ae Tas. 5288. 
BOLBOPHYLLUM ccnwiGknuM.: 
Bearded Bolbophyllum. z 
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Nat. Ord. OrncHrpace#.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. BotBornytiuM, Thouars. Sepala erecta, acuminata, subsequalia, 
? lateralibus cum pede column connatis et basi obliquis. Petala nana, rarissime 
sepalis subzequalia. Labellum cum pede columne articulatum, unguiculatum, 
sepius integrum aut posticum. Columna nana, antice bidentata aut bicornis._ 
Anthera 1-2-locularis. Pollinia 4, libera vel valde ineequalia, nunc in uno con- ~ 
nata, nunc per paria cohzerentia, altero cujusve paris minuto lobuliformi.—Herbee — 
epiphyte, rhizomate repente pseudobulbifero. Folia coriacea, avenia. Racemi 
radicales. Lindl. oe, 
BoLBornyLiuM barbigerum ; pseudobulbis lenticularibus, foliis solitariis racemo 
erecto brevioribus, bracteis ovatis amplexicaulibus ovaria subequalibus, se- 
palis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis subulatis columna brevioribus, 
labello lineari-lanceolato acuminato villoso apice stuposo-barbato. Lindl. 
- Bo.BorHyiLuM barbatum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1942. 
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Glorious as are the flowers of many of the larger kinds of 
Orchideous plants, yet many of the smaller kinds are more won- 
derful and more curious in their structure and organization, and 
- this is assuredly one of that kind. It is a native of Sierra Leone, 
was imported by Mr. Loddiges, in 1836, and to him we are in 
_ debted for the plant here represented, which flowered in the 
_ Orchideous house at Kew. ee 
__ Dusor. Rhizome creeping, rooting, bearmg several flat, nearly 
 orbicular pseudobulbs, about the size of a shilling, gre , fleshy Py 
from the top edge of these a solitary, oblong, fleshy, green leaf ap- “gene 
- pears ; and from the base of these arises the raceme of flowers ona 
_ practeated peduncle about as long as the raceme itself ; bracteas 
from a broad, amplexicaul, and sheathing base, acuminate ; large” 
bracts are upon the raceme, one at the base of each flower. 
owers twelve to fourteen on a raceme. These are so admirably 
escribed by Dr. Lindley, that I shall use his own words :-— 
three sepals are narrow, and taper to a point, pale-green 
7 ill chocolate-brown in the inside. The petals are 
ly 
