Tap. 7280. 
BULBOPHYLLUM comosum. 
Native of Burma. 
Nat. Ord. OncuipEx.—Tribe ErrpENDRE. 
Genus Buizoruriium, Thou. ; (Benth. et Hook, f. Gen, Pl. vol. iii. p. 501.) 
BurBoruytium (Racemosz) comosum ; pseudobulbis magnis globoso-ovoideis 
sulcatis, foliis binis proter-anthiis pseudobulbo immaturo evolutis cito 
caducis lineari-oblongis, scapo basi pseudobulbi maturi evoluto valido 
erecto 2-3-vaginato, racemo deflexo cylindraceo multi-densifloro, floribus 
breviter pedicellatis pallide stramineis, bracteis lanceolatis pedicello 
guperantibus, sepalis subequalibus e basi ovata subulatis (dorsali an- 
gustiore) hyalinis pilis cellulosis villosis, petalis parvulis lineari-oblongis 
acutis l-nerviis, labello breviter stipitato lanceolato recurvo, columna 
2-cornuta. — 
B. comosum, Collett & Hemsl. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. v. p. 762; et in 
Journ. Lind. Soc. vol. xxviii. (1890) p. 130, t. 19. 
A very remarkable species of a genus which presents 
species differing extremely in habit, inflorescence, and 
flowers. It is one of the few in which the pseudo- 
bulb bears two leaves, and this when in a very young 
state. 'The leaves are more membranous than is usual in 
the genus, and fall away long before the maturing of the 
pseudobulb, which latter takes place before the develop- 
ment of the flowering scape from its base. In this respect 
it resembles the growth of B. hirtwm, Lindl., of the Hima- 
laya; of B. gracile, Par. et Reichb. f.; and of the 
singular B. lemniscatum, Parish (Tab. 5961). In the 
genus Cirrhopetalum the same habit of leafing and flower- 
ing is repeated in the Himalayan C. refractum, Zoll., 
CO. viridiflorum, Hook. f., and C. Blepharistes, Reichb. f. 
In fact, these seven species might form a natural group or 
subgenus of the enlarged genus Bulbophyllum if were ex- 
pedient to follow Reichenbach in uniting Cirrhopetalum 
with it; and all the more natural a one because in the 
length of its dorsal sepal C. viridiflorum is one of the few 
Marca Ist, 1893, 
