Tab. 4166 



BOLBOPHYLLUM Careyanum. 



Dr. Careys Bolbophylluin. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e.— Gynandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra Tab. 4088J 



Bolbophyllum Careyanum; rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis oblongo- 

 ovatis laevibus membranaceo-vaginatis, folio solitario oblongo-lanceo- 

 lato obtuso basi angustiore, racemo pseudo-bulbi longitudine, pedunculo 

 perbrevi squamoso, floribus imbricatis, sepalis ovatis acuminatis latera- 

 libus duplo majoribus conniventibus, petalis minimis acuminatis, 

 labello ovato longe unguiculato utrinque unidentato, columna bicor- 

 nuta. 



Bolbophyllum Careyanum. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 3. p. 732. Wall. Cat. 

 n. 1990. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 51. 



Anisopetalum Careyanum. Hook. Exot. Fl. 1. 149. 



Tribrachia purpurea. Lindl. Coll. Bot.p. 41. 



Pleurothallis purpurea. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep.p. 33. 



Native of Nepal and Martaban, according to Wallich. We 

 are indebted for living plants in the Kew Gardens to the 

 kindness of the lamented Dr. Griffith. It is more curious 

 than showy, and is probably rare in collections. 



Descr. The pseudo-bulbs are between oblong and ovate, 

 and clothed with a membranous, scaly sheath, arising, at 

 distant intervals, from a creeping rhizoma. Leaf solitary, 

 from the summit of each bulb, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, cori- 

 aceous, tapering at the base. Peduncle short, scaly with 

 bracteas, arising from the base of a pseudo-bulb, and termi- 

 nated by a dense, ovate head or spike of imbricated ^fowers, of 

 a yellow color, mottled and dotted with small, blood-colored 

 spots. Sepals unequal, ovate, concave, the lateral ones twice 

 or thrice the largest and connivent. Petals broadly subulate, 

 yellow, with a blood-colored spot at the base. Lip with a 

 long claw, ovate, reflexed, with a small lobe or tooth on each 



