JBulbophyllum.] cxxxiii. oRcniDE.E (rolfe). 35 



oblong, subcompressed, f-1 in. long, 1 -leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 2-3 in. long, |-1 in. broad. Scapes suberect or deflexed, arcuate, 

 4-8 in. long; raceme 3-4 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts distichous, 

 spreading, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, 3- 4 J lin. lon^. Sepals spread- 

 ing, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, acute, 5-6 lin. long. Petals minute, 

 subulate, J lin. long. Lip linear, base villose, upper half pilose with 

 purple hairs 9-10 lin. long, some of which are clavate. Column 

 stout, J lin. long ; teeth incurved, falcate-linear, J lin. long. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5288 ; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 252. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, cultivated specimen, Loddiges ! Lagos, 

 Moloney ! Delta of the Niger, Dalton ! 



39. B. N'mnmalaria, Rolfe. Rhizome creeping, pseudobulbs 

 remote, orbicular, flattened from the top, } in. thick, 1 -leaved. Leaves 

 oblong, acute at each end, 1 in. long, J in. broad. Scape about J in. 

 long, with some basal sheaths ; racemes 6 -8 -flowered ; rhachis not or 

 scarcely thickened, zigzag. Flowers one-sided, dark purple, with green 

 lip. Bracts very broad, somewhat sheathing the flowers. Dorsal 

 sepal oblong, subacute ; margin pilose ; lateral ones smaller, with 

 fimbriate margin. Petals very minute, nearly orbicular ; margin deeply 

 fimbriate. Lip ligulate from a broader, pilose-margined base, obtuse. 

 Column very short, with two minute teeth. — Megadinium NummvXaria^ 

 Wendl. & Kranzl. in Card. Chron. 1894, xv, 685. 



Upper Guinea. South Cameroons, Braun. 



Only known to me from the original description, which, however, shows that the 

 essential character of Megadinium is wanting. Its exact aflSnity is a little doubtful. 



40. B. Gabonis, Lind. <6 Reichh. f. in Flora^ 1865, 185. Pseudo- 

 bulbs oval, attenuate above. Leaves ligulate, acute, not contracted 

 into a petiole. Scape medium-sized, distantly sheathed, racemose 

 above. Bracts ligulate, acute, exceeding the ovary. Sepals triangular- 

 aristate. Petals spathulate, apiculate, crenulate, not half as long 

 as the sepals. Lip 3-lobed ; side lobes semiovate, serrulate ; front one 

 •oblong-ligulate, obtuse, serrulate, with four elevated lines along the 

 disc, and some papillae on the front lobe. Column-teeth ligulate, 

 obtuse. 



£o-«rer Guinea. Gaboon (presumably). 



Only known to me from the original description, which neither mentions the 

 affinity, native country, nor collector. The habitat is assumed from the specific name. 

 Tliis and the following species are remarkable for the three-lobed lip. 



41. B. Henuiniostachysy Reichh, /. in Wcdp. Ann. vi. 254. Leaf 

 oblong, acute. Sepals somewhat fleshy, lanceolate, acuminate, the 

 lateral ones curved and united at the extreme base. Petals much shorter, 

 ligulate ; apex triangular ; base with obtuse angles. Lip unguiculate, 

 3-lobed ; side lobes triangular, erect, rounded behind, gradually passing 

 in front into the ligulate, microscopically denticulate front lobe, which 

 has a revolute margin ; disc with a pair of fleshy keels, and three to 

 five calli at the extreme base. Column very short, teeth elongate, terete- 



