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broad, lateral 1:25 mm. Petals 1:2 mm. long; lip 1 mm. long. 
Column barely 1 mm. long, teeth barely ‘5 mm. long. Ovary and 
pedicel subequal, together 2-2°5 mm. long. 
Near B. flavidum Lindl. from Sierra Leone, but distinguished by 
the long narrow leaves, characters of the lip, &c. 
Bulbophyllum Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Planta epiphytica 
rhizomate tereti super radices tenues dense intertextas divaricate 
ramoso ; pseudobulbis frequentibus vivis fusiformibus siecis tenuibus 
rugosis diphyllis; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis; scapo saepe 
tenue cum spica dense et distiche florifera folia excedente, 
internodiis e. 10 bracteis pro maxima parte arcte vaginatis; 
bracteis floriferis magnis cymbiformibus acutis purpureo-tinctis 
flores primum celantibus demum flore aperto explicatis ; floribus 
parvis; sepalis roseis lanceolato-acuminatis 3-nerviis subaequalibus ; 
petalis linearibus minutis; labello atrate-roseo mobili e basi 
anguste cordata lineari subacuto margine dense ciliato ; columna 
brevi crassa processubus aequilongis erectis apice instructa. 
(PI. 12, figs. 6, 7.) 
Oban; n. 981; in flower Dec. 11. 
Rhizome bent sharply at the origin of each pseudobulb, the 
segments 1-1:5 cm. long, 2 mm. or more thick, spreading over the 
matted slender branching roots; pseudobulbs 8-7-5 cm. long, much 
shrivelled and slender when dry. Leaves 5-10 cm. long, '7-1 cm. 
broad. Scape 8-13 cm. long to base of spike, from less than 1-1: 5 mm. 
thick. Spike 8 to more than 10 cm. long, ultimately reflexed. 
Flowering bracts 6-7 mm.long. Sepals 4 mm. long. Petals 1:2mm. 
long ; lip 8:3 mm. long, becoming violently agitated when the flower 
is touched. Column "3 mm. long, narrow pointed processes from the 
upper angles 8 mm. long. 
Allied to B. Manni Hook. fil (Cameroon Mts.), of which it 
suggests a small edition, being smaller in all its parts. Also near 
B. gravidum Lindl. (Fernando Po), but differs in its longer, narrower 
spike, smaller flowers, linear lip, &c. 
. Bulbophyllum Dorotheae Rendle sp. nov. "Herba semipedalis 
pseudobulbis compresso-ovoideis 3-angulatis flavidis aggregatis 
monophyllis; foliis oblongis basi breviter angustatis obtusis; 
scapo gracili curvulo pro majore parte (2) bracteis ocreiformibus 
acutis laxe vestito, racemo haud densifloro ; bracteis oblongis vel - 
ellipticis obtusis ovarium cum pedicello paullo excedentibus haud 
reflexis ; floribus subsessilibus atrate roseis (e spec. sicco) ; sepalo 
dorsali oblongo-lanceolato obtuso, sepp. lateralibus triangulari- 
faleatis angustiore; petalis oblongo-spathulatis ; labello crassius- 
culo lanceolato valde recurvato margine quam parte centrali 
tenuiore et ciliolato; columna valida brachiis erectis geminis 
lineari-subulatis instructa; capsula oblique-ellipsoidea. (Pl. 12, 
fig. 8.) 
Oban ; n. 934. 
Pseudobulbs reaching 2 em. high by 1:2 cm. in diameter, densely 
