Tas. 4267. 
BOLBOPHYLLUM umpeuuatum. 
Unbelled Bolbophyllum. 
Nat. Ord. OncuipEa%.—GyNaNDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4166.) 
BoLBOPHYLLUM wmbellatum ; rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis oblongis angu- 
latis, foliis solitariis oblongis loratis obtusis subemarginatis, scapis foliis 
zequalibus, floribus umbellatis, sepalis lateralibus obliquis faleatis obtusis 
majoribus supremo rotundato nano, petalis ovatis obtusis, labello cordato 
ovato complicato integerrimo emarginato, columna marginata setis duabus 
hine unidentatis aucta, polliniis 4 reniformibus posticis minimis muco apice 
coherentibus. Lindl. 
BoLBorpHYLLUM umbellatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 1984. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 
p.56. Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 44. 
This pretty Orchideous plant was presented, with many other 
rarities, by Dr. Wallich, to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it 
flowered in August, 1846. It is a native of northern India, 
of Nepal and Khasiya hills, and recommends itself to our collec- 
a. by its prettily spotted flowers and the curious column 
and lip. 
Diack. From a creeping cylindrical root-stock arise several 
pseudo-bulbs, oblong-ovate, compressed, furrowed in age, while 
young partially sheathed by a brown membrane. Leaf solitary 
from the top of the pseudo-bulb, a span or more long, narrow 
oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous. Scape from the base of the 
pseudo-bulb, articulated, and with sheathing bracts. lowers 
umbellate, the pedicels bracteated at the base. Sepals and petals 
pale yellow, spotted with blood-colour ; of the former, the two 
lateral sepals ave the largest, with an oblique twist, the upper 
one smaller, and the petals smaller still, all of them nearly oval 
and obtuse. Zip very small, cordato-oblong, white with purple 
spots, fleshy, the lower part appressed to the decurrent base of 
the column, then reflexed; the apex emarginate. Column short, 
with two projecting wings, terminating above in two projecting 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1846. 
