246 ORCHIDES. 



BOLBOPHYLLUM- 



they had been pressed. In ihe centre , they are a pale lemon-colour, but towards 

 the tips they are much moilled wiih dark chocolate-colourcd spois. 



7. BOLBOPHYLLUM CHEIRI Lindl. Huc : Lindl. I. c. : Sarcopodium Chciri Lindley in 

 Paxion I. c. 



S. foliis oblongis coriaceis basi canaliculatis apice emarginatis, se- 

 palis elongatis lanceolalis, lateralibus basi ventricosis patalisque e lata 

 basi linearibus acuminatis in manus speciem velut digiti conniventibus, 

 labello basi ovato concavo apice longe rostrato. 



Bolbophi/Uum Chciri Lindley in Bot. Rcg. 1844, misc. 66. 

 Wild in Manilla Loddiges (v. v. c). — Sepals an inch and a half long, a clear olive 

 green, marked with brownish stripes. The lip jointed so loosely with iis support, 

 thai it falls forward every time the flower is waved by the wind. Both sepals and 

 petals are so arranged that they converge much like the human fingers, when ihey 

 are broughl togeiher wilhoul being bent. 



8. BOLBOPHYLLUN MEGALANTHUM Griff. Huc : Lindl. I. c: Sarcopodiummegafanlhum. 



S. pseudobulbis fere obsoletis monophyllis, foliis oblongis crassis 

 emarginatis basi canaliculatis marginibus recurvis, pedunculo stricto 

 aphyllo unifloro basi squamato, sepalis oblongo-Iinearibus acuminatis, 

 lateralibus invicem falcatis basi auriculatis, petalis linearibus acumina- 

 tis incurvis, labelli lobis laleralibus erectis dentiformibus intermedio 

 lineari longe rostrato. 



Bolhophyllum megalanlhum Grifnth Ic t. ?92 ; Notulae p. 186. 

 Wild in Malacca; on trees and rocks at Pulo Bissar, common — Grifflih. — Flowers 

 very large, light brown wiih purple spots and dots. The lateral sepals are upper- 

 most and cross each other like a pair of scyihe blades. I have seen no specimen. 



9. BOLBOPHYLLUM RELNWARDTII Rchb. fll. Huc : Lindl. 1. c: Sarcopodium Rein. 

 wardtii. 



S. pseudobulbis sulcatis cylindraceis, folio oblonga petiolalo aculo 

 multinervi, pedunculo pseudobulbis aequali trivagiualo, sepalis ovatis 

 acuminalissimis, petalis conformibus setaceo-acuminatis, labello ovato 

 acumiDato. 



Dendrobium grandiflorum Reiiiwardt ic. ined. 

 Wild in Java Reinwardt; T. Lobb 174 (v. s. sp. et ic. pict.). — There are iwo varie- 

 ties known to me, one with leaves eighl and a half inches by ihree and a half in- 

 ches — Reinwardt ; the oiher wiih leaves six and a half inches by one and three-eighlhs 

 of an inch , and ihinner — T. Lobb. Flowers grecnish. one and three - forlbs of 

 an inch from lip to lip of sepals. Column , column-foot. and lip , crimson. 



10. BOLBOPHYLLUM PILEATUM Lindl. Huc : Lindl. I. c: Sarcopodium pileatum. 



S. foliis floribus solitariis glabris, sepalis oblongis oblusis late- 



ralibus convexis longioribus, petalis conformibus duplo angustioribus, 

 labello linguiformi obtuso laevi pone basin bijugato inter juga sub- 

 aspera nectare lucido obducto, columna tereti mutica, anthera conica. 



BolbophTjllum pilealum Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1814 , raisc. 73. 

 Wild at Singapore Loddiges (v. v. c). — Flower large ycllow - ochre -coloured , with 

 anearlyflat movenble labellum siained wiih iwo purple ridges nearthebase, between 

 which is a little bright yellow valley , serreling a mucilaginous matter along its whole 

 length. Thc aniher is conical, like an old-fashioned high-crowned hal. 



11. BOLCOPHYLLUM AFFINE Wall. Cat. Huc: Lindl. I. c. : i)flrco;)odtHm affine Lindley 

 in Paiion 1. c. 



S. pseudobulbis oblongis terelibus, foiiis coriaceis rigidis oblongis 

 solitariis petiolatis emarginatis , floribus solitariis, sepalis petalisque 



