Puate 2037. 
BULBOPHYLLUM PROTRACTUM, Hook. f. 
OrcHIDEs. Tribe DENDROBIEA. 
. (Eubulbophyllum) protractum, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 758; 
rhizomate elongato vaginato, pseudobulbis remotis subcylindraceis, 
“a > ee nee go acutis ovina abies ee scapis plerisque e 
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acuminatis aout aaa aie acuminatis 3-nerviis, labello 
minuto subsessili, columna apice bicuspidata. 
Has. Tenasserim, or the Andaman Islands, Helfer (Kew distrib. 
5164). 
Rhizoma crassitie penne corvine v. anatine, vaginis imbricatis 
tubulosis oblique truncatis auctum. Pseudvbulbi 2-1 poll. longi, teretes, 
cylindracei v. inferne sensim ampliati, nudi. Scapi pollicares, capil- 
lares, vaginis sph tubulosis acutis instracti ; bractes minute pedi- 
ong ores. 8 poll. 
orsali lateralibas paullo breviore. Labellum minimum, ovato- 
lanceolatum, obtusum, lente recurvam. Columna brevis, cuspidibus 
subulatis erectis. 
Aun insignificant species, which was contained 2 in a bundle of ee 3 
plants collected either in Tenasserim or the Andaman Islands, the 
vegetation of which latter partakes of the characters of the raped 
¢.D. Bi 
Fig. 1. Side; and 2, front view of flower. 3. Lip. All enlarged. 
