100 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



broad, lateral 1-25 mm. Petals 1-2 mm. long; lip 1 mm. lonf. 

 Column barely 1mm. long, teeth barely -5 nmi. long. Ovary and 

 pedicel subequal, together 2-2*5 mm. long. 



Near B. flavidiim Lindl. from Sierra Leone, but distinguished by 

 the long narrow leaves, characters of the lip, &c. 



Bulbophyllum Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Planta epiphytica 

 rhizomate tereti super radices tenues dense intertextas divaricate 

 ramoso ; pseiidobulbis f requentibus vivis f usiformibus siccis tenuibus 

 rugosis diphyllis ; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis ; scajio saepe 

 tenue cum spica dense et distiche florifera folia excedente, 

 intei-nodiis c. 10 bracteis pro maxima parte arete vaginatis ; 

 hracteis floriferis magnis cymbiformibus acutis purpureo-tinctis 

 Acres primum celantibus demum Acre aperto explicatis ; florihus 

 parvis; sepalis roseis lanceolato-acuminatisS-nerviis subaequalibus ; 

 ])etalis linearibus minutis ; labello atrate-roseo mobili e basi 

 anguste cordata lineari subacute margine dense ciliato ; eolumna 

 brevi crassa processubus aequilongis erectis apice instructa. 

 (PI. 12, figs. 6, 7.) 



Oban ; n. 931 ; in flower Dec. 11. 



Bhizome bent sharply at the origin of each pseudobulb, the 

 segments 1-1-5 cm. long, 2 mm. or more thick, spreading over the 

 matted slender branching roots; pseudobulbs 3-7 "5 cm. long, much 

 shrivelled and slender when dry. Leaves 5-10 cm. long, -7-1 cm. 

 broad. Scape 8-13 cm. long to base of spike, from less than 1-1 • 5 mm, 

 thick. Spike 3 to more than 10 cm. long, ultimately reflexed. 

 Floivering bracts 6-7 mm. long. Sejjals 4 mm. long. Petals 1 • 2 mm. 

 long ; lip 3 • 3 mm. long, becoming violently agitated when the flower 

 is touched. Column -3 mm. long, narrow pointed processes from the 

 upper angles 3 mm. long. 



Allied to B. Mannii Hook. fil. (Cameroon Mts.), of which it 

 suggests a small edition, being smaller in all its parts. Also near 

 B. gravidum Lindl. (Fernando Po), but differs in its longer, narrower 

 spike, smaller flowers, linear lip, &c. 



Bulbophyllum Dorotheae Rendle sp. nov. Herba semipedalis 

 pseudobulbis compresso-ovoideis 3-angulatis flavidis aggregatis 

 monophyllis ; foliis oblongis basi breviter angustatis "obtusis ; 

 scape gracili curvulo pro majore parte (§) bracteis ocreiformibus 

 acutis laxe vestito, raceme baud densifloro ; bracteis oblengis vel 

 ellipticis ebtusis ovarium cum pedicello paulle excedeutibus baud 

 reflexis ; floribus subsessilibus atrate roseis (e spec, sicce) ^ sepalo 

 dorsali eblengo-lanceolato obtuse, sepp. lateral ibus triangulari- 

 falcatis angustiore ; petalis eblonge-spathulatis ; labello crassius- 

 culo lanceolate valde recur vato margine quam parte centrali 

 tenuiore et cilielate ; eolumna valida braclaiis erectis geminis 

 lineari-subulatis instructa; capmda eblique-ellipsoidea. (PI. 12, 

 fig. 8.) 



Oban ; n. 934. 



Pseudobulbs reaching 2 cm, high by 1-2 cm. in diameter, densely 



