XIPHIZUSA. 



ORCHIDES. 243 



sculo glabro, mobili, Irinervi (purpureo), gynostemio ph. 1. i. non 

 aequante. 



Bolbophyllum chloropterum Rchb. fll. 

 Brasilia. — Siqiiideni ego, dum tot genera Blumeana , imo Lindleyana sepono , genus 

 meum servo, non es vili egoismo , sed propter labelli miram fabricam facio , quae ab 

 omnibus Bolbophyllis lamina medio sigmoideo inflexa recedit. Quod iti nullisLindleyanis. 

 Didactyiibus cerni potesi , quo fit , ut conjunctio Didactylis gladiatae cum Bolbo- 

 phyllo meo chloroptero omnino sit falsa. 



1848 d. B01<B0PHYE<1.0PISII§I Bchb. fll. 



in V. Mohl el v. Schldl. B. Z. 1852. 933. 



Perigonium carnoso-membranaceum, prope bilabiatum, phyllum supre- 

 mum oblongum, galeatum, phylla iateralia externa basi ima connata. 

 dein ligulata, deflexa, superiore multo longiora, interstitia inter summum 

 et laterale magna; ph. 1. i. oblonga, acuta, supremo p. breviora, linea 

 antrorsa triangula in ima basi incrassala, lineolae apice libero (prope 

 more Bolb. setigeri); labellum unguiculatum, triangulo-ligulatum, postice 

 obluse humeralum, linea raedia per lougitudinem bicarinata, limbus ar- 

 gutus, gynoslemium humile, apice utrinque oblique descendens; rostel- 

 lumrelusum, anthera depressa, mitrata, bilocularis, connectivum latum; 

 pollinia 2, obtuse triangula, a lateribus compressa, sessilia in glandula 

 spuria transverse pandurata. 



1. BOLBOPHYLLOPSIS MACULOSA Rchb. fil. Huc: BolbophyUopsis Morphologorum 

 Rchb. fll. I. c. : 



Blulhenstiele schlank, unten 2-scheidig, zu oberst zwei langliche, 

 spitze Vorblatter sehr nahebeieinander. Fruchtknoten langgestielt. BlCithe 

 einzeln, braun mit rothen Punkten, wenig kleiner als bei Trigonidium 

 ringens. 



Huc ; Cirrhopctahim maculosum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 173. — Bot. Reg. 

 1843. sub 49. 



Floribus geminis sohtariisque, sepalo supremo oblongo acuto, late- 



ralibus lineari-oblongis oblusis margine anteriore pone basin uniplicato, 



petalis sepalo supremo brevioribus oblongis obtusis, labello ovato obtuso 



convexo apice recurvo, columna bidentata? (polliniis 4 subaequalibus). 



Eabt Indies. Wallich (158) Loddiges. — This is a spesies with the habit of Bolbophyl- 



lum affliie, or leopardinum , but with the long lateral sepals of a Cirrhopetalum. It 



has the flower-sialks and flowers of a very pale green , finely speckled with dull 



purple. — The lateral sepals are nearly 1" long, and have a single fold on their in- 



ner margin near the base. 



1352. BOIiBOPHYEiEiU^ Thouars. 

 Orch. Afric. tab. 97-110. 



Uniflora. 

 §. Sarcopodium: Lindl. Folia k Fasc. 2. Jan. 1853: 



SARCOPODIUM Lindley, in Paxlon's Fiowcr Garden : gleanings. n. 199. 



Sepala ringentia, coriacea vel carnosa, lateralibus basi productis 

 columnae pedi adnatis dorsali aequalibus vel minoribus. Petala minora. 

 Labellura nanum, cum basi producta columnae arliculatum, carnosum, 

 mobile, canahculatum, basi subcordatum, nunc lamellis 3 brevioribus 



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