778 CXLVIII. ORCHIDES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cirrhopetalum. 
ii, var., C.P. 2740 ; in one the leaves are short broadly elliptic, the scape 
Sout a bediocla and ovaries with red grannlations, the dorsal sepal elliptic cue 
and the petals oblong rounded ; in the other the leaves are linear, the scape § Tio 
the dorsal sepal lanceolate acuminate, and the petals ovate obtuse or acute. 
flowers of both are pale straw-coloured. 
5. C. nilgherrense, Wight Ic. t. 1654; lateral sepals $-l m. 
linear eR acuminate bnerved coherent thrice as long as the ont 
acute 5-nerved dorsal, petals broadly oblong thickly 3-nerved, tip "oU Valp. 
columnar spurs short erect. Bulbophyllum kaitiense, Reichb. f. in 
Ann. vi. 262. 
Nitentrri Hits; at Conoor and below Kaitia, alt. 6000 ft., Wight, ined 
Pseudobulbs 3-1 in., ovoid. Leaf 3-4} in., linear-oblong, obtuse, "UP 
3-4 in.; sheaths small; umbels many-fld.; bracts and pedicels $n ih broad 
papillose ; sepals, pedicels and bracts yellowish mottled with red ; peta a the column 
red nerves.—I do not find the pubescence on the lip beneath and face o this hardly 
described by Wight. Except in the much greater size in Wight’s figure 
differs from C. acutiflorum. 
* . r- 
26. C. Gamblei, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; lateral sepals $ times as 
oblong subacute 5-nerved puberulous towards the base three Maca 
long as the broadly ovate 3-nerved dorsal, petals broadly oblong i 
tip rounded, lip with rounded basal angles, columnar teeth minute. i 
Nitentr1 Hrirrs; at Conoor, alt. 6000. ft., Gamble. BABABOODAN 
Law, late. Scape 
Pseudobulbs } in., ovoid. Leaf 1-2 in., linear-oblong or -lanceo 
c o, ellow, 
1-2 in., very slender; sheaths 1-2, loose; bracts and pedicels à 1n. ; flowers y 
streaked and dotted with red. 
. olate 
27. C. Thomsoni, Hook. f.; lateral sepals 4 in. falcately n ail 
acute 5-nerved three times as long as the ovate subacute 5-nerve 
petals broadly oblong 3-nerved, tip rounded, column truncate. mrs 
Niromrgi Hiris, Wight, G. Thomson; at Neddivuttum, alt, 7000 jen very 
Pseudobulbs 3-4 in. ovoid. — Leaf 1-3 in., linear-oblong, petioled. nous ; dors 
slender; sheaths 2-3, small, and bracts 2 in., ovate-lanceolate, membre herrenses but 
sepal and petals purple; lateral yellow, purple at the base. —Near C. ini dà and colour 
much smaller, leaves shorter, umbels fewer-fld., lateral sepals narrower; 
very different, 
tt Lateral sepals about } in. long or less. 
. ( Bulbo- 
28. C. Pumilio, Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xXx. 153 (Pt te 
phyllum); bracts minute, lateral sepals 4 in. linear-lanced + dorsal, Pe 
3-nerved three times as long as the ovate acuminate 3-nerve te-lanceolate 
orbicular-oblong broader than the dorsal 3-nerved, lip ova 
spongy, columnar spurs short erect. 
TENASSERIM; on trees, Zuggick, Parish. in., 
Rhizome slender; pseudobulbs small, conico-globose. Leaf rM eni lateral 
oblong. Scape 2 in., slender; bracts } in.; pedicels as long, Cap 
sepals yellow, and dorsal and petals streaked with purple. hon the 
than 
29. C. parvulum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; beat son ies 3 
pedicel and ovary, lateral sepals à in. elongate-lanceolat etals elipti? 
nerved thrice as long as the elliptic obtuse 3-nerved dorsa ‘hort slender. 
oblong 3-nerved, tip rounded, lip subacute, columnar teeth s 
