OKCHIDACE^ (A. B. Eendle) 99 



species in question, which he calls A. clavatum. Unfortunately 

 the trivial is already occupied in Angraecnm, so a new one must 

 be found for my original plant. I have suggested mnUinominatum. 



Bulbophyllum Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. Planta pseudo- 

 hulhis rhizomate lignoso tereti repente inter se distantibus com- 

 presso-ovoideis triangulatis monophyllis ; foliis oblongis super 

 basin angustatis valde obtusis ; scapo folia valde excedente 

 pro majore parte florifero internodiis inferioribus (5) bracteis 

 scariosis ocreiformibus vaginatis ; hract'eis florentibus scariosis 

 ascendentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis ovarium excedentibus ; 

 florihus albis breviter pedicellatis ; sejjalis subaequalibus lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis, lateralibus basi in mentum breve obtusum pro- 

 tractis ; petalis parvulis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis ; labello parvo 

 crasso elliptico, lateribus super basin latam usque ad partem ? 

 anteriorem ovatam acuminatam reversis, disco callis geminis 

 obtusis medio instructo; cohunna Hentibus 2 erectis ipsi 

 subaequalibus instructa. (PI. 12, figs. 1-3.) 



Oban ; n. 935. Liberia, Begwai ; E. H. Bunting ; in flower 

 Oct. 25. 



Bhizomc tough, 2 to nearly 3 mm. thick, bearing the pseudobulbs 

 at somewhat regular intervals of about 2 cm. Pseudobulbs l"5-2 cm. 

 long, 1*5 or less in thickness. Leaves to 7 cm. long, 1' 5-1 "8 cm. ^ 

 broad. Scajje 15-22 cm. long, sheathing bracts about 1 cm. long. 

 Baceme 13-20 cm. long. Flowering bracts 4-5 mm. long. Sejmls 

 5 mm. long. Petals 2-5 mm.; lip barely exceeding 2 mm., the 

 recurved margin flattened anteriorly and folded do-wnwards posteriorly 

 to join the subquadrate base, which narrows abruptly into a short 

 stalk. Column • 5 mm. long. 



Near B. flavidiim Lindl., but distmguished by its somewhat 

 remarkable lip-structure. 



Bulbophyllum nigritianum Rendle sp. nov. Herba epiphytica 

 pseudohulhis anguste-ovoideis approximatis monophyllis siccis 

 iiavidis ; radicihus tenuibus intertextis ; foliis linearibus apice 

 obtusiusculis basi attenuatis scapum excedentibus ; sca2:)0 tenui 

 super basin brevem vaginatam florifero flexuoso vel arcuato ; 

 bracteis membranaceis siccis albidis ovato-lanceolatis subacutis 

 ovario cum pedicello subaequilongis ; florihus parvis siccis 

 stramineis; sepalis subaequalibus triangulari-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis, lateralibus latioribus ; petalis parvulis elliptico-oblongis 

 obtusis ; labello parvulo recurvato oblongo obtuso, lobis lateralibus 

 suberectis obtusis basi instructo; columna breve dentibus binis 

 acuminatis erectis instructa. (PI. 12, tigs. 4, 5.) 



Oban ; n. 933. 



BJiizome hidden by the crowded pseudobulbs and the mass of 

 slender roots. Pseudobulbs 2-2-5 cm. long, 1 cm. or less in diameter. 

 Leaves to 12-5 cm. long, "5- '6 cm. broad. Scape to 10 cm. long, 

 bracts 2-5-3 mm. long. Sepals 4-4*5 mm. long, dorsal 1 mm. 



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