Tas. 7554. 
CIRRHOPETALUM Cortisu. 
Native of the Straits of Malacca. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIpEHZ.—Tribe EPIDENDRES. 
Genus CrrrHopetaLum, Lindl. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 504.) 
CIRRHOPETALUM (Umbellate) Curtisii ; rhizomate elongato repente, pseudo- 
bulbis parvis ovoideis vaginis brunneis tectis, folio lineari-oblongo apice 
subacuto recurvo utrinque pallide viridi dorso vix carinato, scapo a basi 
pseudobulbi erecto gracili infra medium vaginis. paucis parvis instructo, 
floribus vix 3 ie longis confertim umbellatis deflexis roseis, bracteis 
setaceis, pedicellis foribus brevioribus, sepalo dorsali fere orbiculari ciliato 
apice longe aristato, arista ciliata, lateralibus lineari-oblongis obtusis 
ultra basin in laminam late oblongam recurvam convexam coherentibus, 
petalis sepalum dorsale equantibus longe ciliatis, labello ovato-oblongo 
obtuso aurantiaco, columna apice truncata sublobata. 
Cirrhopetalum Curtisit belongs to a very distinct section 
of the umbellate flowered species of the genus, charac- 
terized by the ciliate and awned dorsal sepal and _ petals. 
The only species of this section previously figured in this 
work is 0. Oumingii, Lindl. (Tab. 4996) of the Philippine 
Islds., a much larger plant, with long, narrow, acuminate 
lateral sepals. There are, however, three described Indian 
species much more closely allied to C. Curtisti, namely, C. 
Rowxburghii, Lindl. (Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1057 A), C. gamosepalum, 
Griff. (Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutt. vol. v. p. 17, t. 26), and 
0. concinnum, Hk. f. (Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2060 B), all which 
differ in the colour of the flowers, and except in the case 
of the last named species, in their much larger size. To 
these must be added an unpublished species, C. pulchellum 
Ridley mss. in Herb. Kew, from Singapur, with smaller, 
broadly ovoid pseudobulbs, fewer differently coloured 
flowers in the umbel, and longer lateral sepals than has 
O. Curtisir. 
QO. Curtisti. was sent to the Royal Gardens i 
1895, by Mr. Curtis, F.L.S., Superintendent of eaten 
and Forest Department, Penang, bearing the ticket 
“ OCirrhopetalum, Sp. Panga” (perhaps the Island of 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1897. 
