BOLBOPHYLLUM. 283 
Anthera (sub horse shoe shaped,) convexa antice biloba pos- 
te decurvatum in processum insertionis bilocularis. Pollinia ? 
oblongo-ovata 2 vel 4 per paria collateralia interior minima 
lamelliformia. 
Hab. Malayensis, In locis paludosis. Pulo Bisar ad littora 
maris. 
The flowers should be examined immediately they are ga- 
thered as all are very marcescent, 
It has great similarity in habit (especially in the rather pe- 
culiar axis of inflorescence) with the Sarchocheilus from Ayer 
Punnus. 
BOLBOPHYLLUM. 
1. Bolbophyllum trisetosum. Griff. Pl. CCXCIII. 
Rhizomatis ramosis repentis, parce radicantis, undique squa- 
mis vaginantibus imbricatis nervosis tecta. Pseudobulbi (vix 
pisi magnit.) hinc illinc ex axilla squamze vaginantis erum- 
pentis } exserte. Folium unicum ovato-oblongum emargina- 
tum carnosum, subconcavum leviter arcuatum. 
Flowers at first as if scattered over various parts of the 
stem and sessile, in axilles vaginarum bine, raro solitariz, 
singulus in pedicello bracteis laxis albis membranac. om- 
nino tecte vagina longitudini, minute initio albidi demum 
caudis aureo luteis. j 
Bractea summa subcucullata carina vaginans, ovarium om- 
nino includens sepalo 3 tio, opposita! 
Perianthium connivente erectum, cellulosum membrana- 
ceum. Sepalis in caudas convoluto acuminatas suberectis, 
cauda tertia breviora, laterali basi obliquis cum pede columnz 
acutis. 
Petalia oblonga multo minora. Labellum tremulum arti- 
calatum cum pede columni arcuato-linguiforme, luteum, sub- 
medio concavum. 
Columna nana, dente postice elongato in setam anticis (or- 
dinary,) pede lutescente. Anth. bilocularis. 
