38 CXXXII.. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). [Megaclinium.. 
show the species to be very distinct. No flowers are preserved, and the plant does. 
not appear to have been again met with. It flowered in Messrs, Loddiges’ Nursery 
in 1841. 
3. M. triste, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 362. Pseudobulbs. 
trigonous, obtusely angled, 14-2 in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-. 
oblong, obtuse, 3—5 in. long, 3—1 in. broad, Scape elongate, with about 
eleven sheaths near the base, 1} ft. long ; rhachis somewhat compressed, 
thick and fleshy, obtusely angled, obscurely crenulate, scaberulous, 
3-4 in. long, 5 lin. broad, 3 lin. thick. Bracts about 14 lin. apart, 
spreading, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, 4 lin. long by about as broad 
at the base. Flowers velvety, green speckled with black. Dorsal 
sepal linear-subulate, acute, recurved, 5 lin. long; lateral ones falcate- 
ovate, subobtuse, 3 lin. broad. Petals subulate, falcately recurved,. 
4lin.long. Lip with broad pectinate base, and narrow, obtuse, entire and 
recurved apex, 1 lin. long. Column short, margined, with short teeth. 
Habitat not precisely known, but believed to be some part of West Tropical. 
Africa. It flowered at Kew in 1894. 
4. M. strobiliferum, Rolfe. Pseudobulbs triangular, compressed, 
14 in. long, 1 in. broad, two sides flat, the third narrower and 
channelled, 2-leaved. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 6 in. long, 
14 lin. broad. Peduncle stout, a foot or more long, with seven or eight 
appressed obtuse sheaths, thickened and fusiform above. Bracts 
densely imbricate, broadly ligulate, acute, spreading at right angles. 
Flowers distichous, cartilaginous, 4} lin. long. Dorsal sepal straight, 
narrowly triangular, long acuminate, smooth outside, sparsely puberulous 
inside; lateral ones broadly ovate, suddenly ovate from the rounded 
base, acuminate and deflexed, puberulous below. Petals linear, puberu- 
lous, nearly equalling the sepals. Lip curved, narrowly. triangular, 
acute, fimbriate at the base. Column very broadly winged, cucullate.— 
Bulbophyllum strobiliferum, Kriinzl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii.. 
(1889) 155 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 14. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons, Braun. 
Only known to me from the original description, but said to be an ally of Bulbo- 
Phyllum imbricatum, Lindl., i.e., Megaclinium imbricatum, Rolfe. 
5. M. maximum, Lindl. Gen. d Sp. Orch. 47 (not elsewhere)- 
Rhizome very stout and woody. Pseudobulbs distant, tetragonous- 
oblong, 2-2} in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, 
4—5 in, long, 1-1} in. broad. Scapes 1-1} in. long, with several 
tubular sheaths; rhachis ensiform, flattened, coriaceous, crenulate- 
undulate, 4-5 in. long, 6-7 lin. broad, purple. Bracts ultimately 
deflexed, 14-2 lin. long; margins recurved. Flowers 14-2 lin. apart. 
Pedicels very short. Flowers purple. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, concave, 2} lin. long ; lateral ones triangular-ovate, 2 lin. long, 
falcate at the apex, acuminate ; all the sepals recurved or reflexed above 
the middle. Petals faleate-linear, acuminate, 1} lin. long. Lip oblong, 
obtuse, from a broader denticulate base, 1} lin. long. Column } lin. 
