260 ORCHIDES. 



BOLHOPHYLLUM. 



A liule epiph. from East Indies irap. by the Duke of Devonshire now preserved at 

 Chatsworth. It has smail, pale yellow -ochre coloured flowers, without any thing 

 striking aboul them. April. 



65. BOLBOPHYLLUM NUTANS. Huc : Cirrhopetaluw miians Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. 

 misc. 118. 



Pseudobulbis ovato-subrotundis rugosis, foliis ovato-subrotundis e- 

 marginatis coriaceis humi pronis, scapo erecto elongalo, umbella multi- 

 flora nutante, bracteis linearibus acuminatis, sepalis glaberrimis: supre- 

 rao acuminato lateralibus linearibus ligulatis vix acutis , petalis ovatis 

 acutis serrulatis, labello obtuso convexo bicristato, columnae angulis 

 obsolete bidentatis. 



Manilla. — This has a nodding umbel of pale straw- coloured flowers, at ihe end of 

 a weak scape about 6' high. The leaves are frora IVa" to 2" long , very thick . e- 

 marginate , and lying almost flat upon the ground. The species is near C, Wallichii. 

 — Manilla. Cuming. Loddiges. — B. Mag. 44. 18. 

 65b. BOLBOPHTLLUM CHLNEiNSE. Huc: C. chinense Lmdl B. R. 1842. XXVIH. misc.29. 



Foliis lanceolatis, umbella multiflora, sepalo supremo galeato peta- 

 lisque oblongis brevioribus obtusis serrulatis apiculatis: lateralibus lan- 

 ceolatis, labello linguiformi obtuso carnoso convexo laevi tremulo. 



China. — Flowers rather large , pale fawn colour . wiih dorsal helmet - shaped se- 

 pals and petals spotted with crimson. — Labellum viride petalis violaceis , sepalis 

 flavis , supremo apice purpureo. 



66. BULBOPHYLLUM LONGIFLORUM Tbouars Orch. Tab. 98. : Huc : Lindl. B. Reg. 1843. 

 sub 49.: Cirrhopelalum Thouarsii. L. n. 1. Bot. Reg- 1838. t. II. 



Epidendrum umbellatum Forst. 

 Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars. 

 Zygoglossum umbellalum Reinw. 

 Cymbidium umbellatum Spreng. 



Pseudobuibis 4-gonis, lolio oblongo petiolato, umbella subdimidiata, 

 sepalo dorsali setaceo-acuniinato lateralibus oblongo-Iinearibus, petalis 

 ovatis serratis setaceo-acuminalis , labello ovato retuso, columnae auri- 

 bus bidentatis. 



Otaheite , Java , Mauritius , Madagascar. — Flowers pale cinnamoncolour , with a 

 liiile purple dotiing about the sepals and peials. — Society Island Mathews ! Java 

 Reinwardt. Isle de France , Manilla Cumming. — Perigonium ochraceum , sepala 

 brunneo maculata , labellum violaceo pictum. — B. Mgz. 4237. 



bb. Sepalum dorsale fimbriatum. 



67. BOLBOPHYLLUM FIMBRIATUM. Huc : Cirrhopetalum Iimbriatu7n LindL Bot. Reg. 

 1639. Misc. 120. 



Pseudobulbis ovatis subtelragonis, foliis ovalibus scapo erecto 



bracteis linearibus acuminatis, umbella multiflora, sepalis lateralibus 

 ligulatis vix aculis cohaerentibus, supremo petalisque ovatis acuminatis 

 fimbriatis, labello crasso linguiformi nudo obtuso, columnae angulis 

 cornutis edentulis, anthera papillosa. 



Bombay. — A very pretty species . wiih the long lower green sepals united into a 

 cbannelled rather still slrpp , while ilie upper sepal and the petals are broken up ai 

 ihe margin inlo beautiful purple fringes. — Bombay, imp. Lodd. — Pollen masses 

 in both tbis ad nutaiis 4 collatcral, and adbering togelher , wilh the interior pair 

 much smaller , ihan ihe two ouiers. — Bot. Mag. 4391. 



lluc: Cirrhoi»etalura flmbrialum R. Wight lc. V. 1851. lab. 1655.: leafless? pseudo- 

 bulbs caespitose , irrcgularly angular depressed : scales slender , ereci . furnifhed 

 with remote appressed scales : umbels many flowered , orbicular . lateral sepala long 



