Bulbophyllum.'] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 25 



minute, acute from a broad base. Capsule ellipsoid-oblong, 3 lin. long. 

 — Rolfe in Orch. Rev. iii. 70 ; B. sp., Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 

 220 ; B. hookerianum, Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 49 ; Gard. Chron. 

 1894, XV. 685 ; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. ii. 236. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : mountains at 5000 ft., Mann, 2122! Buea, 

 5500 ft., Freuss, 943 ! 



Closely allied to the preceding, but diflTering in the shape of the petals and other 

 characters. 



3. B. Braunii, Krdnzl.in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeh. ii. (1889) 154. 

 Pseudobulbs ovoid-tetragonous, f in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves lanceolate, 

 obtuse, obliquely bilobed, about 1 J in. long, 2-2 J lin. broad. Scapes 

 about equalling the leaves, and bearing several scarious obtuse sheaths ; 

 racemes somewhat flexuose. Flowers secund, yellowish, 2 lin. diameter. 

 Bracts oblong, obtuse, apiculate, twice as long as the ovary. Lateral 

 sepals broadly ovate at the base, caudate above, reflexed at the apex ; 

 dorsal one oblong, long acuminate, longer than the laterals. Petals 

 narrowly linear, obtuse, nearly as long as the lateral sepals. Lip 

 triangular, smooth, slightly sulcate in the middle. Column very 

 broad; teeth short, truncate. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 10. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Malimba, 5raM», 81. 

 Only known to rae from the original description. 



4. B. denticulatum, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1891, 197. Pseudo- 

 bulbs on a stout creeping rhizome, somewhat distant, ovoid-tetragonous, 

 \\ in. long, 1 in. broad, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 3-3J in. 

 long, 5-8 lin. broad. Scape suberect, slender, 5-6 in. long; raceme 

 subdeflexed, IJ-IJ in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, subacute, 

 l|-2 lin. long. Sepals subequal, fleshy, ovate, acuminate, cannate, 

 3 lin. long. Petals membranous, elliptical-ovate, mucronulate, mi- 

 nutely denticulate, 2 lin. long ; middle nerve thickened. Lip fleshy, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 2 lin. long. Column stout, f lin. long ; 

 teeth oblong, subobtuse, J lin. long. 



Upper Guluea. Sierra Leone. Flowered in the collection of Mr. J. O'Brien, 

 in 1892. 



5. B. csespitosum, Thou. Orch. lies Afr., t. 103. Pseudobulbs 

 |-2 in. apart, on a stout creeping rhizome, oblong or ovoid-oblong, 

 J-lJ in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 2J-4 in. long, 

 3-5 lin. broad. Scapes suberect, 3-4 in. long; raceme arching, 

 1-2 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, subacute, rigid, IJ lin. 

 long. Sepals ovate, acute or subacute. If- 2 lin. long. Petals linear- 

 lanceolate, acute. Lip recurved, fleshy, oblong. Column teeth very 

 short. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 10. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone (ex Durand Sf Schinz). 



I have not seen Sierra Leone specimens, and have taken the above description from 

 Mascarene ones, referred to this species by S. Moore in Baker's Flora of Mauritius, 346, 

 tliough they do not agree well with Thouars' original figure. It is possible that when 



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