a a ee 
Tas. 4391. 
CIRRHOPETALUM rimpriatum. 
Fimbriated Cirrhopetalum. 
Nat. Ord. Orcutpr®.—GyYNANDRIA MonaANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4237.) 
CrRRHOPETALUM fimbriatum ; pseudo-bulbis glomeratis ovato-sphericis subtetra- 
gonis, foliis subtribus ovato-lanceolatis acutis parvis, scapo radicali gracili, 
umbella pluriflora, sepalis lateralibus maximis lineari-ligulatis acutis cohe- 
rentibus, supremo petalisque ovatis anguste acuminatis fimbriatis, labello 
parvo crasso linguiformi nudo, columna angulis cornutis edentulis, anthera 
papillosa. 
CrrRHoPETALUM fimbriatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, Suppl. p. 72. 
CIRRHOPETALUM Wallichii? Grah. Cat. Pl. Bombay, p. 205. 
A rare and most lovely plant, sent by J. E. Law, Esq., to the 
Royal Gardens from Bombay, where it is said to be by no means 
common, growing on Ayeen trees about Parr and the Rotunda 
Ghaut. Attached to masses of Sphagnum and suspended from 
a rafter of the Orchideous House, it bears its most curious 
_ flowers copiously in April and May. 
Duscr. Pseudo-bulbs small, clustered, subglobose and obtusely 
angular, but tapering upwards so as to be somewhat ovate: 
most of them are leafless, but a few have about three small 
-ovato-lanceolate, acute /eaves at the apex. Scape from the base 
of the bulb, erect, a span long, slender, bracteated, bearing an 
umbel of spreading flowers which are very curious in structure, 
and well worthy inspection with a microscope. The greater 
portion of the flower is constituted by the two lateral sepals, 
which stand forward, are nearly two inches long, linear or linear- 
spathulate, acute, combined by their inner edges ; the other parts 
of the flower are in comparison minute: the remaining or 
Superior sepals and the petals are ovate, suddenly tapering into 
@ subulate point, red, and elegantly fimbriated. Lip red, 
AUGUST IsT, 1848. 
