Bulbophyllum— continued. 
B. lemniscatoides (/emniscatum-like). This differs from 
B. lemniscatum only in habit and in the structure of the 
appendages of the sepals. Java, 1890. 
B. lemniscatum (ribboned).* 7. small, crowded on a pendulous 
spike at the end of the scape; sepals dark purple, setose, with 
an appen at the base; petals white, with a purple streak ; 
gary slender, 4in. to 6in. high. J. three or four from the base 
of the pseudo-bulb, 14in. to 2in. long, elliptic-lanceolate. Pseudo- 
bulbs 4in. to Zin. in diameter. Moulmein, 1872. A remarkable 
species. (B. M. 5921; F. d. S. 2476.) 
B. Leysianum (Leys’). jl. large, solitary; dorsal sepal yellow, 
veined with purple, the lateral ones pink and purple, connate. 
Borneo, 1894. Closely allied to B. Dearei. 
B. Lobbii siamense (Siamese). The correct name of 
B. siamense. (Ref. B. 116.) 
B. longiscapum (long-scaped). 7. about lin. across ; sepals and 
nad pale green ; lip reddish-purple ; scapes upwards of 1ft. in 
tee 7. linear-oblong. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, tin. long. Fiji, 
B. macranthum (large-flowered). . at first of a vinous-red, 
the dorsal sepal and petals becoming dull blue-purple with broad 
spots of a dark blue, and the lateral sepals yellowish speckled 
with bright red on the outer half, large, spreading. March. 
7. shortly petiolate, linear-oblong, thick, coriaceous. Birma, &c., 
1844. (B. M. 7208; B. R. 1844, f. 13.) 
B. mandibulare (mandible-like). 71., sepals deep bronzy green ; 
petals dark reddish-brown, striped with green; lip yellow and 
deep reddish-brown. Borneo, 1894. A large and curious 
species. 
B. Medusz (Medusa’s). 
Meduse. 
B. neilgherrense (Nilghiri Hills). 7. brownish-yellow or green 
and purple ; lateral sepals oblong; auricles of the lip entire or 
toothed ; racemes lax-flowered ; scape stout, elongated. January. 
Nilghiri Hills, 1849. (B. M. 5050.) 
nigripetalum (black-petaled). 1. yellowish and_purplish- 
black ; sepals five lines long ; lipdensely pilose; raceme 34in. long, 
many-flowered ; scape sub-erect, lift. long. 7. elliptical-oblong, 
4in. to 5in. long. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-tetragonal, ljin. to 14in. 
long, one-leaved. Lower Guinea, 1891. 
B, Obrienianum (O'Brien's). 7. yellow, with dark reddish- 
purple spots, solitary, nearly 2in. in diameter. Pseudo-bulbs 
ovoid, one-leaved. Rhizome stout. Himalayas, 1892. 
B. Oreonastes (Oreonastes). fl. yellow, very small; racemes 
likin. to 2in. long; scapes sub-erect, arching, 2sin. to 4in. long. 
7, oblong, lyin. to 13in. long, shortly petiolate. Pseudo-bulbs 
ee alas, 3in. long, two-leaved. Upper Guinea, 1894. Syv. 
. Hookerianum. 
B. orthoglossum pas fe) a Jl., sepals and petals 
yellowish-green, striped with brown; lip purple. Sarranga 
Tsland, 1896. Allied to B. mandibulare, but having flowers only 
about half as large. 
B. a (sharply-toothed). A synonym of Megaclinium 
oxyodon. : 
The correct name of Cirrhopetalum 
B. pavimentatum (tessellated). jl. reddish-purple, very 
minute ; racemes dense, 1tin“ to 2in. long ; scapes slender, 4in. to 
6in. long. J. oblong or elliptic-oblong, 24in. to 4in. long. Pseudo- 
bulbs ovoid, one-leaved. pper Guinea, 1862. (B. M. 5329.) 
B. Pechei (George Peché’s). #l. coppery-red, rather densely 
disposed in an elongated raceme; scape decurved, longer than 
the pseudo-bulbs. January. J. linear-oblong or lanceolate, 
obtuse, slightly dotted beneath. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, angular. 
Moulmein, 1891. (B. M. 7286.) 
B. perpusillum (very small). One of the smallest species. “The 
- creeping stems are thinner than ordinary silk thread ; the bulbs 
and leaves are one to two lines in length, and the leaves are about 
half a line in breadth.” Madagascar, 1894. 
B. pteriphilum (Fern-loving). jl. white, small, distichous, 
numerous on a scape 4in. long. J. linear-oblong. Pseudo-bulbs 
smali, oblong. Rhizomes elongated.. Penang, 1894. 
B. ptiliglossum (fringe-lipped). A species allied to B. barbi- 
gerum, from which it differs chiefly in having green and purple 
flowers with hornless anthers and purplish hairs covering the 
margins of the distinctly lobed lip. Madagascar, 1897.” 
B. racemosum (racemose). i. jin. long; sepals and petals 
yellowish, spotted with maroon ; lip purple, with black dots near 
the tip; scape 6in. long. /. coriaceous, linear-oblong, 44in. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs sub-orbicular, lin. long, one-leaved, Borneo, 1893. 
Allied to B. anceps. e : 
B. rufinum (reddish). 1. of a dirty yellow with red streaks on 
- the sepals;raceme 6in. to 10in. long, lax-flowered ; scape long, 
stont; decurved ; sheaths large, Pseudo-bulhs 2in. long, oblong. 
