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mibus centrale longissimo ratione lateral. angustissimo, margi- 
nibus deflexo (upward rather) recurvis fuscescente-bruuneum 
purpureo-punctat. Columna elongata semiteres marginata apice 
3-dentata. Stigma occupying 4 its anterior face, rostello sube- 
recto obscure plicato, integerrimo, pede productissimo, and so 
curved as to be almost level with the top of the anther. 
Anth. subcristata papillosa, bilocularis margine anteriore 
little produced and incurved. Pollinia 4 per paria collateralia 
interiore solito multo majora. Ovar. pedicellus non tort. 
Fructus magnus, clavatus costis robustissim 2 inches long, 
with the remains of the perianth at the apex. : 
Has. Malacea оп trees and rocks at Pulo Bissar, where It is 
abundant, and one of the largest flowered species. I have seen 
only one perfect specimen in fruit. 
Oss. Blume’s characters as given in Lindley?s Orchidez if 
correctly quoted are quite useless. 
There is very little difference between this Genus and Den- 
drobium. 
B. megalanthium. Pseudobulbis distant. fol. solitariis ob- 
longis equaliter bifidis vel emarginatis, pedunculo e rhizo- 
mata, (from the sheath next the Pseudobulb,) basi imbricato 
bracteato folios breviore. Flore postico (maximo horizontale.) 
Sepalis oblongo linearibus, lateralia cum pede columnze, in gib- 
berum  bilobo-connatis; petalis angustioribus, incurvato- 
concavis. . Labelli sessilis lobis lateralibus erectis dentiformis, 
ta 
rminale angustissimo longissimo. РоШпііз subzequalibus, 
5. Bolbophyllum Lindleyanum. Griff. 
Rhizomat. repent, Pseudobulbis obturbinatis glaucescentis 
glabris subnudisque, 1-foliosis, fol. oblongo lanceolato mucro- 
nato acuto, subintegro J-venis, carnosa margine revoluta, 
scapa radicali solitaria gracili filiformia. : 
Folia longe superante hinc undique squama, vaginanato 
acuto stipato, apicem versus atro-purpurascens pilisque cellu- 
losis cylindricis atro-purpureis hispida. 
Racemo terminale nutanto? planta arborib. pendula. Brac- 
