108 BGTAN*. 



FRAGRANT BOLBOPHYLLtJM. 



Perhaps the most highly valued of the orchid order 

 amonfT the Burmese and Karens, is the sweet-scented 

 bolbophyllum, which Karen youths wear in the lobes of 

 the ear, and maidens in their hair. It abounds in almost 

 every part of the jungles, throwing down delicate straw 

 coloured racemes over the rough gray bark of old lager- 

 stroemias — emblems of childhood in the arms of age. 

 Bolbophyllum. 



CAREY-DOLBOPHYLLUM, 



This is a very common orchid in the vicinity of Maul- 

 main, easily recognized by a long leaf at the apex of a false* 

 bulb, aud by its small purplish flower. 

 Bolb op h y flu m Cany an u m . 



ERlA. 



A specis of eria is also one of the most abundant of our 

 epiphytes, but the dowers are small, and have little to re* 

 commend them. 



Eria obcsa. 



PHOLIDOTA. 



In the suburbs of Maulmain, a white flowered species 

 of pholidota is not rare. 



P hoi i dot a articulaia. 



TRIAS. 



Many of the mango trees have a species of trias grow- 

 ing on them, the smallest plant of the orchid tribe that I 

 haVe seen in the Provinces. 

 Trias oblong a. 



HABENARIA. 



There is an elegant species of habenaria in the Tavoy 

 Forests; and several other species of the same genus are 

 scattered over the Provinces. 

 Habenaria acuifera, 



