262 ORCIIIDES. 



BOLBOPH\LLUM. 



red flowers in heads , with their anterior sepals prolonged into a flne thread nearly 

 2" long. Pseudobulbs are in the form of a truncated pyramid, the leaves coriaceous 

 and emarginate. 



Huc inserendum: Cirrhopetalum caudatum Wight Ic. V. 1856. n. 1658. — Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate , leaves from oblong elliptical to slrapshaped, obtuse , emarginate: scape 

 filiform, clothed wilh sbeathing scales; bracls subulate, about ihe lengih of the ovary, 

 lateral sepals very long, ending in very long spirally convolute filiform tails; posierior 

 one and petals about equal , ovate, obiuse, and with the base 'of lateral sepals ciliate 

 wiih remote bristly hairs: lip oval , 3-crested. Malacca Grifflth. — Nescio, an sit 

 praecedens, nec ne. In una flgura saltem basis labelli valde cordata , in aliis non. 



72. BOLBOPHYLLUM WIGHTII. Huc: Cirrhopetalum grandiflorum R. W'ight lc. V. 1851. 

 tab. 1656. — Pseudobulbs conical , leaf pedicelled, linear, subtruncate, eraarginate, 

 scape nearly twice the length of leaves, 3— 6 flowers , lateral sepals long, ovate, 

 lanceolate, tapering to a point (about V/^ inch long) . posterior sepal ovate , acute 

 and with the narrow almost subulate petals ciliate, lip short, fleshy, recurved . cordato 

 ovate. Column of the fiower greenish streaked and speckled with crimson, tending to 

 purple; iip deep red, posterior sepal and petals yellow. — Ceylon: Nuera Ellia. — 

 Walker. 



73. BOLBOPLYLLDM PICTURATUM. Huc : Cirrhopetalnm picluralum G. Loddiges in Boi. 

 Reg, 1840. raisc. 106. — B. Reg. XXIX. 1843. sub 49. 



Pseudobulbis oblongis angulatis, folio oblongo convexo emarginato, 



flonbus umbellatis: sepalo supremo ciliato setaceo-acurainato lateralibus 



oblongis oblusis, petalis acuminatissimis ciliatis villosis, labello lineari 



recurvo secus medium elevato, columnae auriculis obtusis integris. 



East Indies. — A little plant wiih purple flowers , growing in Cai umbels, and deeply 



stained with dark red. Its habit is ihat of a Bolbophyllum , its scape from 5—6" 



hlgh. — Parad. Vind. fasc.XV. 



b. Tepala calva. 



74. BOLBOPHYLLUM BIFLORUM Tejsm. et Binnendik Naturk. Tijdschr. vor NederL Ind. 

 Deel V. 1853: Bulbis approximatis ovatis quadrangularibus sulcatis , foliis solitariis 

 loricatis aculiusculis basi contractis, scapis erectis foliis brevioribus bifloris , phyllis 

 perigonii exterioribus lateralibus longissimis flliformibus acuminatis, supremo cucullato 

 cirrifero , int. minutis subovato eraarginatis acutatis , labello cordato acuuiinato in- 

 tegerrimo apice recurvato , gyn. apice bidentato. Salak Jav. 



75. BOLBOPHYLLUM MEDUSAE. Huc: Cirrhopetalum Medusae Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842. 

 tab. 12. 



Pseudobulbis ovatis tetragonis, folio oblongo convexo eraarginato, 

 vaginis oblongis ventricosis suprerao pedunculo lojjgiore, floribus dense 

 capilalis, sepalo supremo acuminalo inferioribus longissimis pendulis, 

 pelalis triangularibus acuminatis, labello ovato acuminato bicarinato, 

 columnae auriculis aculis. 



Sincapore. — Tbis in some respects resembles C. vaginatnm, but is a much iarger 



planl . and very different in ihe forra of its flowers. — Labium flavuum, perig. ochra- 



ceum. rubro pictum. — Huc: De Vriese Illustr. t. 12. f. 2. 



76. BOLBOPHYLLUM KAITIE^SE. Huc: Cirrhopelalum neilgheirense R. VVight Ic. VI. 

 1851. n. 1654. — Leaves linear, obtuse, emarginate 3 nerved: scape shorter than the 

 leaves: umbelled, 6—8 flowored ; lal. supals very long . broad. ovate . at the base. 

 tapcring lo a point, posterior one ovaie acute nearly twice the length of the broad, 

 subobovale blunt petals : lip sliort curdate, ovate, recurved, hairy on the back: 

 prolonged base of the column pubescent within. Flowers flrst preenish yellow, tinged 

 with pink marked with darker lines, afterwarrls becoraing reddish or light rusty coloured, 

 process of ihe column red. — Kartairv below Kaitie on moisi rocks. 



