BOLBOPHYLLUM. 



ORGHIDES. 255 



of a minute tubercule at the base of the petals on the outside, which in an oiher 

 species, B. braoteolatura , from the same country , is in the forra of a distinct 

 scale. 



Obs. Cf. Bolbophyliariae genus. Flores nullos teneo. 



44. BOLBOPHYLLUM QUADRISETUM LindL n. sp. — Hook. Lond. Journ. 1843. p. 70. 

 Folio oblongo-lanceolato basi angustato, spica pedunculata rectiuscula, 



pedunculo 2—3 vaginato aequali, rachi tenui, bracteis ovalis floribus 

 subaequalibus, sepalis acutissimis , petalis linearibus acuminatis serru- 

 latis, iabello oblongo marginato bilamellato, columna biseta. 



Flores coriacei resupinati. Petala et columnae seiae subsimilia. Antherae callo cri- 



staiae. — British Guiana Schomburgk. 



45. BOLBOPHYLLUM HIRTUM LO. 51. — Bot. Reg. 47. adn. ad 66. : 



Pseudobulbo elongato ovato. foliis lato ligulatis obtusis scapo glabro 

 brevioribus, spica caudiformi multiflora cernua pubescente, sepalis 

 acuminatis hirsutis et glandulosis , pelalis nanis acutissimis fimbriatis, 

 labello oblongo - lineari emarginato obtuso supra hirsuto, anthera glan- 

 dulosa. 



46. BOLBOPHYLLUM COCOINUM Bat. — Bot. Reg. XXIH. 1837. Tab. 1964. 

 Pseudobulbis ovatis tetragonis, foliis solitariis lanceolatis, spica slricta 



multiflora brevioribus, bracteis membranaceis linearibus acutis ovario 

 longioribus, sepalis arislatis, petalis linearibus denticulatis, columna bi- 

 corni longioribus, labello ovato-lanceolato obtuso basi ciliato, sub apice 

 foveato. 



Sierra Leone imp. ex Loddiges. Filling the house with the scent of a cocoa-nut. 



Flores rosei. 



47. BOLBOPHYLLUM ADENOPETALUM LindL — Bot. Reg. XXVin. 1842. Misc. 95, 

 Foliis oblongis obtusis petiolatis basi vix bulbosis, spica secunda 



basi laxe vaginata multiflora folio sublongiore, sepalis acuminatis, pe- 

 talis spathulatis acutis inlus glandulosis , labello ovato angusto obtuso 

 acuminato ciliato basi caualiculato. 



Sincapore, rec. Loddiges. The flowers are yellowish and slightly sweetscented. 

 Resembles B. cocomum from which its want of a pseudobulb at raost its extremely 

 sma^fepne and its petals not serrated but glandular inside readily distinguish it. One 

 of tb^plants included by Dr. Blume under his Diphyes flavescens ? 



48. BOLBOPHYLLUM LIMBATUM Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 171. 



Pseudobulbis ampullaceis depressis , foliis racemo cylindraceo 



multifloro longe pedunculato, squamis pedunculi sursum nudi duabus 

 distantibus parvis vaginantibus, bracteis minimis, sepalis ovatis obtusis 

 ciliatis, petalis multo brevioribus obovatis margine superiore villoso, la- 

 bello ovato crasso obtuso petalis longiore basi bidentato: disco laevi ni- 

 lido limbo scabritie minuta opacato. 



The flowers of ihis plant are deep dull purple, in a rather loose raceme. The sepals 

 and petals are both fringed wiih whitish hairs. The label is remarknble for being 

 polished in the middle. and surrounded by a broad belt of miniite points , which 

 give it an opaque shagreen appearance. Like most of tho genus it is a plant of littie 

 beauty. Sincapore imp. Loddiges. 



49. BOLBOPHYLLUM LASIANTHUM Lindl. — Gardn. Chronicle 1855. 53: - Alias Ani- 

 sopetalum lusianlhum De Vriese ic. 249. ined. 



B. (bulbosum , repens, spiciforme, sarcanthum) , foliis latis oblongis 

 coriaceis scapo valido laxe vaginato aequalibus, racemo pubescente, 

 floribus carnosis, sepalis oblongo-Ianceolatis acuminatis lateralibus longio- 

 ribus selis piliformibus carnosis vestitis, petalis linearibus setaceo-acu- 



