34 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). [ Bulbophyllum. 
the middle, subacute, 5 lin. long. Petals falcate-linear, acute, glabrous, 
14 lin. long. Lip ligulate, subobtuse, densely pilose with purple 
hairs 4 lin. long; side lobes obtusely rounded, slightly ciliate. Column 
stout, 1 lin. long; teeth falcate-linear, obtuse, 4 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Adongo, on rocks, Welwitsch, 697 ! 
Closely allied to the preceding. 
35. B. porphyroglossum, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 24. 
Plant about 4} in. high. Rhizome creeping, ascending. Pseudobulbs 
aggregated, ovoid-tetragonal, 1-leaved. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 
twice as long as the racemes. Scape with two or three long sheaths ; 
raceme secund. Bracts ovate, acute, equalling the ovary. Flowers 
about 24 lin. in diameter, yellow with a purple lip. Sepals narrowly 
ovate, acuminate: lateral ones united only at the base. Petals cuneate- 
obovate, obtuse. Lip curved, ligulate from a caudate base, obtuse, 
densely pilose ; dise with a polished channel in the middle. Column 
with subulate elongate teeth. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Victoria, Preuss, 1279. 
Only known to me from the original description. It is compared with the Indian 
B. reptans, Lindl. 
36. B. distans, Lindl. in Journ. Linn, Soc. vi. 125. Pseudobulbs 
5-6 lin. apart on a creeping rhizome, ovoid, 4-angled, 5—6 lin. long, 
2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 5—6 lin. long, 8-9 lin. broad. 
Scape suberect, 4 in. high; spike 1} in. long, few-flowered. Bracts 
distichous, ovate-oblong, acute, not imbricate, 3-4 lin. long. Sepals 
long acuminate from an ovate base, 6 lin. long. Petals setaceous, 
falcate with recurved apex, 2 lin. long. Lip linear from a broader base, 
6 lin. long, covered with long setaceous purple hairs. Column very 
stout, } lin. long; teeth falcate-subulate, 4 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Delta: Banks of the Nun River, Mann, 525! 
37. B. saltatorium, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1970. Pseudobulbs 
1-1} in. apart on a stoutish creeping rhizome, ovoid, subtetragonous, 
1-1} in. long, 1-leaved. Scapes suberect or horizontal, 24—34 in. long ; 
raceme 1} in. long, many-flowered. Bracts not distichous, lanceolate- 
oblong, subacute, 23-3 lin. long. Sepals subequal, triangular-lanceolate, 
subacute, 3-3} lin. long. Petals subulate-acicular, 14 lin. long. Lip 
linear, base broader and nearly glabrous, densely pilose above the 
middle with long purple hairs, the whole 43-5 lin. long. Column stout, 
+ lin. long; teeth incurved, scarcely equalling the column.— Rolfe in 
Gard. Chron. 1889, vi. 324. 
BO aioe Guinea. Sierra Leone, Flowered in Messrs, Loddiges’ Nursery in 
A barren specimen from the Gold Coast, Burton and Cameron, apparently belongs 
here. 
38. B. barbigerum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1942. Pseudobulbs 
ł-1 in. apart on a stout creeping rhizome, suborbicular or elliptical- 