India. (R. X. O. iii., t. 219.) : 
B. Sanderianum (Sander’s). /l. pale green, spotted and marked 
with purple ; sepals sin. long; column white; scape 14ft. long. 
July. 1. Bain. long, sessile, elliptic-oblong, fleshy. Pseudo-bulbs 
Zin. to lin. long, one-leaved. Pernambuco. 
B. saurocephalum (lizard’s-head). /l. very curious; sepals 
light ochreous, nerved brown; petals white, with reddish 
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Bulbophyllum— continued. 
mid4ine and borders, small ; lip ochreous, deep purple at base ; 
rachis bright red, thick, clavate, loaded with flowers. Pseudo- 
bulbs four- or five-angled, one-leaved. Philippine Islands, 1836. 
An interesting species. 
B. siamense is a variety of B. Lobbii. 
B. Sillemianum (SilJem’s). /., sepals short, blunt, triangular ; 
petals nearly orange, shorter, ligulate-falcate ; lip mauve above, 
whitish beneath, cordate at base, five-angled, with a reflexed 
apex; column very shorf. J. cuneaté-ligulate, acute. Pseudo- 
bulbs nearly spherical. Birma, 1884. 
B. spathaceum (spathe-like). #7. light straw-colour ; lip brighter ; 
raceme denser ; base of the inflorescence sheathed by spathaceous 
see July. JZ. shorter. Otherwise like B. apodum. Birma, 
B. spectabile (remarkable). . pale green, closély spotted in 
lines with deep brown; lateral sepals about lin. long; lip 
stipitate, recurved, fleshy ; scapes 24in. long, one-flowered. May. 
Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, shining, jin. to lin. long, one-leaved. 
Assam, 1896. 
B. suavissimum (sweetest). 7. primrose-yellow, with a golden 
lip, small, very sweet-scented, secund; raceme elongated, 
decurved ; scape (with raceme) 8in. to 10in. long, very slender. 
7. 4in. Jong, narrowly oblanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs lin. long, 
one-leaved. Upper Birma, 1889. 
B. tremulum (trembling). 7. white, 1jin. in diameter, with 
reddish-purple lines and lip, the latter fringed with long hairs ; 
raceme 6in. long, few-flowered. /. ovate-lanceolate, 2in. long. 
eeudo pulls ovate, sub-globose, one-leaved. Nilghiri Hills, 
B. umbellatum (umbellate). 
guttulatum. 
B. vitiense (Fijian). 7. pale yellowish-white, the upper half of 
the sepals light pink; sepals 4in. long; raceme sub-erect, 6in. 
to 7in. long, many-flowered. August. J. Sin. to 7in. long, linear- 
oblong. Pseudo-bulbs lin. to ljin. long, tetragonal, one-leaved. 
Fiji, 1892. 
The following species, &c., are rarely seen in cultivation, at Kew 
and elsewhere: B. apodum, B. aurantiacum, 8B.  bisetum, 
B. ceespitosum, B. capillipes, B. Careyanum, B. carinatum (L. xi., 
t. 495), B. clandestinum, B. cocoinums (B. R. 1964), B. conchi- 
ferum, B. cylindraceum, B. densiflorum, B. densum, B. Drallei, 
B. erectum, B. flavidum, B. fuscum, B. gibbosum, B. Hamelini, 
B. hirtum, B. intertextum,. B. Johannis, B. lasianthum, B. leopard- 
inum, B. Lobbiit Henshalli, B. micranthum, B. minutissimum, 
B.oceultum, B. odoratissimum, B. pachyrhachis, B. psittacoglossum, 
B. purpureum, B. radiatum, B. recurvum, B. Shepherdi, 
B. striatum, B. tuberculatum, B. variegatum, B. viride, and 
B. Watsonianum. 
BULBOSPERMUM. A synonym of Peliosanthes 
(which see). 
BULBOSTYLES. The species of this genus are 
now included under Eupatorium and Brickellia 
(which see). 
BULBS, as popularly understood, furnish some of the 
most useful and decorative of plants alike for indoor and 
outdoor gardens. They are amongst the first to flower in 
spring, and remain with us practically all through winter in 
specially favoured sites and soils—Iris stylosa, I. reticulata, 
several species of winter Crocuses, and a few others. For 
the greenhouse and conservatory Bulbs are absolutely 
indispensable, and the fragrant snow-white Roman 
Hyacinths are available ‘as cut flowers from November 
onwards. The window-gardener, again, has in Bulbs the 
most effective of all early floral subjects. Amongst Bulbs - 
are to be found the loveliest blues that any plants afford 
—Chionodoxa, Scilla, Hyacinth, Spanish Iris, English Iris, 
and Museari. In height Bulbs vary greatly from those 
of a few inches, which are suited to the rockery, to the 
giant Eremuruses, all too seldom seen. 
The enlture of the more popular kinds of Bulbs.is of the 
easiest. The chief mistakes made are in unduly delaying 
the planting-time, in treating the soil to ernde manures, and 
in the depth at which the Bulbs are actually planted. The 
majority of Bulbons plants whose culture is undertaken by 
amateurs are planted far too late. This is especially the 
case with Narcissus, Crocuses, and Snowdrops. The first- 
named, if possible, should be in the soil in late August, and 
the others at the beginning of September. Plenty of roots 
are then made early, and unless roots are made 
leayes rather than flowers will be produced. Some Bulbs 
A synonym of Cirrhopetalum 
