256 ORGHIDES. 



BOLBOPHYLLUM. 



minatis multo brevioribus , labello linguiformi anguste marginalo basi 

 crassissimo crista ovali foveata, columnae angulis angustissimis integris. 

 Drawing from Sumatra, in De Vriese's hands. — Manilla imp. Loddiges. — Leaves 7 

 inches by 2; the scape somewhat taller, and the fiowers nearly 2 inches long. The 

 latter are duli purple and copiously covered with long fleshy hairpointed hristies. — 

 Belongs to the group of B. Carayanum, quadriselum , setigerum, Khasyanum, nilgher- 

 rense, imbricatum. — Huc : De Vriese lilustr. tab. XIII. 



2. 2. Labfcilum tridentalura. 



50. DOLliOPHYLLUM FUSCOPURPUREUM R. Wight Ic. V. 1651. 



Rhizoma creaping, pseudobulbs ovate, angular, congested; leaves 

 broadly elliptic, contracted at both ends, emarginate , raceme much 

 longer than the leaves, 4—6 flowered, drooping towards the apex: flo- 

 wers longish pedicelled; lateral sepais about twice as iarge as the 

 ovate lanceolate posterior one : petals ovate at the base prolonged 

 into a Jong filiform acumen, terminating in a little fleshy nob : lip 3 

 lobed, lateral lobes short obovate or subspathulate; middle one fleshy, 

 nearly equaling the sepals , subspathulate or tongue shaped, entire, 

 hispid, Flowers dark reddish brown , lip brownish purple. 



Neilgherries on trees and rocks along the bank of thc Kartairy river below Kaitri, 

 and also below Nediiawuttim on the N. western slopes , where Mr. Jerdon detected 

 it. The petals of this .'jpecies are very unusual, and the middle iobes of the lip in 

 the fresh plant gives so much Ihe idea of a torigue. that ihe ..Tongue Orchis" is the 

 name by which it is known to Mrs. Jerdon. 



51. BOLBOPYLLUM NEILGHERRENSE R. VVight Ic. V. l. 185L 1680. 



Rhizoma creeping, pseudobulbs ovate, irregulariy angled somewhat 

 corrugaled; laeves oiJlong, elliptic , obtuse, eraarginate; spikes cylindri- 

 cal, shorter than the leaves: flowers nuraerous congested : bracts lanceo- 

 late , acute : lateral sepals much larger than the posterior , oblique : 

 posterior broad , ovate , subacute: petals small , broad at Ihe base, 

 ovate acuminate, subdenticulate : lip three lobed, lateral ones spreading, 

 triangular, acute, much smaller than the broad ovate obtuse somewhat 

 tongue shaped, hispid middle one. Flowers dull yellowish .gre^. 



Neilgherries and Malabar. — Lip loo acute in the representation. — ' » pals duil 

 brownish yellow. lip dirty brownishgreen , sprinklcd with short hair. — Near B. 

 Careyanum. 



52. BOLBOPHYLLUM FUSCUM Lindl. — B. Reg. XXT. 1839. Misc. 5. 

 Pseudobulbis oblongis obtuse tetragonis diphyllis , foliis lineari ob- 



longis patentibns emarginatis, spica pedunculata disticha ancipili glabra 

 pendula, bracteis ovatis cucullatis acutis coloratis distantibus florum longi- 

 tudine, sepalis Iriangularibus , labello trilobo carnoso lacinia intermedia 

 convexa rotundata lateralibus brevioribus magis membranaceis acutis 

 serrulatis. 



Nearly related to B. tetragonum. Sierra Leone. Flowers deep dull chocolate colour. 

 Like Liparis pendula they are studed wiili large transparent cells, containirtg raphi- 

 des in cubical parcels . and tbey are more over fllled wiih sliort spiral vessels, so 

 closely fllled with air, that it is difflcult to drive it out even with ihe aid of the air 

 pump. Loddiges importavit. 



53. BOLBOPHYLLUM CAREYANUM Sprg. — Bol. Mag. IH. Ser. I. Vol. 1845. 4Ifi6. 

 Rhizomate repente. pseudobulbis oblongo ovatis laevibus membrana.- 



ceo-vaginalis , folio solitario oblongo lanceolalo obtuso basi angnstiore, 

 racemo pseudobulbi longitudine , pednnculo perbrevi squamoso , flori- 



