Bulbophyllum.] cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). S3 



bulbs 1-lJ in. apart on a creeping rhizome, ovoicl-tetragonous, f-lj in. 

 long, 1-leaved. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, 5-10 in. 

 long. Scapes suberect or horizontal, 3-5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, 4-G lin. long. Sepals subequal, triangular-lanceo- 

 late, caudate-acuminate, strongly carinate, 4-4 J lin. long ; keels of 

 lateral sepals pilose-ciliate. Petals spathulate-oblanceolate, subacute, 

 1^ lin. long ; margins minutely ciliate. Lip recurved, oblong, obtuse, 

 minutely scaberulous-papillose, 1-1| lin. long. Column stout, ^ lin. 

 long ; teeth 4, oblong subobtuse, very short. 



XTpper Guinea. Fernando Po, 2000 ft., on trees, Mann, 642 ! 



Very remarkable in the villose sepals. 



32. B. inflatum, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1891, ix. 234. Pseudo- 

 bulbs approximate on a creeping rhizome, strongly 4-angled, 1 in. long 

 by nearly as broad, 1-leaved. Leaves sessile, lanceolat«-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, suddenly contracted at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad. 

 Scapes pendulous, 2 in. long; racemes 1-1;^ in. long; rhachis swollen 

 into an ellipsoidal fleshy body, about J in. broad, many-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, iS-^ lin. long. Sepals triangular-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, strongly carinate, 4-4J lin. long; keels ciliate, the 

 lateral ones very strongly so. Petals spathulate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 1 J lin. long. Lip recurved, linear-oblong, obtuse, scaberulous-papillose, 

 1 1 lin. long. Column stout, J lin. long; teeth falcate-oblong, acute, 

 \ lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone. Flowered at Kew in 1887 ! 



Allied to the preceding, and remarkable for the much thickened rhachis. 



33. B. calamariuniy Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 70. Pseudo- 

 bulbs about |-1 in. apart on a stout creeping rhizome, 4-angled, broadly 

 oblong, IJ in. long, 1-leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, G-7i in. long, 

 coriaceous. Scapes erect, stout, Ij-lf ft. long; racemes 4-G in. long, 

 many-flowered. Bracts not distichous, numerous and imbricate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, G-10 lin. long. Sepals somewhat fleshy, 

 narrowly triangular-lanceolate, subacute, 5-5 J lin. long, yellow. Petals 

 falcate-linear, acute, glabrous, Ij lin. long. Lip ligulate, obtuse, 

 4-4| lin. long ; margins pilose with long purple hairs ; side-lobes 

 obtusely rounded, somewhat ciliate. Column stout, 1 lin. long ; teeth 

 falcate-linear, acute, | lin. long. — Bot. Mag. 4088 {Ccdamaria by error) ; 

 Hook. Cent. Orch. 17, t. 4; Lindl. in Journ. LittH.^jJ^c. vi. 125; 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 252. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Fielding ! Niger Territory : Ibo ; Nsuhe, 

 Barter, 1482 ! Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 832 ! 



34. B. mpincola, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 184. Pseudobulbs 

 l|-li in. apart on a stout creeping rhizome, ovoid-tetragonous, 1 J-1 J in. 

 long, 1-leaved. Leaf elliptical -oblong, obtuse, 4-5 in. long, 1^ in. 

 broad, attenuate at the base into a shoit broad petiole. Scape suberect, 

 rather stout, Ij ft. long; raceme 3^ in. long, many-flowered. Bracts 

 not distichous, numerous and imbricate, oblong, subacute, 5 lin. long. 

 Sepals fleshy, subequal, base ovate-oblong, triangular lanceolate above 



