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sulcato 1 cm. longo. Sccrpiis 9-10 cin. longus, gracilis, vagina ad basin sita 5 mm. 

 longa. Bractea infundibuliformis, dente longo. Fedicellus cum ovario 5 mm. 

 longus. Sejxda lanceolata, acuminata, caudata, 1*7 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, posticum 

 angustius 5 mm. latum, striis rubris ti'ibus. Peictla quam columna breviora, 

 obcuneata, retusa, truncata, minima. Labellum carnosum, rectum, linguseforme, 

 obtusum, basi emargiuato flavescens, 3 mm. longum, ungue brevi, callo transverso 

 rotuudato lamelliformi. Columna brevissima, oblonga, crassa, stelidiis brevibus 

 lineari-subulatis erectis longioribus. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Allied to B. callipes^ J. J. Sm., but with a very short column, and transverse callus 

 at the base of the lip. 



BuLBOPHTLLUM (§ Hirtula) Faunttla, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Rhizoma gracillimum, pseudobulbis 4 mm. dissitis conico-cylindricis 1 cm. longis, ad 

 basin 2 mm. crassis (in sicca). Folium oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, mucronvi- 

 latum, ad basin angustatum, tenuiter coriaceum, 4 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum, 

 petiolo brevissimo canaliculata. Scapi graciles, 4 cm. longi. Bractea infundibuli- 

 formis, 4 mm. longa, dente acuto. Pedicellus cum ovario 1 cm. longus. Flos 

 solitarius, mediocris. Sepala subsequalia, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, 7-nervia, 

 1'7 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Petala lanceolata, falcata, acuta, 2 mm. longa, praeter 

 nervum medium atrum et punctos atros pallida. Labellum lanceolatum, ovatum, 

 apice filiforme, basi emarginatura, carnosum, auriculis (lobis) majusculis rotundatis 

 elevatis, lamina plana ovata in caudam filiformem attenuata 7 mm. longa. Colmnua 

 erecta, pede sequilongo, stelidiis erectis antheram baud superantibus linearibus. 

 Anthera ovata, plana, rostro oblongo lato obtuso. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Allied to B. 2)aniscus, Ridl., with subequal sepals and spotted petals ; the lip, however, 

 is very different, being ovate-lanceolate with a long filiform tail. 



BULBOPHYLLUM VEXILLARIUM, Ridl., Sp. nOV. 



Bhizoma gracile, pseudobulbis cylindricis 7 mm. longis congestis ascendentibus 

 vaginis pallid is tectis. Folium liiieare, 4 cm. longum, 2 mm. latum, ad basin 

 breviter angustatum, apice breviter attenuatum, obtusum. Scapus filiformis, 

 7-75 cm. longus, uniflorus, vagina basali tubulosa apice lanceolata acuta 5 mm. 

 longa. Bractea breviter poculiformis, dente subulato ovario 2 mm. longo sub- 

 sessili aequilongo. Sepala caudata, angustissima, 3 cm. longa, ad basin vis 1 mm. 

 lata, flava, lateralia connata, apicibus brevibus liberis, basi gibbosa. Petala linearia, 

 caudata, pauUo (ad 2 mm.) breviora, glabra. Labellum, 2 mm. longum, purpureum, 

 lanceolatum, ungue brevissimo decurvo, auriculis parvis rotundatis erectis tenuibus, 

 marginibus laminae erectis albo-pilosis, apice piano baud crasso flavo. Columna 

 brevissima, pede longiore, stelidiis e basi lata longe acuminatis pedi columnae 

 a^qualibus flavis. Anthera conica apice rotundata, obtusa, alba. 



Camps XII to XIII, 11,000 to 10,500 ft. 



