248 ORCHIDES. 



§, Cirthopetala miflora: sepala lateralia longe extensa. 



BOLBOPHYLLDM. 



16. BOLBOPHYLLUM ANTENNIFERUM. Hiic : Cirrhopelalum antenniferum Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. 1843. sub. l. 49. 



Folio scapo unilloro, .«^epalo dorsali lineari -lanceolato abruple 



acuto, lateraliLus cohaerentibus canaliculatis falcatis hac mullum longio- 

 ribus , pelalis in setam tenuissimam apice clavatam productis. 



Philippines (Cuming). — The ilowers the largest in ihe Genus . the back sepal IVs" 



in length. I have only secn a single flower. 



17. BOLBOPHYLLUM MAXILLARR. Huc : Cirrhopplahim maxillore Lindl. Dot. Rcg. 43. 

 suh t. 49. 



Folio oblongo scapi uniflori longitudine, sepalo dorsali setaceo-acu- 

 minato cifiato lateralibus obtuse acuminatis disjunctis, petalis acutissimis. 

 Philippines (Cuming). — Upper sepal 9'", laternl 17'" long, Petals about IVi"' 



§. Occysepala: floribus hyalinis inter squamas abscondilis. 



18. BOLBOPHYLLUM CLANDESTINUM Lindl. B. Reg. XXVH. 1841. Misc. 166: 



Rhizomate repente squamis membranaceis cucullatis vestilo distanter 

 pseudobulbifero, pseudobulbis minimis I — 2 phyllis, foliis mucronulatis ob- 

 longis carnosis dorso convexis, floribus minimis geminis e squamis rhi- 

 zomatis. sepalis clausis ovatis aequalibus in selam mollem productis, 

 petalis ovalibus obtusis, labello anguste ovato obtuso laevi, anthera 

 1-loculari, poll. 2. 



Curious . inconspicuous Orch. from Sincapore Lodd. flw. Ii is a form of ihe genus 

 Bolbophyllura in which ihe pseudobulbs almost disappear , and the flowers are 

 only just protruded from arnong the withered scales , wiih which the rhizoma is 

 covered. Ail. to tortuosum, a plant, which I never have seen. The minute flowers are 

 pale straw - col. wilh the ends of the same lengihend into soft yellow bristles, The 

 leaves are hard , ihick . and rounded at the back. The whole habit of the plant is 

 that of some creaping Fern, such as Marginaria (Polypodium) piloselloides. 

 Huc: Oxysepala R. W, Ic. V. l 1367: 



Sepals equal, ovate, long subulate acuminate, subconnate at the 

 base. Petals narrow, linear, obtuse, scarcely half the lenglh of the 

 sepals. Lip unguiculate, cordate lanceolate, entire, ecalcarate, reticu- 

 lated wilh tha prolonged base of the short column. Stamen posterior, 

 free to near the base, anther globose. Scandent, ramous, jointed epi- 

 phytes; stems ciothed wilh sheathing scariose scales from beneath 

 ■which the flowers protrude. Pseudobulbs scattered on the branches, 

 1 leaved. Leaves obovato - elliptic, obtuse, emarginate, coriaceous. 

 Flowers short pedicelled , one or two from each scale covered at the 

 base with minute scales and furnished at the apex with a large, some- 

 what boatshaped ovate bract. Sepals membranous (in dried specimens 

 Iranslucent) much attenuated lowards Ihe poinl. 



This is an inleresiing plant from its so clearly explaining the siructuro of ihe column 

 on orchideous plants through the soparalion of ihe sinmen from ihe stigma. In most 

 Orchids these two sexual organs are united into a single body , wilh ihe variously 

 lormed aniher laying on the top. Here the two scts of organ are respectively free 

 and distant, as in other bisexual flowers. I cannot refer it lo any exisling genus, though 

 I think il approaches. Cochlia in some poinis , which howcver lias not. so foras I can 

 iearn from the characler, ihe free stamens of my plant. 



Oxysepala ovalifolia R. W. Griniih, Label losi. Malacca ? Kbassya ? 



