166 THE DICTIONARY 
BUFO VULGARIS. See Toad. 
BUGINVILLZEA. Sve Bougainvillea. 
BUGLE LILY. see Watsonia. 
BUISSON. A name given to a dwarf fruit tree on a 
low stem, this being closely pruned annually. It is not, 
however, a profitable form of tree. 
BULB. See Bulbs. 
BULB BACTERIOSIS. Sce Bacteriosis. 
BULBIL. A very small or secondary bulb, especially 
when produced above the ground, as in some Ferns and 
Lilies. 4 
BULBINE MACKENII. A synonym of Erio- 
spermum Mackenii (which see). 
BULBINELLA. The correct name of Chrysobac- 
tron (which see). 
BULB MITE. See Eucharis Mite. 
BULBOCODIUM AUTUMNALE. A synonym of 
Merendera Bulbocodium (which see). 
BULBOPHYLLUM. Syns. Diphyes and Gersinia. 
Including Malachadenia. Of this genus there are about 
eighty species, mostly dispersed through tropical Africa 
and Asia; a few are South American or Australian, and one 
is found in New Zealand. Psendo-bulbs usually bearing 
one or two leaves at apex. To the species described on 
p. 222, Vol. I., the following should be added: 
B. anceps (two-edged). /. moderate-sized; dorsal sepal and . 
petals yellowish, dotted with purple; lateral sepals white, 
striped with purple; lip purple ; racemes lax. 7. oblong, obtuse. , 
Pseudo-bulbs very broad, compressed. Borneo, 1892. An 
elegant species. (L. viii., t. 351.) 2 
B. attenuatum (attenuated). #. veined and suffused with 
maroon-purple on a lighter ground, few; sepals caudate, lin. to 
ljin. long; lip caudate, Zin. long; scape Qin. long, slender, 
floriferous at apex. October. Borneo, 1892. 
B. auricomum (golden-haired).* jl. pure white or yellow, swe:t- 
scented; sepals din. long; petals ciliated; raceme 3in. to bin. 
long, many-flowered, puberulous; scapes slender, ascending. 
January. ¢. deciduous. | Pseudo-bulbs gin. to lin. long, sub- 
cylindric, terete, or obpyriform. India, 1897. 
B. barbigerum. An interesting species, whose flower-spikes 
spring from the base of the pseudo-bulbs. (See Fig. 184.) 
B. calamarium (quill-like). #1. dirty ochreous-yellow, with a 
little purple; sepals nearly jin. long; petals Jin. long; 
lip purple, Jin. long ; racemes 4in. to 6in. long, many-flowered ; 
scapes erect, 1jft. to 19ft. long. J. oblong, éin. to 7sin. long. 
Psuedo-bulbs quadrangular, Isin. long, one-leaved. Upper 
Guinea, 1844. (B. M. .) 
B. comosum (tufted). 7. white, gin. long, densely villous, 
perfectly horizontal ; racemes inclined, cylindric, truncate, 2sin. 
by 14in., resenfbling a bottle-brush ; scape 10in. long, curved. J. 
fleshy, deciduous. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, Pleione-hke. Birma, 
1892. (B. M. 7283; J. H. 1892, xxiv., p. 141, f. 21.) 
B. cupreum (copper-coloured). . of a uniform copper-yellow; 
raceme lin. to 2in. long ; scape slender, inclined, slightly curved ; 
sheaths small. Pseudo-bulbs lin. long, sub-globose. Tenas- 
serim, 1837. (B. M. 5316.) 
B. Dayanum (Day’s).* jl. lin. in diameter, ciliated with long 
hairs; sepals green, with purple specks; petals blood-red, with 
yellow margins; lip green, with red ridges on the disk ; scape 
wanting. J. din. long, elliptic, reddish beneath. Pseudo-bulbs 
lin. long, crowded. Tenasserim, 1855. (B. M. 6119; F. a. S. 
2236; Ref. B. 115; R. X. O., ii., t. 144.) 
B. Dearei (Lt.-Col. Deare’s).* 1. about din. in diameter; dorsal 
sepal yellow, with deep orange veins, the lateral ones yellow, 
suffused with purple; petals clear yellow, veined with deep 
orange; lip creamy-white, spotted with purple at the base. 
i.small. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 2in. long. Borneo and Philippines, 
1883. (G. C. 1883, xx., p. 108, f. 17; J. H. 1892, xxiv., p. 237, f. 38; 
L. viii., t. 108.) Syn. Sarcopodium Dearei. 
B. denticulatum (slightly-toothed). ji. small; raceme some- 
what deflexed, ljin. to l4in. long, many-flowered ; scape slender, 
Sin. to 6in. long. 7. linear-oblong, 3in. to 34in. long. Pseudo- 
bulbs somewhat distant, ovoid-tetragonal, 1iin. long, two-leaved. 
Upper Guinea, 1891. 
B. disciflorum (disc-flowered). 1. fleshy, lin. across; sepals 
and petals greenish-yellow, spotted with reddish-brown; li 
covered with ‘purplish-brown warts; scape short, one-floweré 
Pseudo-bulbs crowded, ovoid, small, ene-leayed. Siam, 1895. 
B. elegans (elegant). . lin. to 1sin. long; sepals rosy-purple, 
broad, the upper one shorter and paler than the lateral ones; 
OF GARDENING, 
Bulbophyllum—continved. 
scapes slender, one-flowered, lin. to 2in. long. ZL 3in. to 4in. 
long, linear-lanceolate, Pseudo-lulbs 4in. to tin, long, ovoid, 
closely set. Ceylon, 1892. 
B. Ericssoni (Ericsson's). fl. yellowish-white, spotted with 
brown, 9in. across including the tails, umbellate. 7. like those of 
a Stanhopea. Pseudo-bulbs thin, erect, 5in. high. Rhizome 
long, creeping, Habitat not recorded, 1893. A very striking 
species. 
B. fallax (deceptive). l. dark purple, small; scape Sin. long, 
bent acutely in the middle. Assam, 1889. An elegant little 
species. . 
B. Godseffianum (Godseff’s). 1. 2in. across; sepals and petals 
yellow and brown ; lip creamy-white, with purple spots, cordate. 
Habitat not recorded, 1890. Closely allied to B. Dearei. Syn. 
Sarcopodium Godsefianum (G. M. 1890, ii., p. 540 
Fic. 184. BULBOPHYLLUM BARBIGERUM. 
B. grandifiorum (large-flowered). jl. solitary, large, densely 
reticulated with brown on a pale ground; sepals lanceolate- 
attenuate, 4in. to Sin. long, free, the upper one twice as broad as 
the lateral ones, strongly arching over at the base, and hanging 
down in front. JZ. solitary, elliptic, 2}in. to Sin. long. Pseudo- 
bulbs about lin. long, distant, four-angled. Rhizome creeping. 
New Guinea, 1887. More grotesque than beautiful. (L. iii., 
t. 108.) 
B. g. burfordiense (Burford). _/., dorsal sepal green, shaded 
and mottled at base with greenish-brown, and with large white 
dots ; lateral sepals pale green, @live-tinted at apex. 1895. An 
extraordinary Orchid. 3 
B.Hookerianum (Hooker's). A synonym of B. Oreonastes. 
B. inflatum (inflated). /. greenish-yellow, small; sepals din. 
across ; lip recurved ; racemes lin. to lin. long, therachisswollen 
into an ellipsoid, fleshy body; scapes pendulous, 2in. long. 
2. sessile, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, Sin. to 4in. long. Pseudo- 
bulbs strongly quadrangular, lin. long, one-leayed. Upper 
Guinea, 1891, 
