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rotundata, brevissime petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, 3 cm. longa, 1-1°5 em. lata, 
petiolo crasso 2 mm. longo. Racemi pauciflori, 3 mm. longi, bracteis pallidis 
lanceolatis acuminatis tecti. Flores parvi, citrini. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, 
pedicello brevi. Bractea peduncularis ovata, oblonga, ovarium superans. Bractea 
floralis lanceolata, tenuis. Sepalwm posticum, ovatum, obtusum, 4 mm. longum, 
l mm. latum, lateralia ad medium connata, 4 mm. longa, ovata, crassiuscula, 
apice incrassata. Petala minuta, ovata, columns breviora. Labellum minimum, 
hastatum, acutum, ungue reflexo basi latiore sulcato, marginibus elevatis. Colwmna 
brevissima, alba; stelidia porrecta, majuscula, oblonga, truncata, apice dilatata. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
Allied to B. oxyanthum, Schlechter, but the leaves are shorter and more oval, and the 
flowers smaller, with blunt sepals unequal in size. 
BULBOPHYLLUM PURPURELLUM, Ridl. sp. nov. 
Caules plures, gracillimi, debiles, penduli, 20 em. longi, internodiis 8 em. longis, 
pseudobulbis cauli adnatis apice vix liberis. Folia elliptico-lanceolata vel ellip- 
tica, tenuiter coriacea, subacuta, minute mucronulata, l-l:5 cm. longa, 4 mm. 
lata. Flores parvi, singuli in fasciculo vaginarum tenuium 5 mm. longo. Pedi- 
cellus cum ovario albescens, 2 mm. longus. Sepalwm posticum lanceolatum, 
acutum, 2 mm. longum, lateralia latiora, basi gibbosa, mentum breve formantia. 
Petala lanceolata, acuta, sepalis duplo breviora, omnia purpurea. Labellum 
fere 1 mm. longum, purpureum, ungue longo deflexo, limbo linguiformi, lobis 
lateralibus erectis rotundatis e medio labello excurrentibus, apice lanceolato acuto. 
Columna purpurea, pede triplo brevior, erecta, valida, stelidiis subulatis tenuibus. 
Anthera ovata, acuta, ut margo clinandrii alba. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
A. slender-stemmed plant with narrow leaves, the young parts covered with loose 
wliite sheaths 1 cm. long, which soon break up into fibres; the flowers are very small, 
2 mm. long, and * purple-chocolate." The lip is rather large in proportion to the rest 
of the flower, and the foot of the column is long. 
BULBOPHYLLUM PEREXIGUUM, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis gracilis, 8 cm. longus, radicibus tenuibus pseudobulbis adnatis, apicibus minutis 
solis liberis 1:5 cm. longis vel brevioribus. Folium tenue, lanceolatum, acutum, 
2:5 em. longum, 4 mm. latum, ad basin paullo angustatum, apice minute cuspi- 
datum. Racemus 3 mm. longus, bracteis lanceolatis acutis tectus. Ovarium pedi- 
cello incluso brevissimum. Bractea lanceolata, acuta, ovario longior, 1 mm. 
longa. Flores parvi, flavi, rubro-punctati. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acutum, 
lateralia duplo longiora, 9: mm. longa, plana, ad i connata, lineari-lanceolata, 
obtusa. Petala minima, ovata, triangularia, acuta, quam columna breviora. Labellum 
lanceolatum, utrinque acuminatum, subacutum, planum, basi n Ape 
purpureum. Columna brevis, pede brevior, alba, stelidiis linearibus obtusis erectis 
antheram magnam conicam superantibus. 
SECOND SERIES.—BOTANY, VOL. IX, 2B 
