Tas. 5050. 
BOLBOPHYLLUM NEILGHERRENSE. 
Neilgherry Bolbophyllum. 
Nat. Ord. Orncu1pE®.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4088.) 
Bo.BoruytLum Neilgherrense ; rhizomate repente, pseudobulbis ovatis angu- 
latis subcorrugatis, folio solitario oblongo-elliptico obtusiusculo, scapo folio 
multo breviore, spica subcylindracea erecta, floribus laxiusculis erectis, — 
bracteis lanceolatis herbaceis, sepalis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis dorsali 
quadruplo majoribus, petalis parvis e basi ovata acuminatis purpurascenti- 
bus, labello recurvato trilobo, lobis lateralibus parvis intermedio lingulato 
integro, disco sulcato, columna utrinque alata, alis apice cuspidato-acumi- 
natis. 
Bo.pornyiium Neilgherrense. Wight, Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. v. 5. ¢. 1650. 
Our pseudobulbs of this plant were received from Mr. M‘Ivor, : 
who collected them in the Neilgherries in 1849; and Dr. Wight, 
the only author, as far as we know, who has noticed it, has given 
it as a native also of Malabar. That author alludes to its affinity 
with Bolbophyllum Careyanum, but considers it quite distinct, as" 
may be seen by our figure of that species at our Tab. 4166. 
It flowered with us in January, 1858, in the warm Orchideous 
House. 
_ Descr. Pseudobulbs oblongo-ovate, slightly compressed, par- 
tially clothed with a sheathing membrane, and arising from a 
creeping, jointed, sheathed rhizome, scarcely 80 thick as a 
goose-quill. _ Leaf solitary from the apex of the pseudobulb, 
four to six inches long, nearly erect, coriaceous, elliptical-oblong, 
rather obtuse, tapering below into a thickened, short petiole. 
Scape from the base of the pseudobulb, three to four inches 
long, terete, jointed, joints sheathed with a membrane. Spike 
scarcely three inches long, of several, erect, brownish-green, lax 
flowers; each flower subtended by a small, lanceolate, greenish 
bract. Sepals ovato-lanceolate ; dorsal one small ; lateral ones 
connivent at the base, so as to resemble the carina of a pa- 
MAY Ist, 1858. 
