nOLnOPIIYLLUM. 



ORCHIDES. 263 



79. BOLBOPHYLLUM MACRAEf. Huc: Cirrhopetalum Macraei L. n. 6. Bot. Reg. 1841. 

 misc. 105. 



Folio oblongo petiolato, umbella pauciflora, petalis oblongis apiculatis 

 falcatis nudis, sepalis acuminatissiiiiis, labello a latabasi angustato carnoso 

 cnnaliculato obtuso recurvo. 



Ceylon. — This has ihe habit of C. Thoiiarsii. Il has dull brownish yellovv sepals, 

 and purple petals , which are sulcate and the point turned forwards. — Bot. Reg. XXVII. 

 f84l. 105: — Ceylon Lodd. (175). 



Huc : Cirrhopetalum Macraei B. Mag. 442. 

 Pseudobulbis ovatis laevibus, f. solitariis oblongis acutis in petiolum 

 attenuatis, scapis folio longioribus, racemis vix umbellatis laxifloris, 

 sep. lanceolalis acuminatis, lateralibus longissimis, supremo apice acu- 

 minatissimo incurvo, petalis ovatis acuminatis, columna utrinque alala 

 apice longe bidentala , labello ovato-acuminato carnoso recurvo. 

 C. Macraei LO. 59. — Deep yellow mixed with purplish brown B. Mag. 4422. 

 Huc : Cirrhopetalum Walkerianum R. Wight Ic. V. 1657. 



80. BOLBOPHYLLUM ACUTIFLORUM. A. Rich. in Ann. sc. nat. Bot. XV. Pl. 7. p. 19. 



Rhizom. repente. Pseudobulbis ovoideis, subcompressis, nudis, apice 

 monophyllis; folio unico terminali, vix petiolato, coriaceo, crasso, ellip- 

 tico. apice obtuse bilobo; scapo radicali, gracili, basi vaginato, apice 

 2 — 3 floro; floribus fasciculatis, pedunculatis, bractea ovali-lanceolata 

 acute stipitalis; sep. exterioribus lateralibus basi valde obliquis , ap- 

 pressis, lanceolatis acutissimis, supremo ovali-acuto breviori; interiorib. 

 brevissimis ovali-oblusis, apice mucronatis, lab. carnoso, arcualo, angusto, 

 obtuso, gynost. laevi, apice circa antheram inaequaliter denticulato, poll. 

 4 inaeq. per paria agglutis. 



In arb. sylv. humid. circa Otacamund Sept. Neilgherries Perrotet. — Sep. blanc ros^, 

 labelle vert, pale. Sect L Lindl. 



Huc : Cirrhopetalum albidum R. Wight Ic. 1851. 1653 : leaves oblong elliptic, obtuse 

 emarginate , flores umbelled, about the length of the leaves : bracts somewhat boat- 

 shaped. shorter tlian ihepedicels: sepals all acuminate, posterior a little shorter than 

 the lateral ones: peials broad , ovate obtuse : lip short, fleshy, subsagittate. Flowers 

 very pale, greenish yellow or nearly cream colour. — On moist rocks, St. Catharine'3 

 Fall , near Kotigherry Aug. - Sept. 



81. BOLBOPHYLLUM ELLIAE. Huc. Cirrhopetalum Macraeil (Lodd.) Wight Ic. V. I. 

 1851. 1652. — Petals apiculate , naked : sepals all acuminaie: leaves oblong. lanceolate; 

 obtuse . emarginate, about the length of the scape. Lindl. Flowers paie green with 

 brownish red veins. — Ceylon, Nuera EUia , on trees, flw. May. Col. Walker: „yeIIow 

 streaked and dotted with deep red". — Lip in this plant small recurved . thick and fleshy. 



82. BOLBOPHYLLUM ROXBURGHIL Huc : Cirrhopetalum RoxhurghiiLmi. Ovch.H.^^eg. 

 1843. XXIX. sub 49. (L. n. 2.) 



Foliis lanceolatis, umbella radiata multiflora, petalis ciliatis acutis, 

 sepalis omnibus acuminatis, lateralibus dorsali sexies longioribus. 



East Indies. — Leaves three or 4" long. Flowers yellow; the upper sepal and ihe 

 petals veined wilh purple. 



{Obs. Nescio, num huc pertineant haecce species sequentes. 



A. Cirrhopetalum carinatum Tejsra. el Binnendik Naturk. Tijdschr. vor Nederl. Ind. 

 Deel. V. 1853. 



Bulbis oblongis compressis, foliis elliptico oblongis acuminatis soli- 

 tariis, pedunculis elongatis apicibus subito refractis. fl. subumbellalis 

 longe bracteatis, ph. perigonii exterioribus acuminalissimis, carina- 



