DOLBOPHVLLLM. ORGHIDES. 259 



the transmigraiion of souls superfluous. It is a native of Sierre Leone , whence Lodd. 

 received it. The figure will be published in some future nnmber of ihe Gardener's 

 Chronicle. 



61. BOLBOPHYLLUM MAXIMUM. Huc : Megaclinium maximum Lindl. — Bot. Reg. 1909. 

 LO. 47. - B. Mag. m8/i3. 



Sepalo supremo acuto lateralibus margine involulis acuminatissimis 

 reflexis, iabeilo lineari revoiuto. 



Facies M. falcati , sed paulo robustius, et folia minus emarginata et margine subre- 

 voluta. Rhachis ensiformi falcata, dentata , muItiHora , 9 poUices ionga , pailide viri- 

 dis. Flores herbacei. Pedicelli et calyx extus sanguineo maculati. Sepalum supre- 

 mum ereclum oblongum , acutum . denticulatum utrinque callosum, lateralibus duplo 

 longius ; laieralia triangularia . e lata basi acuminati^sima. rellexa , marginibus invo- 

 lutis , petala parva , plana , linearia acuta , pallide viridia. Columna lata . discoidea, 

 tenuis. marginata , basi cum labello iineari fusco revoluto mobilis elastice articulata. 

 Anihera unilocularis. Pollinia solida, geminata , nec lobata , nec linea exarata. 

 Bot. Mag. 4048. 1843 : VVe are inforraed by M. Lindley that the present kind was 

 first collected by Smeathman in Sierra Leone. It was afterwards sent lo M. Loddiges, 

 trough whose means living specimens were sent. The plant is now Isnown in our col- 

 lection. — Florel Jun. Jul. — Perigonium flavum purpureo pictum. 



UMBELLATA. 



Sect. CIRRHOPETALUM: sepala laleralia longe extensa. Inflorescentia seu 

 umbelliformis seu subracemosa. 



Lindl. B. Reg. XXIX 1843 Ocl. : Cirrhopetalum is a name proposed iii ihe year 1824 

 for ihe Bulbophyilum longiflorum of Du Petit Thouars, a Mauritius plant, remarkable 

 for the great lenglh of its lower sepals. 1825 Professor Reinwardt gave the same or 

 some nearly allied species ihe name of Zygoglossum , but of course Cirrhopetalum took 

 precedence on acount of its primity of date. — In 1830 one knew 6 species ; now 21 

 species (14 living, 2 dryed and 5 upon credii of others). 



a. Tepala ciliata. 

 aa. Sepalum dorsale laeve. 



62. BOLBOPHYLLUM WALLICHII. Huc: Cirrhoiietalum Wallichii 1843 sub 49. - L. n. 

 5. Bot. Reg. 1839 misc. 119. et l. c. 



Foliis lanceolatis apice fissis scapi erecti longitudine, racemo niulti- 

 floro pendulo, bracteis linearibus, sepalis glaberrimis supremo acumi- 

 nato lateralibus linearibus ligulatis vix acutis, petalis acuminatis subci- 

 liatis, labello ... . 



NepaL — Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 118. — The charact. of C. Wallichii in LO. is 

 erroneous in consequence of bad specimens and an Indiam drawinghaving been mis- 

 understood, it is necessary to correct the details. 



63. BOLBOPHYLLUM REFRACTUM. Cirrhopetalum refractum ZoII. flora 1847 p. 457. 

 Cf. Walp. Ann. L 776. 



64. BOLBOPHYLLUM SCABRATUM. Huc : Cirrhopetalum caespilosum Wall. MSS. B. 

 Reg. XXIV. 1838. Misc. 53. 



Pseudobulbis ovatis monophyllis, foliis augusle ovalibus obtusjs 

 basi anguslatis scapo longioribus, scapo filiformi erecto vaginis paucis 

 membranaceis carinatis acutis distantibus laxe vestito apice umbellato, 

 sepalo supremo obovalo fornicato acuto margine scabro, lateralibus acu- 

 minatis convolutis triplo longioribus, petalis^ovatis apiculatis, pectinato 

 serratis, labello minimo solido triquetro apice recurvo angulis superiori- 

 bus marginati.s. 



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