BOLDOPFIYLI.UM. 



ORCHIDES. 265 



sepalis omnibus acuminatis, dorsali canalicuiato inferne ciliato , labello 

 orbiculato longissimo cuspidato, columna bicorni. 



Java. 



2) ad n. 84: BOLBOPHYLLUM VIOLACEUM: Cochlia violacea Blume Tab. 59. Bijdr. 

 320. — Lindley G. ct Sp. p. 46. 



3) Pone Nr. 66?: MACROLEPIS Ach. Rich. Astrol. p. 29: 



Flores spicati, perigonii merabranacei foliola erecta , exteriora 2 basi 

 lata acuminata, lateralia paulo majora cum columnae pede connata; in- 

 teriora conformia nana; labellum cum pede columnae articulatum, e- 

 rectum, oblongum, lineare carnosum anceps, basi dilatata subconcavum 

 utrinque lobulis 2 subobsoletis auctum; columna basi longe producta 

 elongata, semiteres, apice antrorsum bicornis; anthera bilocularis, 

 pollinia? 



MACROLEPIS LOiNGISCAPA Rjch. Astrol. p. 29. t. 10. 



Epiphyta rhizomate repente .pseudobulbifero, pseudobulbis mono- 

 phyllis; foliis planisl coriaceis ellipticis acutis, scapo laterali tereti 

 elongato, floribus spicatis, bracteis coriaceis lobis amplexicaulibus 

 stipatis. 



Vani Koro N. Guineae. 



1357. KPICRAHirTHKS Blume. 



Bijdr. 306. Tab. 9. 



1. EPICRANTHES BARBATA Rchb. fil. Huc : Monomeria barbata Lind). Sert. Frontlsp 

 1840: Imperfect spec. from Nepal. Wallich. — Abs. ofpet! Fimbrias petaloideas 

 Lindl. non reperit in pl. suis , uti Wall. delin. — Habit of a large Bulbophyllum. 

 From a large creeping rhizoma spring ovate pseudobulbs covered with the ragged 

 remains of the scales out of which they originally proceeded ; each 2" long, bears a 

 single leaf. Leaf rather less than a foot long. oblong, leathery , deep green, veinless, 

 obtuse , a little downy beneath , wilh the chanelled foot stalk nearly as long as the 

 blade. Raceme rather shorter than the leaf, erect, proceeding from the base of a 

 pseudobulb, paie green . spotted with dull purple, with about 2 sheathing scales 

 below the origin of the flowers. Each flower is about an inch long, with respect to 

 the axis of growth. Of the sepals the upper is triangular, acuminate, nearly plain, 

 dull olivegreen, much shorter ihan ihe 2 lateral ones , which are placed below tUe 

 lip . a liitle united with each other at the base , where they are flxed upon the long 

 foot of the column in such a way as to form a kind of blunt spur; on the outside 

 they are very light green , smooth and dotted with light purple ; on ihe inside they 

 are hairy , yellowish. and irregularly spotted wilh bright purple. The petals appear 

 to me to be wholly absent. but in Dr. Wallichs figure they are represented as two 

 ragged lines. The labellum is articulated wilh a very long footofthe column. hori- 

 zontal. dull yellow , ihrec lobed , ihe laieral lobes being falcate and emarginiite. ihe 

 intermediate one ovale , with continuous acute plates . united into pairs , parallel 

 with its margin. The column is short, half round , exlended at the base inio a long 

 slender curved foot , on which the sepals and labellum are inseried ; with ihe 2 upper 

 angles in front produccd into short poinls. Anther is downy, one celled, with a 

 Heshy even crest. The pollenmasses are 4 on thc same plane, 2 interior being (he 

 smaliest, and all consolidated into a roundish oval ball . without the slightest trace 

 of a caudicle or gland. 



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