BOLBOPHYLMiM. 



ORCHIDES. 246 



S. pseudobulbis ovatis squamatis diphyllis, foliis ovalibus obtusis 

 emarginatis petiolatis, pedunculo bracteis membranaceis breviore, sepa- 

 lis petalisque carnosis ovatis acutis erectis aequalibus, labello trilobo 

 sessili basi lamellato: lobis rotundatis lateralibus minoribus. 



VVild in ihe Sikkiui -Hinialaya . ot ihe elevation of 6000 feei J. U, Hooker , (v. s. sp. 



comm. ecl. inv.). — Very like S. fuscescens, hut ihe foliage is hroader ; the pedun- 



cles are jnuch shorler ihan the bracts which enveiope theni ; the laieral sepals are 



not acuminate , and ihe dorsal tooih of the column is wider. 



§ 2. Labellum canalicularum inappendiculatum. 



4. BOLBOPHYLLUM GRANDIFLORUM Blnme Rumphia IV. i'l — Huc: Lindl. l c. : 

 Sarcopodium grandiflortm. 



S. pseudobulbis prismaticis, folio lanceolato vel retuso, scapo vaginis 

 2 maximis aucto, sepalis maximis inaequalibus dorsali latissimo obtuso 

 lateralibus acuminatissimis supra medium refractis, petalis nanis acutis, 

 acutis, labello linguiformi obtuso compresso. 



BolbophijUum granditlonim Blume Rumphia IV. p. 42. — Ephippium grandi- 

 florum Id., tt. 195 and 199. 

 Wiid in woops on ihe coast of New Guinea Blume. — Flowers the largest of the 

 genus. above eight inches in diameter , pale yellowish green. Scape six iiiches higli. 

 The dorsal sepal brownish abcve ihe hase. with a slrong pallid netting; the olhers 

 not netted. Lip glaucous spotted with sanguine. Blume. 



5. BOLBOPHYLLUM LOBBII Lindl. B. Reg. — Huc : Lindl. I. c. : Sarcopodium Lobbii. 

 Lindley , in Paxion I. c. ic. 98. 



S. lolio petiolato obovato-oblongo coriaceo, pedunculo folio breviore 

 nudo basi subglanduloso e bracteis squamaeformibns cucullatis falcatis 

 subglandulosis erumpente, sepalis oblongis acutis lateralibus falcatis, 

 petalis conformfbus minoribus reflexis, labello longe unguiculato cordato 

 ovato aculo canaliculato apice recurvo. 



Sestochilus Hb. Hooker. — BolboiihijUum Lobbii Lindley . in Bot. Reg. 1847, 

 sub t. '^9 : Bot. Mag. t. 4532, 

 Wild in Java T. Lobb , (v. v. et s. sp.). — Flowers full four inches across . yellow, 

 shaded wiih cinnamon, spolted with light brown , aod speckled outside with brown- 

 purple. Pseudobulbs ovate, nearly as large as a pigeon's egg. Scape yellowish, 

 spotted with brown , shorter ihan the leaf, its base shealhed with imbricated , con- 

 vex, spotted scales. Sepals deep yellow , ihe upper one externally marked wiih purple 

 spots running in lines ; ihe lateial ones falcate, streakd and clouded with purple. 

 Petals resembling the upper sepal. but smaller and streaked with purple lines. Lip 

 cordate - ovate . acuminatc, rellexed. yellow . wilh minute orange dots. 



Huc porro : Sarcopodium Lobbii ? var. UenshaUii Henfr. gard. mag. of bot. III. 269 

 c. icone. — Lem. jard. fl. tab. 183. 



Sarcopodium Lobbii Lindl. Lem. Jard. fl. tab. 63. — BolbophyUum llenshalli 

 G. Chronicle 1852. p. 422. 



6. BOLBOPHYLLUM MACRANTHUM Lindi. Huc ; Lindl. I. c. : Sarcopodium macran- 

 thum Lindley in Paxton 1. c. 



S.lfoliis petiolatis oblongis planis coriaceis, pedunculo petiolo longiore, 

 sepalo dorsali plano ovato acuminalo lateralibus petalisque subconformi- 

 bus hinc tortis, labello minimo unguiculato sublrilobo acuminato. 



BolbophijUum macrunUinm Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1844 t. 13. 

 Wild al Singapore Loddiges (v. v. c). — Aliied to both B. leopardinum and afflne; 

 from each it dilTers in its much more fleshy and larger flowers . whosc sialk is con- 

 wderably longer ihan the petiole. The flowers expand so flat , that they seem as if 



