Tas. 4237. 
CIRRHOPETALUM Tuovarsit. 
Thouars’ Cirrhopetalum. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHripExZ.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDBIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala vingentia, lateralibus acuminatis, valde obliquis basi pro- 
ductze column adnatis, supremo multo longioribus. Petala nana apiculata. 
Labellum integrum, cum basi columne articulatum. Co/wmna minima basi longe 
producta, apice cornubus duobus petaloideis. -Authera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, 
quorum 2 interiora multo minora, lamelliformia.—Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate 
repente, pseudo-bulbos monophyllos gerente. Folia coriacea avenia. Flores dense 
racemosi, nunc radiati in apice scapi radicalis. Lindl. 
CrrrHopetatum Thouarsii; petalis ciliatis sepaloque supremo aristatis, foliis 
oblongis obtusis emarginatis scapo brevioribus. Lindl. 
Crrrnopetatum Thouarsii. Lindl. Gen.et Sp. Orchid. p.58. Bot. Reg.1838, ¢.11. 
EprpenpRUM umbellatum. Forst. Prodr. p.321 (not Sw.). 
BuiBoruyiium longiflorum. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 98. 
ZYGoGLossuM umbellatum. Reinw. in Bot. Zeit. 1825. v. 2. p. 4. 
CymBIp1uM umbellatum. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 723. 
For the illustration of this exceedingly curious Orchideous 
plant, and for the above synonymes, we are indebted to Dr. 
Lindley, who observes that the species inhabits the Society Islands, 
Java, the Isles of France and Madagascar, and Manilla. It 
requires a little dissection, and the removal of the long lateral 
sepals, to distinguish the beauty and the elegant marking of its 
flower. The generic name was given by Dr. Lindley, from the 
prevailing tawny colour of the blossoms, as exhibited chiefly in 
the sepals: xijos, tawny, and seradov. The plant requires heat 
and moisture to bring it to perfection, and it then seems to 
flower at various seasons of the year. Our figure was made at 
the Royal Gardens, in December, 1845. 
Descr. Rhizoma creeping and rooting, bearing, at distant 
intervals, small ovate, angled, dark green, smooth pseudo-bulbs, 
with a few long bristly seales at their base, terminated at the 
apex by a solitary, oblong, subpetiolated coriaceous, recurved 
leaf, jointed upon the pseudo-bulb. Scape radical, slender, erect, 
JUNE Isr, 1846. 
