TAB. 3. 



Tribe Epidendee^. 

 Sub-tribe Dexdrobie^. 

 Genus Bulbophyllum. 



Bulbophyllum Sandersoni, Reichenbach fil. in Flora for 1878, 

 p. 78. — Caulis repens cylindricus elongatus, internodiis pollicaribus 

 vel ultra ; pseudo-biilbi ovoidei vel pyriformes, obtuse 4-7-angulati, 

 3-i-5 cm. longi ; folia 2, elliptica Tel oblonga, acuta vel emarginata, 

 1-nerva coriacea, 5-7 cm. longa ; scapus apbyllus erecto-falcatus a 

 pseudo-bulbo distinctns, 8-15 cm. longns, 4-30-floru3, racbis sursum 

 dilatata plana, bracteis deltoideis ; sepala lateralia ovato-lanceolata 

 falcata acuta, basi concava, intus scaberula, circa 6 mill, longa; 

 sepalum impar lineare sub-obtusum, lateralibus fere duplo longius ; 

 petala linearia falcato-patentia reflesave, sepalis lateralibus paullo 

 breviora ; labellum carnosum, basi subquadratum crassum carinatum, 

 deinde subiter in apicem sub-obtusam pendalam dentiformem retro- 

 flexam contractum, totum vix 2-5 mill, longum ; columna brevis, late 

 alata, alls in dente brevi utroque latere desinentibus ; capsula oblonga, 

 usque ad I'o cm. longa. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisque) 

 Megaclinium Sandersoni, Oliver, in Bot. Mag. (1871) sub tab. 5936 



[nomen tantiim) ; M. SCdberulum, Rolfe, in Gardener's Chronicle, vol. iv, 

 p. 6, July 7, 1888. 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Natal: Sanderson, 898!; Mrs. 

 Saunders '. — Tr-vxs-Yaal Republic : near Barberton, on trees, Saddle- 

 back Kloof and Moodie's, alt. 1230 meters, £1. Aug-Sept., Culver, 6! 

 Umzindine Creek, alt. 1380 meters, fl. Oct-Xov., Galpin, 688 ! 



Plate 3. The plant with narrower leaves drawn from specimens 

 received from Mr. "W*. Culver, Barberton ; that with broader leaves 

 from a plant cultivated at the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, said to bave come 

 from Pondoland. Fig. 1, flower; 2, ditto, viewed from bebind, — both 

 magnified about 6 diameters; 5, 6, column; 7, pollinia, — all the 

 latter variously magnified, and all taken from the narrow-leaved 

 specimens from the Trans-Yaal. 



Stems aggregated creeping cylindrical elongate, internodes 

 2-3 cm. long ; pseudo-bulbs ovate or pear-shaped, 4-7-angled, 

 3-4-0 cm. long; leaves 2, elliptical or oblong, acute or emar- 

 ginate, 1-nerved, leathery, 5-7 cm. long ; scape proceeding from 



