1904 



* BOLBOPHYLLUM cocoinum. 



The Cocoa-nut Bolbophyllum. 



GYNANDRIA MON/lNDRi/I. 



Nat. Old. Orchidace^, § Malaxide;e. 

 BOLBOPHYLLUM. Suprd, vol. 23. fol. 1942. 



B. cocoinum ; pscudobulbis ovatis tetragonis, foliis solitariis lanceolatis spira 

 stricta imiltifloni brevioribus, bracteis membranaccis linearibus acutis ovario 

 longioribus, sepalis anstatis, petalis linearibus denticulatis columna bicorni 

 longioribus, labello ovato-lanceolato obtuso basi ciliato sub apice foveato. 



A pretty little species of this extensive germs, imported 

 by Messrs. Loddiges from Sierra Leone, wliere it is found 

 growing on the trunk of the Cocoa-nut Palm. 



It is related to Bolb. recurvura, tetragonum, and the 

 others in their neighbourhood, but is readily known by the 

 pale flesh-coloured flowers, the serrated petals, and the con- 

 cave short lip, delicately ciliated towards its base. 



It flowered at Hackney, in January 1835, and I received 

 it about the same time from Mr. Bateman. 



In the dissections fig. 1. is a front view of a column with 

 its two horns arising from either margin, and the serrated 

 petals ; fig. 2. is the upper side of the lip ; fig. 3. represents 

 the pollen-masses. 



* See folio 1942. 



