Tas. 8000. 
BULBOPHYLLUM CRENULATUM. 
Madagascar. 
Orcuipace&. Tribe EpIpENDRES. 
Burporuyttum, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501; 
Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenf. v ol. ii. 6, p. 178. 
B. crenulatum, Rolfe (sp. nov.); inter species madagascarienses inflores- 
centiis clavatis sepalis lateralibus crenulatis et ovario hexaptero alis 
serrulatis distincta. 
Herba epiphytica rhizomate valido lignoso. Pseudobulbi late oblongi, tetra- 
goni, diphylli, 14-1} poll. longi, 1 poll. lati. Folia elliptico-oblonga, 
obtusa, subsessilia, 2-3 poll. longa, 9 lin. lata, coriacea. Scapi suberecti, 
crassiusculi, 5-6 poll. longi, vaginis ovato-oblongis apiculatis basi tubu- 
losis vestiti; racemi pendali, 2 poll. longi, densiflori; rhachis clavata, 
crassiuscula, sordide purpurea. Bracteze transverse oblong, obtuse, 
1 lin. long, purpures. Flores 2 lin. longi. Ovarium latum, hexangulum, 
alis serrulatis. Sepalum posticum ovatum, obtusum, trinervium ; lateralia 
in corpus latum rotundum bilobum margine crenulatum connata, flava, 
rubro-venosa. Petala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, l-nervia. Labellum in 
cavo sepalorum lateralium inclusum, ovatum, obtusum, carnosum, mar- 
gine paullo recurvum; discus callo obscure quinquelobo instructus. 
Columna latissima, alis tridenticulatis, pede basi lato sursum attenuato. 
Bulbophyllum is a large and remarkably polymorphic 
genus, extending throughout the tropics where the climatic 
conditions are favourable. No less than eighteen species 
have been figured in the present work, the remarkable 
B. Weddelti, Reichb. f., a native of Brazil, as recently as 
last June (t. 7958), when some particulars of the characters 
and geographical distribution of the genus were given. 
The present species is a very different plant, a native of 
Madagascar, whence it was sent to the late Hermann 
Wendland, of Herrenhausen, Hanover, by the unfortunate 
Johannes Braun, who died at Antananarivo some years 
ago. It is one of a number of species discovered by him. 
‘I'he plant figured flowered in the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Glasnevin, in January, 1904,and Mr. F. W. Moore, A.L.S., 
furnished particulars of its origin. 
Its exact affinity is somewhat doubtful. In general 
appearance it resembles the species of the B. clavatum 
group, which as at present understood is represented in 
the Mascarene islands, the Philippines, and ‘Tropical 
Feprvary Isr, 1905. 
