54 



3-pollicare, crassum, coriaceum et rigiduni, planum, suprii, atro-viride, lucidum, levitk canaliculatum, subt^s parim carinatum, pallidum, 

 pimctulatum. Scapus e basi pseudobulbi, erectus, tencrrinius, filiformis, teres, 3-poUicans, bradtls munitus paueis, remotis, lunceolatis, 

 busi subvaginantibus. Flores horizontalit^r patentes, pariun ultra pollicem longi, fusci, striis rubesccntibus ornaii, pediceU'ts unguicula- 



\ibus, subclavatis suffulti, 4 8 dispositi in umbcUam terminalem, subdiniidiato-secundam, Bracteola linearis infra singulum pedi- 



, cellum, ipsonue puullc) brcvior. Sepalum supremum oblongo-ovaturn, obtusum, concavum, lineas 4 longum, 3-striatum ; lateralia lon- 

 gissinia, difforuiia, lineari-lanceolata, in acumen longum attonuatu, pollicaria, striata, basi concava infra basin colunma? connata, ind5 

 torta, marginibus exterioribus introrsum spectantibus, sibi invicem parallelis et contiguis, dein solutis. Petala sepalo dorsali similia, flava, 

 basi sanguinea, erecta, columnar parallela. Lauellum brevisslnium, inclusuin, ovatum, plicatum, acutum, articulatione adumruc conica-, 

 2-dentata; basi valdJ; elongatu; adfixum, la;ve, nudum. Anthera ovata. Mass^ pollinis 4, ineequalia, per paria agglutinata in poUinia 

 2 plana, obliqu^ sulcata. 



Plate LXVII. Fig. 1. Flower dissected. 



OTOClllLUS FUSCA. Tab. 68. 



PsF.uDonrLBis t'longatis, fusiformibus ; foliis llncari-lanceolatis ; bractcls llnearibus ; sepalls pctalisque obtusis. 

 LindL Orchid, p. t3o. 



Otochilus fusca, Lindl. loc. cit. 



Habitat parasitica supra arborum truncis in inontibus Napaliae, iibi floret versus finem pluviarum. 



PL.VNTA longi; serpens, omnibus partibiis la-'vis. Pseudohulhi plures, ol)longo-clavati, vel fusiformes, graciles, flavo-virides, digitnni 

 mininuim crassi, poUices 3 — 8 longi, basi contract^ inuniti squam'is paueis, ovatis, aridis, subdisticbe imbricantibu.s, ibique emittentes 

 radiculus fasciculatas, fibroso-ramosas, infra apicem 2-phyllam catenulatim connexi, caulem mentientes subdichotomura, pedalcm, 2-pcda- 

 lemve. Folia linoapi-lanceolata, attenuato-aciimiiiata, basi acuta petiolocjue brevissimo, canaliculato sufTuita, levitfer divergentia, coriacea, 

 plana, 5 — 8-pollicaria, siipn\ atroviridia, striata, subtiYs glauceseentia et punctata, costa elevata. IIace5ius gracilis, planus, oblongiis, 

 laxus, nutans, pedunculatus, lateralitfer ex apice pseudobulbi progrediens, extrafoliaceus, 6-polUcaris, constans^on&«.s fragrantibus, gra- 

 cilibus, approximatis, ex albo dilut^ roseis, divaricato-patentissimis, alternantlbus, distichis. Pedunculus teres, 2-pollicaris, indutus 

 squamis lanceolato-oblongis, aeutis, pollicaribus, 8ui)ventricosis, alternis, imbricantibus ; apice nudus. Rachis recta, teres. Pedicelu 

 breves, subclavatl, rubri, suffulti bracted lanceolato-lineari, canaliculatil, ungulculari, pedicello duplo longiori, decidui. Sepala PETALAque 

 lineju'ia, obtusa, parfim canaliculata, suba?qualia, feri; j)ollicaria, patentissima. Labellum lineJiri-ligulatum, unguiculare, deflexura, 

 luuluui, planum, basi brevissima, rubieunda, truncato-subtubulosu, intus bicarinatA, imam columnam amplectcnte. Columna gracillima, 

 nibra, erecta, sopalorum longitudine, semiteres, apice clavato-incrassatil, incurva, antici; in ligulara obsoletam product^. Anthera ter- 

 minalis, conica, mobilis, decidua. Mass^e pollinis 4, obovatae, ope fili valdJ; elastici, granulosi per pares conncxa?. 



Plate LXVIII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Tlie same di.ssected. 3. Anther. 4. l*ollcn-masses. 5. The same detached forcibly 

 from each other, in ortler to show the elastic thread by which they are united. 



BOLBOPHYLLUM CYLINDRACEUM. Tab. 69. 



PsEUDOBiiLBis iiulHs ; foliis solitariis, oblons^o-lanccolatis, pctiolatis, scapis duplo brcvioribus ; spica (Icnsissinia, 

 cylindracea, basi spatha invohita; sepalls latcralibiis soiniovatis, planis, collateralibus : supremo ininore ; petalis 

 minimis, ovatis, obtusis ; labello ovato, obtuso. Litidl. Orchid, p. 54. 



Bolbo]>hyUum cylindraceuni, Lhid/. he. c'lf. 



Habitat ad cacunu'ii niontis Slieoporc, arborum parasiticum. Floret Octobre. 



Planta csespitosa, erecta, rigidiuscula, la'vis. Radix constans fibris densis, simplicibus. Caulis nulliis. Folia plura, oblonga, erecta, 

 petiolata, utrinque acuta, plana, basi levit^r canaliculata, coriacea et firma, 6 — 8-pollicaria, supr;\ atro-viridia, lucida, subtiis j)alli<la, costa 

 crassa, nervis capilkiceis, parallelis. Petiohts crassus, profundi! eanalirnlatus, 2-])ol!icaris, basi circumdatus squamis aliquot lax?; im- 

 bricantibus, lanceolatls, aridis, persistentibus, ipsum longitudine sul)a'quantibus. Scapi pauci, graciles, teretes foliis longiores, pennam 

 columbinam crassi, pedales et ultr^, basi medioque bracted oblongH, acuminatA, sub\Tiginante, aridA, unguiculari vel pollicari. Spica 

 terminalis, cylindrica, 5-pollicaris, digitum mininmm fcrti crassa, basi involuta bracted spathacea, oblongo-lanccolatii, pollicari vel 2-poI- 

 licari, arida, fuscescente. Flores parvi, undiquc densissimJ; imbricantes, pallid*; flavi, brevissiinJ; pedunculati, suffulti bracteold brevi, 

 lineari. Sepalum anticum situationc inferius, ovatum, subfomicatum, apice acuta subrecurvum ; lateralia isto tripl6 majoi-a, semiovata, 

 basi lata infra columnam connata, plano-patentia, obtusa, marginibus interioribus parallelis. Petala vald^ parva, lanceolata. Labellum 

 situatione superius, ovatum, canaliculatum, subunguiculatum, jiallide fuscescens. Columna brevis, apice bidentata, basi horizontalit^r 

 producta. Anthera ovata, mobilis, cuspidata. Mass^ pollinis 2, plana;, suborbiculata*. 



Plate LXIX. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same dissected. 



