BOLBOPIIYLLUM. 



ORCHIDES. 257 



bus imbricatis , sepalis ovatis acuminatis lateralibus duplo majoribus 

 conniventibus , petalis minimis acuminatis, labello ovato longe unguicu- 

 lato utrinque unidentato, columna bicornuta. 



Jnisop. C.IHook. Ex IL 149. B. Cnreijanum Spr. Syst. Veg. IIL p. 732. Wall. Cat. 1990. LO, 

 51 Nepal. Martaban. Wallich. — Grifflth. Flores flavi sanguineo maculati, labelli un- 

 gue (s. pede columnae) purpureo. 



54. BOLBOPHYLLCM CUPREUM Lindl. - Bot. Reg. XXIV. 1838. Misc. 183. 



Folio angusto solitario scapo longiore , racemo brevi oblongo nntante, 

 petalis setaceo-acuminatis serrulatis, labello ovato dente utrinque setaceo, 

 columnae angulis aristatis. 



A native of Manilla, whence Msrs. Loddiges received it from Mr. Cuming. The 

 flowers are copper-coloured , and have a smell extremely like that of Valeriana root. 



55. BOLBOPHYLLUM FLAVIDUM LindL — Bot. Reg. XXIV. 1840. Misc. 195. 

 Pseudobulbis oblongis compressis vaginis 2 membranaceis vestitis, 



folio basi angustato spicis laxis longiore. sepalis acuminatis, petalis ob- 

 longis obcordatis acutis, labello bicarinato recurvo : lobis lateralibus un- 

 dulatis obsoletis , columna bicorni. 



Pale yellow -flowers. Sierra Leone imp. Loddiges. It has flowers in size and form 

 like ihose of B. cocoinum , but thev are arranged in a lax spike. 



55 b. BOLBOPHYLLUM TRIADENIUM Rchb.fll. MSS. Huc : SarcopodiumtriadeniumLmAl. 

 Fol. n. 4. 

 S. pseudobulbis parvis ovatis diphyllis, foliis lineari-oblongis retusis 



basi canaliculatis, pedunculis apice racemosis trifloris folio brevioribus, 



squama unica in medio, sepalis lineari-Ianceolatis acuminatis patenlibus. 



petalis linearibus acutissimis aequilongis, labello trilobo lobis lateralibus 



oblongis intermedio ovato acuto basi tricalloso. 



Wild in Java — Junghuhn , 301 . (v. s. sp. coram. cel. de Vriese). — I have not seen 

 the anther and pollen-masses of this. The dried flowers are cartilaginous. 



55 c. BOLBOPHYLLUM STRIATCM Rchb. fll. MSS. Huc: Sarcopodium striatum Lmdl. 

 FoUa n. 12. 



' S. pseudobulbis subglobosis raonophyllis , foliis oblongis planis e- 

 marginatis petiolo lineari subaequalibus, racemis paucifloris debilibus 

 prostratis laxe bracteatis, sepalis ovatis subaequalibus, petalis lineari- 

 bus patentissimis obtusis duplo brevioribus, labello lanceolato integer- 

 rimo basi utrinque obsolete dentato. 



Dendrobium striatum GrifBth Notulae , p. 318. 

 Wild in Khasia ; al an elevation of 4 — 5000 feet — Hooker and Thomson; at Myrung 



146 

 on trees . Mumbree 7—-, — Grifflth, (v. s. sp.). — The flat long-stalked leaves , nnd 



two-to-three-flowered weak prosirate racemes are remarkable. Flowers the smallest 

 of the genus , greenish, lined and dotled with sanguine. Lip greenish white . with 

 three straight central sanguine lines and crimson lateral veins. — Griffitli. Pseudo- 

 bulbs dark brown , smooih. Lines on flower dingy purpie. — Hooker and Thomson. 



U. Rhachis fohiformis. {Megaclinium Lindl.) 



56. BOLBOPHYLLUM COLUBRINUM Rchb. fil. MSS. Huc : ^^legacUninm colubrinum Rchb. 

 fll. in Bonpl. IIL 223.: afl". M. Bufoni , sepalis laevissimis , plaberrimis cuspidalis , te- 

 palis falcalis acutis terlia brevioribus. labelli lamina ligulatn lateribus mediis snbtri- 

 loba carnosissima. Rhizoma validum lignosum vnginis emarcidis toclum. Pseudo- 

 bulbi obtusissinie trigoni , faciebus ovalibus. Folium cuneato oblongum apicc sub- 

 emarginatum carnosum quauior pollices longum , plus unum latuin. Pediinculus 

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