral, petals ovate-oblong obtuse, lip sessile obtuse, columnar 
teeth short. 
NEPAL ?, Wallich (Ic. in Herb. Kew). ? Sikx1M, Lister (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.). 
Rhizome very short, excessively branched ; pseudobulbs size of a small hazel nut, 
rooting profusely. Scape with 6-8-fld, spike 3-5 in. ; bracts minute ; flowers green, 
4 in. long, suberect.—Of this remarkable plant there is a drawing of W allich's artist, 
no doubt made in Nepal; its pseudobulbs are smooth and flowers green. A drawing 
of a very similar plant from Sikkim has pseudobulbs marked with superposed "" 
of oblong tubercles ; the flowers are pale yellow flushed with pink on the dorsal sepal. 
Both are represented as leafless. 
68. B. suavissimum, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, i. 297; aA. 
very slender, raceme elongate decurved, flowers secund, sepals subequa 
narrowly linear-oblong obtuse 3-nerved, petals not half as long ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate obtuse 1-nerved obscurely erose, lip sessile small linear- 
oblong obtuse recurved, columnar teeth broad acute. 
UPPER BURMA, Cooper (Hort. C. Bill.). late 
Pseudobulbs 1 in., ovoid-oblong, sheathed. Leaf 4 in., narrowly oblanceola 2 
obtuse, rather thin. Scape with raceme 8-10 in.; sheaths 2, membranous, appresse t. 
bracts very small; flowers à in. long, pendulous, shortly pedicelled, very emi as 
scented ; sepals and petals primrose; lip golden,—Very like B. auricomum, an 
deliciously scented, but perfectly glabrous. 
69. B. purpureum, Thw. Enum. 998; small, scape short, me: 
minute in a dense short spike, bracts very minute, sepals subequal 9 state 
obtuse falcate strongly 3-nerved, petals linear-oblong obtuse, lip stipi 
spongy, columnar arms curved obtuse. 
CEYLON; in the Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. : 
Rhizome slender; peendobulbs fusiform, densely crowded, Leaf i- 4 ie 
obovate or spathulate, retuse, coriaceous. Scape sheathed; spike 1-3 1n, “4 U 
pedicel deflexed ; ovary erect ; flower 3}; in. long.—Of three drawings kindly len ot 
Dr. Trimen, the sepals are in one rose-pink with deep-red nerves, in another lilac w? 
purple nerves, in a third dull purple. 
70. E. triste, Heichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 253; scape slender, 7 
decurved, spike pendulous densely many-fld., bracts minute acate, latera: 
small, dorsal sepal shortest triangular-ovate obtuse 3.nerved, 1a y 
falcately oblong obtuse concave, petals ovate-oblong acute l-nerveo 
stipitate broad convex obtuse, columnar spurs slender. 
TENASSERIM ; on the Toungoo Mts., Lobb, Parish, Berkeley. — , —.. Leaf 
Rhizome as thick as a duck’s quill; pseudobulbs conico-globose, 4 in. dor Bowers 
not seen. Scape 4-5 in.; sheaths narrow ; spike 1-2 in. ; rachis slender: ele 
3 in. long, purple? ; ovary very short.—** Odour strong, pungently fætid, 
ike 
71. B. micranthum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; scape slender, spike 
decurved or pendulous densely many-fld., bracts minute acute, How aleately 
small, dorsal sepal shortest triangular-ovate acute 3-nerved, lateral 55 arge 
ovate acute concave 3-nerved, petals ovate acute 1-nerved, hp 
stipitate, columnar spurs slender. 
TENASSERIM ; On Teongoo and Ta-ok, Parish. 
Pseudobulbs and habit 5e B. triste, to which Parish and Reichb. f. have referred 
it, but the flowers are spreading, not half the size, and the sepals are acu, 
hid. 
72. B. reptans, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1988; Gen. Spass Tea 
51; pseudobulbs obpyriform, scape shorter than the linear-o 
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