DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 211 



Cirrhopetalum. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Name from KippSs, tawny, and ireraXov, a petal. 



C. Cirrhopetalum auratum. Singapore. B. R., 1843, 61. 



M. O. P., 4. 



The flowers are fan -shaped, yellow ground, marked with 

 crimson; the upper sepal and the petals are drawn out 

 into golden hairs j the lateral sepals are slightly marked 

 with purple. 



C. Cirrhopetalum chinense. Manilla . . M. O. P., 2. 



B. R., 29, 49. 



The upper sepal and the petals are purple, the lateral 

 sepals greenish yellow. The flowers are the largest of 

 the species. One of the lobes resembles a chin, and has 

 a tongue which is in perpetual motion. 



B. Cirrhopetalum Cumingii. Philippines . B. M., 4996. 

 A pretty species ; flowers in regular circles ; sepals 

 large, rich red. 



B. Cirrhopetalum Medusa. Singapore. M. O. P., i. 



B. R., 1842, 12. 



B. M., 4077. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 148. 



The sepals and petals are prolonged into long hairs, 

 which give the flower the appearance of a head with the 

 hair hanging down. The interior of the flower is marked 

 with violet. 



"* This is a very curious plant. How the slender hair- 

 like sepals untwist themselves from the bud is a mystery. 

 It is easily grown, and keot in the hottest part of the 



