CirrhopetaIitm.\ Orckldece. 1 57 



6. CIRRKOPETAIiUSI, Lindl. 



Characters of Bulbophyllum, but lateral sepals more than 



twice as long as the dorsal. — Sp. about 50; 36 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Ctrrhopetalutn is by general consent kept separate from Bulbo- 

 phylluDi^ although resting on only one, and this an artificial and variable 

 character. This is a matter of convenience ; each having a great many 

 species described under it, the confusion arising from uniting them would 

 be great, and lead to involved synonomy. 



Dorsal sep. and pet. ciliate i. C. GRANDIFLORUM. 



Dorsal sep. and pet. glabrous. 

 Lateral sep. parallel. 



Lateral sep. under i in. long. 



Lateral sep. 5-nerved 

 Lateral sep. i -nerved 

 Lateral sep. over i in. long 

 Lateral sep. divergent . 



. 2. C. WiGHTII. 



. 3. C. Trimeni. 

 . . 4. C. Macr.«i. 

 . 5. C. Thwaitesii. 



1. C. grrandiflorum, Wight, Ic. v. i, 7 (185 1). 



Thw. Enum. 299. Btdbophyllwn IVighiii, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 

 262. C. P. 3657. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 773. Wight, Ic. t. 1656. 



Rootstock stout, internodes long or short, giving off 

 slender vermiform roots, and covered with old brown 1. 

 sheaths; pseudobulbs about i in., ovoid-oblong, ribbed, green, 

 clothed with broad brown papery sheaths; 1. 2^-^ by |-i in., 

 linear-oblong, emarginate, base narrowed into a short petiole, 

 thickly coriaceous, ecostate and veinless, dark green; ped. 

 6-?> in., rather stout, spotted with red, 2-4-fld., with 2 short 

 distinct sheaths besides the basal; fl. subumbelled, 2 in. long; 

 bracts \-^ in., lanceolate, scarious; pedicel with ov. i in.; 

 dorsal sepal nearly i in., ovate, acuminate, galeate, sparsely 

 ciliate, lateral about 2\ in., parallel, free or coherent, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, 5-veined; pet. about | in., linear-lanceolate 

 from a broad base, copiously ciliate with long hairs; lip 

 tongue-shaped, obtuse; column broad, 2-winged, wings bifid 

 or 2-toothed at the top; fr. ih in., narrowly pyriform, pedicel 

 h in., much thickened, decurved. 



Montane zone 3-6000; rather rare. Maturata; N. Eliya; Hantane; 

 Dimbula (W. Smith) ; Hakgala. Fl. Feb.-April ; sepals and petals 

 yellow, veined and spotted with red ; lip purple. 



Endemic. A beautiful and curious species; the very long lat. sep. 

 are often connected by their extremities or for a considerable distance. 



2. C. Wig-htii, Thw. Enum. 299 (1861) (part). 



Reichb. f. in Journ. Bot. xii. 198. C. Ellice, Trim. Cat. 88. C. Macrcei., 

 Wight, Ic. V. I. 7 (non Lindl.). Bulbophyllum Ellice., Rchb. i. in Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 263. C. P. 3160. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 776. Wight, Ic. t. 1652 (C Macrcei). 



Rootstock flexuous, as thick as a crow-quill, internode-; 

 \ in. long, with long flexuous roots; pseudobulbs ovoid, 



