Tas. 7259. 
CIRRHOPETALUM Maxoyanvm. 
Native of the Hast Indies. ? 
Nat. Ord. Oxrcu1pra.—Tribe ErrpENDREA. 
Genus Crrrnoretatum, Lindl. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 504.) | 
CIrRHOPETALUM (Umbellatee) Makoyanum ; rhizomate robusto repente, pseudo- 
bulbis sparsis anguste ampulle formibus sulcatis nudis, folio oblongo- 
oblanceolato subacuto, scapo gracillimo erecto rufo-brunneo 2-vaginato, 
vaginis parvis inferiore tubulosa appressa superiore subulata patula, 
umbella 12-14-flora, bracteis setaceis pedicellis brevibus brevioribus, 
floribus 12 poll. longis stellatim patentibus aureis rubro-punctatis, sepalo 
dorsali ovato acuminato decurvo ciliato, lateralibus dorsali multoties 
longioribus anguste linearibus in laminam subcylindraceam elongatam 
acutam basi dorso gibbam coherentibus, petalis sepalo dorsali paulo 
brevioribus ovatis caudato-acuminatis ciliatis, labello breviter stipitato 
ovato-lanceolato pallido, columna ecalcarata subbialata, alis superne 
dilatatis truncatis, pede brevi. 
C. Makoyanum, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1879, i. 232. 
Cirrhopetalum Makoyanum was described about twelve 
years ago by Dr. Reichenbach in the Gardener’s Chronicle, 
and named by him after the eminent nurserymen and 
importers of exotic plants, the Messrs. Makoy, of Liege. 
According to its importers it was found in the province of 
Minas Geraes in Brazil, a localization which Dr. Reichen- 
bach very naturally hesitates to accept, the affinity of the 
plant being clearly with the Asiatic species of Cirrhopetalum, 
and especially with the Bombay B. fimbriatum (Bot. Mag. 
t. 4391), which differs in having globose pseudobulbs, 
broader, longer and flat lateral sepals, and two strong 
teeth at the top of the column. It is perhaps nearer to 
CO. gamosepalum, Griff., a native of Burma and the Malay 
Peninsula, which has a filiform rhizome, and a three- 
toothed column with a long foot. In the unarmed 
column .it agrees better with another of the same group, 
C. Cumingii (t. 4996), which has red flowers, flat linear 
abruptly acuminate lateral sepals, and a prolonged 
foot to the column. These all belong to a very consider- 
OcrtoseER Ist, 1892. 
