Tas. 8199, 
BULBOPHYLLUM FasctnatTor, 
Annam. 
OrcuipaceakE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
Busorryiuum, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501. 
Bulbophyllum fascinator, Rolfe; a B. appendiculato, Rolfe, floribus multo 
majoribus, segmentorum appendicibus linearibus non foliaceis differt. 
Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma repens, validum. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, 
obscure tetragoni, nitidi, 1°5-2°5 cm. longi, monophylli. Folia sessilia, 
coriacea, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 5 cm. longa, 1°5-3 em. lata. Scapi 
patentes, circa 10 em. longi, uniflori. Bracteae spathaceae, apice acuteae, 
1 cm. longae. Flores magni, pallide virides, purpureo-punctati et ornati. 
Sepalum posticum ovatum, acuminatum, 2°5-3 cm. longum, supra medium 
ciliatum et appendicibus filiformibus amethystino-purpureis ornatum ; 
sepala lateralia connata, oblongo-lanceolata, longissime caudato-acuminata, 
13-18 cm. longa, basi coriacea, crebre verrucosa, marginibus revolutis. 
Petal faleato-oblonga, subacuta, circa 2 cm. longa, margine et apice 
appendicibus filiformibus amethystino-purpureis ornata. Labellum re- 
curvum, ovato-oblongum, subobtusum, canaliculatum, bicarinatum, carinis 
et marginibus puberulis. Colwmna lata, 8 mm. longa, marginibus acutis, 
dentibus subulatis, basi obscure tridenticulatis.— Cirrhopetalum fascinator, 
Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1908, p. 69. 
The remarkable species here figured is a native of 
Annam, where it was discovered by Mr. W. Micholitz, 
when collecting for Messrs. Sander & Sons. Living plants 
were sent home, one of which flowered at Kew in September, 
1907, when the species was described under the name of 
Cirrhopetalum fascinator, Rolfe. The genus Cirrhopetalum, 
however, merges so imperceptibly into Bulbophyllum that 
the two are now regarded as indistinguishable, hence the 
adoption here of the older generic name. Bulbophyllum 
ascinator is nearly allied to the Himalayan B. appendiculatum, 
Rolfe (Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum, King & Pantl. in Ann, 
R. Bot. Gard. Calc. vol. viii. p. 95, t. 133, not of Reichb. f.), 
but has much larger flowers, with various structural 
differences. It is a member of a smal] group characterised 
by its solitary-flowered scapes, containing the following 
additional species :— Bulbophyllum merquense, Par. & Reichb. 
f., B. lasioglossum, Par, & Reichb. f., B. antenniferum, 
Jung, 1908, 
