Tas. 7214. 
CIRRHOPETALUM Trovarsi. 
Native of Mauritius and the Pacific Islands. 
Nat. Ord. OrcuipEm.—Tribe Errpenpreg. 
Genus Cirruoretatum, Lindl. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 505.) 
Crrruopetatum (Umbellate) Thowarsii; pseudobulbis ovoideis alte costatis 
demum nudis, foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis in petiolum brevem angus- 
tatis supra medio profunde sulcatis costa subtus valida, marginibus 
recurvis, scapo elongato gracili decurvo vaginis 2-3 brevibus appressis, 
umbella pluriflora unilaterali, bracteis subulatis pedicellis dimidio bre-. 
vioribus, floribus pallide flavis, sepalo dorsali hemispherico glanduloso- 
punctato in caudam longiorem filiformem apice subincrassatam repente 
constricto, lateralibus dorsali pluries longioribus cohxrentibus impunctatis 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis enerviis supra convexis, petalis sepalo 
dorsali equilongis ovatis aristatis glanduloso-punctatis pilis elongatis 
ciliatis, labello aureo breviter stipitato recurvo linguzformi obtuso basi 
dilatato puberulo marginibus recurvis crenulatis, columne_ brachiis 
elongatis subulatis erectis, anthera antice erosa. 
C. Thouarsii, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 832; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 58, partim. 
(non Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 11, nec Bot. Mag. t. 4237); Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 
1891, vol. ii. p. 69. 
C. umbellatum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 71 (excl. cit. Reinw.). 
Bulbophyllum longiflorum, Thouars Orchid. Afr. t. 98; (non S. Moore in Baker 
Fl. Maurit. 346); Guillem. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, vii. (1839), p. 179; 
Seem. Fl. Viti, p. 301. 
Epidendrum umbellatum, Forst. Prodr. 323. , 
Cymbidium umbellatum, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iii. p. 723. 
A very interesting plant, as being that upon which the 
genius Cirrhopetalum was founded by Lindley in the 
Botanical Register in 1824. Subsequently, in the ‘‘ Genera 
and Species of Orchidesw”’ Lindley identified it with the 
Mauritian plant of Thouars, three others from very distant 
countries, namely the Zyloglossum wmbellatum, Reinw., of 
Java, the Epidendrum umbellatum, Forst., of the Society 
Islands, and a Philippine Island plant, afterwards figured 
in the Botanical Register (vol. xxiv. t. 11) and in this’ 
work (t. 4237) as C. Thouarsii. Referring to the vast 
distances between these localities, Lindley observes that 
in respect of its distribution C. Thouarsiit has no parallel 
amongst Orchideous plants. Such would no doubt be the 
JanvuaRy Ist, 1892. 
