Bulbophyllum. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). 33 
bulbs 1-14 in. apart on a creeping rhizome, ovoid-tetragonous, ł-14 in. 
long, l-leaved. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, 5—10 in. 
long. Scapes suberect or horizontal, 3-5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, 
acuminate, glabrous, 4—6 lin. long. Sepals subequal, triangular-lanceo- 
late, caudate-acuminate, strongly carinate, 4-44 lin. long; keels of 
lateral sepals pilose-ciliate. Petals spathulate-oblanceolate, subacute, 
14 lin. long; margins minutely ciliate. Lip recurved, oblong, obtuse, 
minutely scaberulous-papillose, 1-1} lin. long. Column stout, $ lin. 
long; teeth 4, oblong subobtuse, very short. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 2000 ft., on trees, Mann, 642! 
Very remarkable in the villose sepals. 
32. B. inflatum, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1891, ix. 234. Pseudo- 
bulbs approximate on a creeping rhizome, strongly 4-angled, 1 in. long 
by nearly as broad, 1-leaved. Leaves sessile, lanceolate-oblong, acumi- 
nate, suddenly contracted at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1—14 in. broad. 
Scapes pendulous, 2 in. long; racemes 1-1} in. long; rhachis swollen 
into an ellipsoidal fleshy body, about 4 in. broad, many-flowered. Bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 5—6 lin. long. Sepals triangular-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, strongly carinate, 4—44 lin. long; keels ciliate, the 
lateral ones very strongly so. Petals spathulate, obtuse, glabrous, 
1? lin. long. Lip recurved, linear-oblong, obtuse, scaberulous-papillose, 
1} lin. long. Column stout, 3 lin. long; teeth faleate-oblong, acute, 
} lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone. Flowered at Kew in 1887! 
Allied to the preceding, and remarkable for the much thickened rhachis. 
33, B. calamarium, /indl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 70. Pseudo- 
bulbs about 3—1 in. apart on a stout creeping rhizome, 4-angled, broadly 
oblong, 14 in. long, 1-leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 6-74 in. long, 
coriaceous. Scapes erect, stout, 14-1} ft. long; racemes 4-6 in. long, 
many-flowered. Bracts not distichous, numerous and imbricate, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, 6-10 lin. long. Sepals somewhat fleshy, 
narrowly triangular-lanceolate, subacute, 5-54 lin. long, yellow. Petals 
falcate-linear, acute, glabrous, 1? lin. long. Lip ligulate, obtuse, 
4-4} lin. long; margins pilose with long purple hairs; side-lobes 
obtusely rounded, somewhat ciliate. Column stout, 1 lin. long; teeth 
faleate-linear, acute, } lin. long.—Bot. Mag. 4088 (Calamaria by error) ; 
Hook. Cent. Orch. 17, t. 4; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. 125 ; 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 252. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Fielding! Niger Territory: Ibo; Nsube, 
Barter, 1482! Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenkes, 832! 
34. B. rupincola, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 184. | Pseudobulbs 
1-1} in. apart on a stout creeping rhizome, ovoid-tetragonous, 14-1} in. 
long, l-leaved. Leaf elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 4-5 in. long, 1} in. 
broad, attenuate at the base into a short broad petiole. Scape suberect, 
rather stout, 1} ft. long; raceme 34 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts 
not distichous, numerous and imbricate, oblong, subacute, 5 lin, long. 
Sepals fleshy, subequal, base ovate-oblong, triangular lanceolate above 
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