286 ORCHIDE, 
dorso pubescentia, lateralia oblique paullo longiore cum pede 
columne et inter se connate gibberum — 
Pet. nana glabrata membranacea, fimbriat 
Labellum cum pede culumne elastice ананан oblongo- 
linearum, ipsum arcuatum intigerrimum viridescens obtusis- 
simum, quasi truncatum, ciliatum presertim medium versus. 
Columne pede duplo triplove brevior, lata connubus subulatis 
viridescentibus, anthera parum excedent, utrinque interne 
denticulo acutis an semper. 
Anthera, lutescens pulchre papillosa. 
Pollinia 4, per paria statuti. interiore minima, et vix, 
evident. 
Pes column: apice viridescenti. 
Has. Khasyah hills. In arboribus epiphytiea inter — 
klow et Nowagoung : Nov. 18th, 1835. Assam 
Oss. Verisimiliter idem B. hirto Lindley's "avem p.91, 
et certo affinis B. auricomo, cujus odor idem. 
4. Bulbophyllum megalanthum. Griff. Pl. CCXCII. 
Rhizom. repent. vaginis reliquis striat. ad articul. radicant. 
Pseudobulbis distantis parvis interdum fere obsoletis unifo- 
lis. Fol. crassis præ coriaceis oblongís, emaginatis vel bifide. 
marginibus recurvis petiole canaliculato 1 torto. 
Flos solitariis (peduncle rises from the vagina next the 
Pseudobulb. basi squamis vaginantibus imbricatis, ceterum 
subelevato nudo, folio breviore,) amplissimus posticus, fusces- 
cens pallide, purpureo maculato, punctatumque. 
Per. carnosum connivens. Sepala linearia, postico 21 inches 
long, acuminato, longiore paullo; lateralia, basi oblique, 
concavo gibbosa in gibbum magnum bilobum sulcatum com- 
de columne connata, lamina czterum intus falciforme, ho- 
rizontalibus marginibus versus apicem subincurvis. Petala 
minus carnosa, angustiore, paullo breviora, conduplicato-con - 
cava, valde acuminata. 
llum cum pede columne tremul. articulat. basi car- 
nosa: (sub-wedge-shaped,) 3-lobed, lobis lateralibus dentifor- 
