Tas. 7286. 
BULBOPHYLLUM PrcuHet. 
Native of Burma. 
Nat. Ord. Oncu1pr#.—Tribe EPIDENDREZ. 
Genus BunsBoruyiium, Thou.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 501). 
Buipornyttum (Racemosae) Pechei; pseudobulbis ovoideis angulatis, foliis 
lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve obtusis subtus punctulatis, scapo pseudo- 
bulbo longiore valido decurvo spathis tubulosis infundibularibus supra 
medium laxe vaginato, racemis elongatis sub densifloris, floribus cupreo- 
rubiginosis, bracteis ovaria squantibus, sepalo dorsali oblongo-ovato 
obtuso lateralibus oblique ovatis acutis dimidio breviore, petalis triangu- 
laribus aristatis, labelli rubiginosi- oblongi auriculis incurvis apice 
truncatis et denticulatis, column apice bicuspidatae cuspidibus margine 
denticulatis. 
B. Pechei, Bull Cat. 1891 (in Gard. Chron, 1891, vol. i. p. 676, reimpr-) 
B. Pechei belongs to a natural but puzzling group of the 
genus, natives chiefly of the Eastern Himalaya and Burma, 
which I have characterized in the Flora of British India 
(vol. v. p. 760) by the base of the lip having on each side 
a large incurved auricle. The type of the group, if by 
this term is to be understood the first published species, 
is B. Careyanum, Spreng., the Anisopetalum Careyanum of 
“Hooker’s Exotic Flora,” t. 149 (not B. Careyanum of 
this work, t. 4166, which is B. crassipes, mihi), a native 
of the tropical Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, the 
Khasia Hills, and of Burma. Of this plant I have said, 
in the Flora of British India, that I found it impossible to 
conclude from Herbarium specimens whether there might 
_ not be more than one species included under this name, and 
amongst them the var. ochracea (B. cuprewm, t. 5316 of 
this work) ; as also whether B. crassipes and B. sicyobulbon, 
Reichb. f., are really distinct from it. To this dilemma 
B. Pechei adds another element, for though presenting 
most of the characters of all the above it also presents 
minute differential ones. It is nearest to B. Careyanum, 
Marcu Isr, 1893, 
