Tab. 8668. 

 CIRRHOPETALUM concinnum, var. purpurea. 



Malay Peninsula. 



Orchidaceae. Tribe Epidendreae. 

 Cirrhopetalum, Thouars ; Smth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant vol. iii. p. 504. 



Cirrhopetalum concinnum, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. vi. p. 190, et in 

 Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2060, fig. B ; var. purpurea, Ridl., varietas a C. concinno 

 typico planta majora, floribus omnino roseo-purpureo-suffusis, sepalis bre- 

 vioribus latioribus et labello abrupte reeurvo differt. 



Hcrba epiphytica; pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, monophylli, circiter 1 cm. 

 longi, vaginis membranaceis vestiti. Folia oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, 

 obtusa, basi subattenuata, coriacea, 8-12 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata. Scapi 

 floriferi ad basin pseudobulborum producti, graciles, suberecti, 6-8 cm. 

 longi; umbellae multiflorae ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 4-5 

 mm. longae. Flores parvi, roseo-purpurei. Sepala : posticum ovato- 

 ellipticum, valde concavum, apice setaeeo-acuminatum, 0'5 cm. longum, 

 margine longe ciliatum ; lateralia fere ad apicem connata, late oblonga, 

 apice subacuta et recurva, 1-1 • 3 cm. longa. Petala late ovata, subacuta, 

 3 '5-4 mm. longa, margine longe ciliata. Lahellum recurvum, carnosum, 

 ovato-oblongum, acutum, 3 ' 5-4 mm. longum, margine integrum. Columna 

 oblonga, 2 mm. longa, margine membranacea, dentes minuti obtusi. — 

 Bulbophyllum pulchelliim, Ridl., var. purpureum, Bidl. Mat. Fl. Malay 

 Penins. vol. i. p. 83. — R. A. Bolfe. 



Cirrhopetalum concinnum was originally based on 

 Singapore material collected by Mr. H. N. Ridley, late 

 Director of the Singapore Botanic Garden. Sir Joseph 

 Hooker regarded it as an ally of C. Roxburghii, Lindl., 

 an imperfectly-known species from the Gangetic Delta. 

 Mr. Ridley, who refers Cirrhopetalum to a section of 

 Bulbophyllum, afterwards described it as Bulbophyllum 

 pulchellum, Ridl., citing C. concinnum as a synonym. 

 According to him the species is found also in Johor and 

 Selangor, on the Malay Peninsula, and is very variable. 

 At the same time he added the varieties purpurea and 

 brachypetala, the former from Penang Hill and the islands 

 south of Singapore, and the latter, which he remarks 

 may be a distinct species, from the Langkawi Islands. 

 The plant here figured was sent to Kew from Kuala 

 Lumpur, Malay Peninsula, by Mr. E. Seimund, and 

 flowered in the collection in May, 1915, when it was 



July, 1916. 



