' Bulbophyllum.] CXLVHI. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 759 



Rhizome stout ; pseudobulbs |-1 in., suhcylindric. Leaf 1-3 in., linear-oblong:, 

 notched. Scape sometimes distant from the bulb; bracts oblong or lanceolate; 

 lii-ads -i-f in. diam. ; pedicels in. ; flower -3 in. long, yellow, sweet-scented ; 

 column truncate. 



27. B. capitatum, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orcliid. 56 ; rhizome ascending, 

 pseudobulbs narrow erect, scape very short, flowers few subcapitate, sepals 

 subequal lanceolate acuminate 3-nerved much longer than the elliptic 

 obtuse 1-nerved petals, lip small stipitate obtuse, columnar spurs long. 

 Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 649. Diphyes capitata, Blume JBiy'd. 314. 



PERAK ; on Gunong Hatu Pateh, Wray. 



Rhizome very long and apparently scandent ; pseudobulbs parallel to it, i. e. erect, 

 f-1 in. Leaf 1-3 in., linear, striate. Scape - in. j flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 yellow j sepals in. long, cellular. 



28. B. caudatum, Lindl in Wall. Cat. 1983 ; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 

 56 ; leaf small, scape very short and stout sheathed at the base, flowers 

 small umbellately capitate, sepals lanceolate caudate 3-nerved, lateral 

 much longer than the dorsal and three times as long as the oblong obtuse 

 1-nerved petals, lip shortly stipitate, columnar spurs slender. 



NEPAL, WallicJi. 



Rhizome slender ; pseudobulbs -f in., ovoid. Leaf -1 in., oblong, obtuse or 

 retuse. Scape hardly longer than the pseudobulb ; bracts many, ovate-lanceolate, 

 exceeding the ovary ; flowers in. long, papillose. Near Cirrhopetalum. 



29. B. me de stum, Hook. f. Ic. PI. ined. ; scape nearly as long aa 

 the leaf filiform few-lid., flowers very small subsessile, sepals subequal 

 lanceolate subacute 3-nerved about twice as long as the narrowly oblong 

 obtuse 1-nerved petals, meutum rounded, lip sessile small, columnar spurs 

 slender. 



PEBAK, S/ortechini. 



Rhizome blender ; pseudobulbs \~\ in., distant, narrow, curved. Leaf 1-1^ in., 

 sessile, linear, retuse. Scape as long, 1-sheathed about the middle; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, longer than the pedicels; flower in. long. 



30. B. leptanthum, Hook. f. Ic. PL ined. ; scape capillary 

 equalling the cylindric pseudobulb, flowers few subracemose, bracts large 

 finely acuminate, sepals 3-nerved lanceolate narrowed into capillary tips 

 twice as long or more than the oblong apiculate ^-nerved so^alsj lip very 

 small stipitate, columnar spurs slender. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Rhizome rather stout; pseudobulbs -i-1 in., narrow, terete, distant. Leaf 2-3 in., 

 subpetioled, linear, obtuse. Scape 1-2 in., 2-4-fld. ; bracts much longer than the 

 pedicels ; flowers in. long, sweet-scented. 



VAR. ? Oamblci ; rhizome very slender, pseudobulbs shorter, scape longer, sepals 

 rather broader, petals longer linear-lanceolate. Sikkim, at Goompahar, alt. 7000ft., 

 Gamble. Probably a distinct species. 



31. B. petiolare, Thw. Enum. 298; leaf obovate-oblanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate long-petioled, scape long slender, flowers very small fas- 

 cicled, sepals subequal oblong ovate obtuse strongly 3-nerved, lateral 

 falcate, petals ovate acuminate, lip stipitate fleshy tongue-shaped, columnar 

 teeth broad acute. 



CEYLON, Ambagamowa. 



Pseudobulbs as in -B. purpureum, from which this differs in the longer scape, longer 

 petioled leaves, more fascicled rather larger flowers, larger purple lip. In one 



