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rotundata, brevissime petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, 3 cm. longa, 1-1'5 cm. lata, 

 petiolo crasso 2 mm. longo. Racenii pauciflori, 3 mm. longi, bracteis pallidis 

 Janceolatis acuminatis tecti. Flores parvi, citrini. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, 

 pedicello brevi. Bractea peduncularis ovata, oblonga, ovarium superans. Bractea 

 floralis lanceolata, tenuis. Sepalum posticum, ovatum, obtusum, 4 mm. longum, 

 1 mm. latum, lateralia ad medium counata, 4 mm. longa, ovata, crassiuscula, 

 apice incrassata. Petala minuta, ovata, columnse breviora. Labellum minimum, 

 hastatum, acutum, ungue reflexo basi latiore sulcato, marginibus elevatis. Colmnna 

 brevissima, alba ; stelidia porrecta, majuscula, oblonga, truucata, apice dilatata. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Allied to B. oxyanthum, Sclilechter, but the leaves are shorter and more oval, and the 

 flowers smaller, with blunt sepals unequal in size. 



BULBOPHYLLTJM PURPURELLUM, Ridl., sp. nOV. 



Caules plures, gracillimi, debiles, penduli, 20 cm. longi, internodiis 8 cm. longis, 

 pseudobulbis cauli adnatis apice vix liberis. Folia elliptico-lanceolata vel ellip- 

 tica, tenuiter coriacea, subacuta, minute mucronulata, 1-1'5 cm. longa, 4 mm. 

 lata. Flores parvi, singuli in fasciculo vaginarum tenuium 5 mm. longo. Pedl- 

 cellus cum ovario albescens, 2 mm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, 

 acutum, 2 mm. longum, lateralia latiora, basi gibbosa, mentum breve formantia. 

 Petala lanceolata, acuta, sej)alis 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 VI a, 3100 ft. 



A slender-stemmed plant with narrow leaves, the young parts covered with loose 

 white sheaths 1 cm. long, which soon break vip 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 PEREXIGTJUM, Ridl., Sp. noV. 



Caulis gracilis, 8 cm. longus, radicibus tenuibus pseudobulbis adnatis, apicibus minutis 

 soils liberis 1"5 cm. longis vel brevioribus. Folium tenue, lanceolatum, acutum, 

 2-5 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum, ad basin paullo angustatum, apice minute cuspi- 

 datum. Bacemus 3 mm. longus, bracteis lanceolatis acutis tectus. Ovarium pedi- 

 cello incluso brevissimum. Bractea lanceolata, acuta, ovario longior, 1 mm. 

 longa. Flores parvi, fiavi, rubro-punctati. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acutum, 

 lateralia duplo longiora, 3"5 mm. longa, plana, ad ^ connata, lineari-lanceolata, 

 obtusa. Petala minima, ovata, triangularia, acuta, quam columna breviora. Labellum 

 lanceolatum, utrinque acuminatum, subacutum, planum, basi flavum, apice 

 purpureum. Colmnna brevis, pede brevior, alba, stelidiis linearibus obtusis erectis 

 antheram magnam conicam superantibus. 



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