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It belongs to tlie nearest allies of 3. cornutum Rchb. f. 

 Desciiption froin a spcciiiRMi fornierly cultivated in the Buitenzorg 

 Gardens. 



B u I b o p h y I 1 11 m (sect. Cirrhopetahim) I e p i d u m J. J. S. iii FI. 

 Biiit. VI, Orch. (1905), 471 ; etc. 



var. i II s i g 11 e J, J, S. ii. var. 



Riiizoma repeiis, ramosuiii,- geiuiflexiini, teres, c, 25—0.3 cm. diam.,. 

 iiiitio vagiiiis tubuiosis tectum, vagiiiis superioribus pseudobulbuiii iiovel- 

 Iiini iiicludeiitibus, brevissiiiie acute aciimiiiatis, cariiiatis, pallide viresceii- 

 tlbiis, fiiifuraceo-puiictatis. Pseudobulbi c. 1.2—1.8 cm. distantes, oblique 

 ovoidei, valde inaequaliier 5angulati, nitidi, dilute viiides, c. 1.85—2.5 cm. 

 loiigi. 1.4 — 1.7 cm. diam. Folium oblongum, breviter aeqiialiter obtuse- 

 bilobulum, basi subabrupte breviter petiolato-contractum, costa média supra 

 sulcata subtus leviter obtuse iiicrassata, caruosum, dilute viride, supra ni- 

 tidum. subtus opacum. c. 7.75—11.25 cm. longum, 2.8—4 cm. latum, pe- 

 tiolo couduplicato-canaliculato, c. 0.8—1.25 cm. longo. luflorescentiae 2— 3- 

 e basi pseudobulborum, adscendentes, elongatae, apice umbellam spuridm 

 compietam c. 11 — ISfloram c. 6—8.5 cm. diam. gerentes, pedunculo tereti,, 

 nitide atropurpureo, c. 21—22.5 cm. loiigo, vaginulis c. 3 tubuiosis acutis 

 carinatis pallidis semipellucidis membranaceis ad c. 0.75 cm. longis in 

 dimidio inferiore, racliide brevissima, abrupte recurva. Bracteae supra basin 

 recuivulam iiicurvae, auguste triangulae. acutae, marginibus incurvis cana- 

 liculato-coiicavae, pallide flavescentes, purpureo-suffusae, ad c. 0.35 cm. 

 loiigae. Flores majusculi, patentissimi. Sepalum dorsale ovarium contiiiuum,. 

 subovatum, in setam interne longe ciliatam superne papillosam bene 0.5 

 cm. longam contracium, basi lata medio tantum inserta truncatum et utrinque 

 auriculam brevissimam obtusam formans, valde concavum, longe ciliatum, 

 pallide flavescens, atrofusco-purpuree superne coiifluenter maculatum, to-- 

 tum c 0.75 cm. longum, 0.3 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia supra basin 

 (unguem) verticalem oblique obloiigam c. 0.4 cm. longam 0.275 cm. latam 

 semitorta et marginibus posticis auguste tegentibus usque ad apicein con- 

 glutinata, liorizontalia, subplana, oblique lineari-lanceolata, apicem versus 

 angustata, auguste obtusa, flavescentia, interne atrofusco-purpureo-marmo- 

 rata, tota c. 3.1 cm. longa, 0.5 cm. lata. Petala porrecta, gynostemio pa- 

 rallela, oblique triangula, seiisim longe acuminata et in pilum producta,. 

 falcata, convexa, dorso concava, longe atropurpureo-ciliata, alba. atropur- 

 pureo-maculata, basi excepta late atropurpureo-marginata, tota c. 0.6 cm. 

 longa, absque ciliis 0.175 cm. lata. Labellum parvum, mobile, recurvum,. 

 linguiforme, basi dilatata truncatum, supra basin utrinque obtuse denti- 

 formi-acutum, supra valde convexum, costulis 3 longitudinalibus iii '/s 

 infra apicem evanescentibus, subtus longitudinaliter sulcatum, apice angus- 

 tatum, supra nitide flavum, atropurpuree punctatum et marginatum, late- 

 ribus diiutius coloratum et medio atropurpureo-punctatum, c. 0.225 cm. 

 longum, 0.15 cm. latum. Gynostemium crassiusculum, dorso convexum,. 



