Piate 2050. 
BULBOPHYLLUM CANDIDUM, Hook. f. 
OrcHipex. Subtribe DenpROBIER. 
B. (Ione) candidum, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 770; rb izomate 
gracili,, pseudobulbis ovoideis, foliis Geass beat, scapo folium 
subsequante sub-2-vaginato, racemo erecto laxifloro, bracteis lanceolatis 
oblo ongis erosis, labello sepalis squilongo sessili ovato serrulato ultra 
medium in pugionem teretiusculum repente contracto.—Ione candida, 
Lindl. "Pol. Orchid., lone 3 ; Walp. Rep. vi. 637 
Has. Khasia Hills, alt. 4,000-5,000 feet, J. D. H, and Thomson ; 
Upper Assam, on the Naga Hills, Prain 
Rhizoma crassitie penne passerine, nudum, ad_ pseudobulbos 
radicans. Pseudobulbi }-§ poll. longi. Folia 2-4 poll. longa, vix in 
petiolum angustata, striata. Scapus gracilis, vaginis tubulosis auctus ; 
racemus 1—]}-pollicaris; bractez + poll. longw, membranacee. 
4+ poll. longi, albi; sepala 3-nervia, lateralia primum coherentia, 
demum libera patentia; petala l-nervia. Labellum flavum, 3-nerve, 
dimidio basali membranaceo. Colwmna brevis, truncata. 
Closely allied to B. bicolor in habit and appearance, which is found 
in the same hills, but at rather a higher elevation, and distinguished 
from it by its rather smaller ora white sepals and the yellow lip 
which is not panduriform nor purple.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower. 2. Lateral sepals while still cohering. 3. Petals. Ali enlarged. 
