- Puate 20654. 
BULBOPHYLLUM PATENS, King. 
OrcHIDES. Subtribe DENDROBIER. 
B. (Uniflore) patens, King in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 187 ; pseudo- 
bulbis ellipsoideis, folio oblongo obtuso in petiolum brevem angustato, 
constricto ie recto obtu 
Has. Perak, Kunstler ne in Herb. Hort. Calcutt.). 
Rhizoma elongatum, crassitie penne anserine, articulatum, radicibus 
creberrimis brevibus, articulis longe setosis. ‘Pseudo bulbi 1- 14 7 
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versus bracteis brevibus imbricatis vaginati. lores 1-1} poll. lati; 
sepala et petala rubro-purpureo suffusa et maculata, marginibus 
sense, labellum pallide fusco-rubrum ; wali brevis, truncata, 
A near ally of B. macranthum, but with much smaller flowers, and a 
very different lip which is perfectly straight. The figure of gr tere 
plant is made from drawings lent by Dr. King; in these it 
that the scapes arise sometimes from the base of the peeutlotielb, a 
others from the rhizome at a distance from it. I have also examined 
dried flowers.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lip. 3. Pollinia. All enlarged. 
