Tas. 7958. mo 
BULBOPHYLLUM Weppsrr. 
‘Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Oncn1pacea.—Tribe EPIDENDRE®. — 
Genus BuLBopHYLiuM, Thouars; (Benth.et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501 ) 
Bu.poruyitium (§ Racemosee) Weddelii; herba epiphytica rhizomate crasso 
elongato, pseudobulbis sparsis 4-angulatis unifoliatis circiter 2 poll. 
longis 1-1} poll. latis, folio oblongo 3-4 poll. longo 1}-14 poll. lato 
utringue rotundato multinervi, scapis basilaribus solitariis, pedunculo 
tereti usque ad 2 ped. longo erecto bracteis paucis membranaceis vaginatis 
ochreiformibus apice obliquis instructo, racemo pendulo multifloro denso 
circiter semipedali, bracteis membranaceis branneis lanceolatis acutis 
4-5 longis persistentibus, floribus subsessilibus circiter 2 poll. diametro 
nutantibus, sepalis Jineari-lanceolatis acutissimis 1-1} poll. longis intus 
albis extus viridibus, petalis linearibus acutis 2 lin. longis, labello albo- 
purpureo maculato mobili cum columne pede articulato basi subtus 
gibboso lobis lateralibus minutis lobo terminali linguiformi vel spathulato 
circiter 6 lin. longo, columne brachiis setiformibus utrinque infra brachia 
unidentatis. 
B. Weddelii, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vol. vi. p. 251. 
_ Didactyle Weddelii, Lindl. Fol. Orch. vol. i. (Didactyle), p. 2. 
Bulbophyllum is one of the most diversified of the 
genera of orchids, and one of the few epiphytic genera 
common to America and the Old World. It is also very 
widely spread, ranging from Central America and the 
West Indies to Brazil in the West, and China to Australia 
and New Zealand in the Hast. A considerable number of 
species inhabit tropical Africa, the Mascarene Islands and 
India. Probably not less than one hundred species have 
been described, and they present greater variety in size, 
aspect, and structure than any other group of species of 
orchids generally recognized as congeneric. It is true 
that generic distinction has been given to various species 
and groups of species by different botanists, but they are 
not accepted by the leading writers on orchids, and the 
late Dr. Reichenbach even went so far as to unite Cirrho- 
petalum with Bolbophyllum. : | ; 
In illustration of this diversity we may refer to some 
of the species figured inthis Magazine. Take, for example, 
B. Dayanum, Reichb. f. (t. 6119); B. lemniscatum, Parish 
June lst, 1904, 
