254 ORCHIDES. bolbophyllum. 



40. BOLBOPHYLLUM SCEPTRUM Rchb. fil. MSS. : 



Pseudobulbo?, folio longe petiolato cuneato oblongo ligulato acuto, 

 ultra bipedali, pedunculo densius vaginato , vaginis ancipitibus, inflore- 

 scentia cylindracea, bracteis oblongis ovaria superantibus, sepalis ob- 

 lonso-ligulalis, lateralibus subfalcatis, tepalis linearifalcatis, labello trilobo, 

 lobis lateralibus obtusangulis, lobo medio triangulo - ligulato, columna 

 apice trifida. 



Folium magnum, ultra bipedale. Pe^ioius quinauepoUicaris trigonus. Lamina sub- 

 bipedalis apice obiique acuminata , sed brevius. Nervus medius dorso carinatus. 

 Pedunculus uitra bipedalis. Yaginae ancipites in basi congestae, ceterum usque sub 

 inflorescentiam sparsae : quatuor aggregatae , quatuor distantes ; summa sub inflore- 

 sceniia. Flores cx majoribus , illis Maxillariae pallidiQorae subaequales. 



Tepalum dorsale ligulatum acutum supra dorsnm subcarinatum. Sepala laleralia 

 (alcaia acuto margine undulata ( saltem in sicco ) curvato deflexa. Tepala falcata 

 linearia basi latiora apice paulo dilalata . quasi attenuata . sepaiis paulo breviora. 

 Labellum sepalis multo brevius . ab ovata basi lineare obtusatum hinc trilobulum, 

 apice marginibus revolutis convexum obcucullatum , ante basin infractum . carinae 

 geminae majores lineam elevatam mediam obcelanies per medium in aream incras- 

 satam communem exeuntes. Gynostemium apice trifldum : dens posticus uncinatus 

 brevis utrinque denticulo minuto auctus , dentes laterales longiorcs, ascendentes 

 utrinque denticulo minori aucti. — Insul. Sondaic. — (Adest in hb. Lindi.) 



41. BOLBOPHYLLUM HERMLMOSTACHYS Rchb. fll. MSS. Huc : Taurostnluc Rchb. fil. 

 :. in v. Mohl et v. Schldl. Bot. Z. 1852. p. 933. 



Perigonii membranaceo-carnosi pbylla externa lanceoiata acuminata, 

 Jateralia externa curvula, ima basi coalita, omnia elongata,, 1. i. abbre- 

 viata , ligulata, apice triangula, basi utrinque obtusangula, labellum un- 

 guicuiatum , trilobum , lobi laterales trianguli , postice rotundati antice 

 sensim in lobum medium ligulatum microscopice denticulatum transe- 

 untes, callulis 3—5 in ima basi labelli, carina gemina carnosa, basi ex- 

 Irorsa, dein parallela, apice confluente, lobi iaterales erecti, margines 

 lobi rnedii revoluti; gynostemium humillimum, androclinium tridentatum, 

 dente postico minuto, anlicis dentibus elongatis, teretiusculo - subulatis, 

 erectis, gynostemio ipso longioribus, in basi antica interna minus den- 

 ticulatis, dein decurrentibus in membranam anticam basi confluentem, 

 gynostemii frontem cum stigmate rotundo obvelantem, rimam interstitii 

 lineam basi acutam linquentem ; rostellum obtusum; anthera depressa, 

 rotunda, dorso carinata, pollinia duo, depresso-globosa, arctissime con- 

 nata, lobulo elliptico divisibili in margine interno superiori utrinque. 



Tauroslalix Herminiostachis. Eine schlanke . vielbluthige , ziemlich dichte . funf 



Zoll lange Aehre. Bluthen so gross . wie bei Herminium Monorchis. Deckblatter 



lanzettlich, spitz , so lang als Fruchiknoten. Bluthenhulle purpurfarbig. — Blalt lang- 



lich . spiiz . nnten keiUormig. — Aus der Sierra Leone. 



42. BOLBOPHYLLUM nECURVUM Lindl. p. 53. n. 30. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 70. 

 Mss. Loddiges received it from Guiana 1839 , the specimens tliat have just Oowered 

 having proved to be identical in all respecls wiih the Alrican plant. 



43. BOLBOPHYLLUM SETIGERUM Lindl. — Bol. Reg. XXIV, 1038. Misc. 24. 



Pseudobulbis ovatis monophyllis , foliis ovalibus acutis scapo ereclo 

 radicali spicaque pendula multobVevioribus, rachi filiformi, sepalis ovatis 

 acutis erectis, pelalis setaceis palentissimis basi extus tuberculatis, 

 jabello oblongo recurvo raedio incrassato et elevato apice tridentato, 

 tolumna bicorni, anthera pedicellafa. 



Obt. by Msrs. Loddiges from Demerara. Flowers small , dull purple . upon a lighl 

 grcen ^round. Ow. very remarkable circumstance iii iis structure is ihe presence 



