Bulbophyllum. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). 35 
oblong, subcompressed, 2 1 in. long, 1-leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 
2-3 in. long, ł-1 in. broad. Scapes suberect or deflexed, arcuate, 
4-8 in, long; raceme 3—4 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts distichous, 
spreading, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, 3-4} lin. long. Sepals spread- 
ing, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, acute, 5—6 lin. long. Petals minute, 
subulate, } lin. long. Lip linear, base villose, upper half pilose with 
purple hairs 9-10 lin. long, some of which are clavate. Column 
‘stout, + lin. long; teeth incurved, falcate-linear, } lin. long.— Bot. Mag. 
t. 5288; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 252. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, cultivated specimen, Loddiges! Lagos, 
Moloney! Delta of the Niger, Dalton! 
39. B. Nummularia, Rolfe. Rhizome creeping, pseudobulbs 
remote, orbicular, flattened from the top, ł in. thick, l-leaved. Leaves 
oblong, acute at each end, 1 in. long, } in. broad. Scape about } in. 
long, with some basal sheaths; racemes 6—8-flowered ; rhachis not or 
‘scarcely thickened, zigzag. Flowers one-sided, dark purple, with green 
lip. Bracts very broad, somewhat sheathing the flowers. Dorsal 
‘sepal oblong, subacute; margin pilose; lateral ones smaller, with 
fimbriate margin. Petals very minute, nearly orbicular; margin deeply 
fimbriate. Lip ligulate from a broader, pilose-margined base, obtuse. 
Column very short, with two minute teeth.—WVegaclinium Nummularia, 
Wendl. & Krinzl. in Gard. Chron. 1894, xv. 685. 
Upper Guinea. South Cameroons, Braun. 
Only known to me from the original description, which, however, shows that the 
essential character of Megaclinium is wanting. Its exact affinity is a little doubtful. 
40. B. Gabonis, Lind. d Reich. f. in Flora, 1865, 185. Pseudo- 
bulbs oval, attenuate above. Leaves ligulate, acute, not contracted 
into a petiole. Scape medium-sized, distantly sheathed, racemose 
above. Bracts ligulate, acute, exceeding the ovary. Sepals triangular- 
aristate. Petals spathulate, apiculate, crenulate, not half as long 
asthe sepals. Lip 3-lobed; side lobes semiovate, serrulate; front one 
oblong-ligulate, obtuse, serrulate, with four elevated lines along the 
‘disc, and some papille on the front lobe. Column-teeth ligulate, 
‘obtuse. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon (presumably). 
Only known to me from the original description, which neither mentions the 
affinity, native country, nor collector. The habitat is assumed from the specific name. 
This and the following species are remarkable for the three-lobed lip. 
41. B. Herminiostachys, Peichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 254. Leaf 
oblong, acute. Sepals somewhat fleshy, lanceolate, acuminate, the 
lateral ones curved and united at the extreme base. Petals much shorter, 
ligulate; apex triangular; base with obtuse angles. Lip unguiculate, 
3-lobed ; side lobes triangular, erect, rounded behind, gradually passing 
in front into the ligulate, microscopically denticulate front lobe, which 
has a revolute margin ; disc with a pair of fleshy keelx, and three to 
five calli at the extreme base. Column very short, teeth elongate, terete- 
