Bulbophyllum. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEX (ROLFE). 25 
minute, acute from a broad base. Capsule ellipsoid-oblong, 3 lin. long. 
—Rolfe in Orch. Rev. iii.70; B. sp., Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 
220; B. hookerianum, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 49; Gard. Chron. 
1894, xv. 685; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. ii. 236. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons; mountains at 5000 ft., Mann, 2122! Buea, 
5500 ft., Preuss, 943 ! 
Closely allied to the preceding, but differing in the shape of the petals and other 
characters. 
3. B. Braunii, Kränzl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 154. 
Pseudobulbs ovoid-tetragonous, ł in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves lanceolate, 
obtuse, obliquely bilobed, about 1} in. long, 2—24 lin. broad. Scapes 
about equalling the leaves, and bearing several scarious obtuse sheaths ; 
racemes somewhat flexuose, Flowers secund, yellowish, 2 lin. diameter. 
Bracts oblong, obtuse, apiculate, twice as long as the ovary. Lateral 
sepals broadly ovate at the base, caudate above, reflexed at the apex; 
dorsal one oblong, long acuminate, longer than the laterals. Petals 
narrowly linear, obtuse, nearly as long as the lateral sepals. Lip 
triangular, smooth, slightly sulcate in the middle. Column very 
broad; teeth short, truncate——Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 10. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Malimba, Braun, 81. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
4, B. denticulatum, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1891, 197. Pseudo- 
bulbs on a stout creeping rhizome, somewhat distant, ovoid-tetragonous, 
14 in. long, 1 in. broad, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 3-34 in. 
long, 5-8 lin. broad. Scape suberect, slender, 5—6 in. long; raceme 
subdeflexed, 11-14 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, subacute, 
13-2 lin. long. Sepals subequal, fleshy, ovate, acuminate, carinate, 
3 lin. long. Petals membranous, elliptical-ovate, mucronulate, mi- 
nutely denticulate, 2 lin. long; middle nerve thickened. Lip fleshy, 
linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 2 lin. long. Column stout, ł lin, long; 
teeth oblong, subobtuse, } lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone. Flowered in the collection of Mr. J. O’Brien, 
in 1892, 
5. B. ceespitosum, Zhou. Orch. Iles Afr., t. 103. Pseudobulbs 
3-2 in, apart, on a stout creeping rhizome, oblong or ovoid-oblong, 
4-1} in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 24—4 in. long, 
3-5 lin. broad. Scapes suberect, 3—4 in. long; raceme arching, 
1-2 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, subacute, rigid, 14 lin. 
long. Sepals ovate, acute or subacute, 1#-2 lin. long. Petals linear- 
lanceolate, acute. Lip recurved, fleshy, oblong. Column teeth very 
short.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 10. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone (ex Durand & Schinz). 
I have not seen Sierra Leone specimens, and have taken the above description from 
Mascarene ones, referred to this species by S. Moore in Baker’s Flora of Mauritius, 346, 
though they do not agree well with Thouars’ original figure. It is possible that when 
