Tas. 4753. 
CIRRHOPETALUM cornutvum. 
Horn-bearing Cirrhopetalum. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHrpAcE#.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala ringentia: lateralibus acuminatis, valde obliquis, basi pro- 
ductz columne adnatis, supremo multo longioribus. Peta/a nana, apiculata. 
Labellum integrum, cum basi columne articulatum. Colwmna minima, basi longe 
producta, apice cornubus duobus petaloideis. Anthera bilocularis. Podlinia 4, 
quorum 2 interiora multo minora, lamelliformia.— Herb epiphyte, rhizomate 
repente, pseudobulbos monophylios gerente. Folia coriacea, avenia. Flores dense 
racemosi, nunc radiati, in apice scapi radicalis. Lindl. 
CIRRHOPETALUM cornutum; pseudobulbis oblongo-ovatis levibus vaginatis, 
folio solitario oblongo-ligulato in petiolum attenuato, scapis radicalibus 
vaginatis gracilibus folio brevioribus, floribus terminalibus eleganter radiatim 
umbellatis, sepalo superiore ovato concavo ciliato, sepalis lateralibus maximis 
linearibus elongatis in cornu connatis purpureo-sanguineis, petalis parvis 
ovatis concavis ciliatis, labello ovato-acuminato carnoso recuryo, columna 
bicuspidata. 
CIRRHOPETALUM cornutum. Lindl. in Bot. Mag. 1838. Mise. n. 138; and 
1843, sub. £. 49. 2. 4. 
This charming Cirrhopetalum was received through Mr. Simons, 
from the Khasya hills, in eastern Bengal, and blossomed in our 
Orchideous stove in September, 1853. Its flowers, very curious 
in structure, are arranged in a whorled or radiating umbel ; but 
their odour is far from agreeable, resembling that of bad glue. 
In the general structure of the flower, not in the inflorescence, 
the species approaches the C. Macraei of Ceylon (see our Tab. 
4422), but the sepals and petals, as well as the colour, are con- 
siderably different. The lateral sepals are so united as to re- 
semble a large spur or horn of the flower. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs, several arising from a creeping caudex, — 
oblong-ovate, green, smooth, more or less sheathed with large — 
membranaceous scales, and terminated by a rather large, oblong, 
coriaceous, obtuse leaf, more than a span in length, and tapering 
below into an imperfect petiole, by which it 1s set on the top 
DECEMBER Ist, 1853. 
