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species approaches the Brazilian Octomeria breviflora, Cogn., but the structure of the lip 

 is very different. 



Bulbopiiyllum RoiiAi.M ense, Rolfe, sp. ii. Racemus multillorus. Bracteae oblongse 

 vel ovato-oblongse, acutse. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, lateralia carinata. 

 Petala ovato-oblonga, subaeuta. Labellum velulinuni, pandurato-oblongum, 

 obtusum, medio ad basin lateraliter compressum, basi utrinque aurieulatum, disco 

 elevato bicarinato. Columna brcvis, utrinque bidentata. 

 Scape moderately slender ; raceme 3 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, acute, 2^—3 lin. long. Pedicels 1 lin. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 4-5i lin. long, lateral carinate. Petals ovate-oblong, subacute, 1^ lin. long. Lip 2| lin. 

 long, velvety, pandurate-oblong, obtuse ; front lobe expanded into an ovate-oblong' blade, 

 middle and base laterally compressed, with a rounded erect basal auricle on either side ; 

 disc much elevated and channelled between the pair of obtuse keels. Column stout, 

 1 lin. long, with two pairs of teeth ; upper pair subulate-filiform, incurved, with a broad 

 base, as long as the column, lower pair subulate-oblong, a third as long as the upper. 

 Boraima, summit, 8600 ft., McConuell ty Quelch, 103. — Endemic. 

 Allied to B. geraense, Reichb. f., but the scape and raceme more slender, the sepals 

 proportionately broader, and the lip and teeth of the column different in detail. It is 

 described from a single scape. 



Elleanthus linifolius, Presl, Rel. Haenk. p. 97. 



Ireng Valley, McCormell 8f Quelch, 301. Roraima, Schomburgk. — Also found in 

 Cuba, Porto Rico, Nicaragua, Panama, Guiana, Brazil, and Bolivia. 



Diacrium bicornutum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xviii. (1881), p. 312. 



Kwaimatta Savannah, McConuell ty Quelch, 280. — Also found in Guiana, Trinidad, 

 and Tobago. 



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Epidexdrum graniticum, Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. (1841), p. 83. 



Kwaimatta Savannah, Rupununi River, McConuell 8f Quelch, 279. Ireng River, 

 im Thuru, 13. — Pound in British and Dutch Guiana, and Trinidad. 



Nearly allied to E. oncidioides, Lindl., with which it is made synonymous by Lindl ey. 



Epidexdrum Schombi r<;kii, Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1838), Misc. p. 15; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1887), p. 281. 



Kotinga Valley, McConnell Sf Quelch, 135. " Elowers red, of all shades." — Pound in 

 Trinidad, Guiana, Brazil, and Bolivia. 



Epidexdrum eulgkxs, Brongn. in Duperry, Voy. Coquille, Pban. p. 196, t. 43 ; Rolfe, in 

 Orch. Rev. v. (1897), p. 264. 

 E. Schomburgkii, var. conjiuens, Lindl. Fol. Orch., Epideiulr. p. 70. 

 E. Schomburgkii, Appun, Unter den Tropcn, ii. p. 199 (non Lindl.). 



