156 OrckidecB. [Buldophyllum. 



Dwarf; pseudobulbs fusiform or ovoid, \ in, long, densely 

 crowded on a slender rootstock with filiform branched roots; 

 1. l-i\ in., obovate or spathulate, tip retuse or notched, base 

 narrowed into a petiole y in. long, coriaceous; ped. shorter 

 than the 1., filiform, naked, spike |-| in., dense fld.; bracts 

 very minute, triangular; pedicels deflexed, with the ov. yV in*! 

 fl. erect, about ^ in. long; sep. erecto-patent, dorsal ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, hooded, lateral oblong-ovate, strongly 

 3-vcined, cohering, and together forming an obtuse notched 

 recurved limb with recurved margins; mentum rounded; 

 pet. half as long as the sep., linear-oblong, obtuse; lip one- 

 third shorter than the sep., obscurely 3-lobed, reflexed ; 

 column with 2 short arms. 



Moist region extending into montane zone ; very rare. Ambagamuwa ; 

 Wattakelle; Hantane. Fl. Jan. ; pink or purplish, with darker veins. 

 Endemic. 



4. B. elegrans, Gardn. in Thw. Enu»i. 298 (1861). [Plate 

 LXXXVIIL] 

 C. P. 2350. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 770. 



Pseudobulbs ovoid, ^-i in. long, closely set on a slender 

 rootstock with branched fibrous roots ; 1. 3-4 in., linear or 

 Hncar-oblong or -lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, deeply grooved 

 down the centre, sessile or base narrowed into a very short 

 petiole; ped. 1-2 in., very slender, decurved, 1-2-fld., naked; 

 fl. large, i-i-^ in. long, pendulous ; ov. with very slender 

 pedicel f-i in.; bracts \ in., lanceolate, red-brown; dorsal 

 sep. broadly ovate, acute, hooded, lateral longer, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, very concave, free or cohering in a 

 cymbiform blade; mentuni obscure; pet. minute, lanceolate ; 

 lip half as long as the lateral sep., narrowly tongue-shaped, 

 obtuse, very fleshy, with two small basal incurved lobes; 

 column rather long, arms subulate, erect; anth. longer than 

 broad, pollinia 4, subpyriform, those of each pair closely 

 appressed; fr. \ in., narrowly ellipsoid, rather longer than 

 its pedicel. 



Montane zone 3-6000 ft. ; rather rare. Ambagamuwa ; Hantane, 

 abundant; Maskeliya. Fl. Feb.-May; dull purple tinged with green, 

 lip orange with purple dots. 



Endemic. A singular plant, not without beauty. 



This species is placed in the section lone in the Fl. Brit. Ind., the 

 pollinia being then unknown to me. The true lones have (lid. Ann. 

 Bot. (lard. Calcutt. viii. 157) two pairs of pollinia, each pair attached 

 by a strap to a gland, and hence belong to Windece. 



