762 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Bullophyllui*. 



** Lip without basal auricles, 

 f Sepals pubescent. 



41. B. lemniscatum, Parish mss. ; Sot. Mag t. 5961 ; scape erect 

 slender or thickened upwards, spike short pendulous, flowers minute globose 

 villous, sepals orbicular-ovate connate below, midrib of each below the 

 apex with a long slender pendulous appendage, petals linear-oblong obtuse 

 1-nerved, lip sessile short obtuse purple, columnar spurs stout incurved. 

 J<7. des Serres, t 2476. B. lemniscatum & rar. tumida, Reichb.f. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxx. 151. 



TENASSERIM ; at Zwabakir in Moulmein, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs f iu. diam., crowded, globose, strongly tubercled. Leaves 3 on 

 the bhoots, lanceolate (not seen on pseudobulbs). Scape 4-6 in., slender below, 

 sometimes tumid above the middle; spike f in., deuse-fld. ; bracts ovate, acuminate; 

 flower green and purple, i in. long ; appendages three times as long, 10-angled by as 

 many crenate lamellae, banded white and red lip purple. A very curious plant. I 

 suppress var. tumida, Par. & Eeichb., the characters of which apply to the type, well 

 figuied in Bot. Mag. 1. c. 



42. B. gracile, Par. # Reickb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 152 ; 

 scape and elongate suberect raceme filiform, flowers minute subglobose 

 glandular and villous, dorsal sepals oblong shorter than the orbicular-ovate 

 obtuse 3-nerved lateral, petals linear obtuse 1-nerved, lip subsessile oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse, columnar spurs slender incurved. Reichb. f. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1874, ii. 162. 



TENASSERIM ; on Moolee-it, alt. 3000 ft., Parish. 



Pseudobulbs a in. diam., subglobose, tubtrcled (when dry), young 2-leaved ? 

 Scape with lax-fld. raceme 6 in. ; bracts setaceous, longer than the very short 

 pedicels ; flowers in., green mottled with brown. 



43. B. hirtum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1989 ; Gen. % Sp. Orchid. 51 ; 

 Bot. Reg. xxxiii. (184) under t. 66 ; scape tall stout, spike long many-rid, 

 drooping, flowers sessile tomentose, dorsal sepal lanceolate 3-nerved rather 

 shorter and narrower than the broad-based falcately-lanceolate 3-nerved 

 lateral, petals small oblong obtuse ciliate, lip subsessile clawed linear- 

 oblong truncate hispid below the middle, columnar spurs short. B. suave, 

 Griff. NotuJ. iii. 292. Stelis hirta, Smith in Rees Cyclop, xxxiv. Tribrachia 

 hirta, Lindl. Collect. 41. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikldm, alt. 3-6000 ft., J. D. H., 

 &c. KHASIA MTS., Griffith, &c. TENASSERIM, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 1-1^ in., ovoid -oblong, terete, 2-leaved. Leaves 1-2, 4-8 in., 

 oblong to lanceolate, obtuse, rather thin. Scape with spike 8-12 in. ; flowers 

 |.-g- in. long, yellow or greenish white, scented of Anthoxanthum j bracts ovate, acute, 

 exceeding the ovary; pollinia globose, one pair minute. 



44. B. comosum, Collett Sf Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. ; 

 scape robust 2-3-sheathed, raceme inclined cylindric truncate, flowers 

 rm.st densely crowded f in. long horizontally spreading, sepals subequal 

 hyaline subulate-lanceolate villous with flaccid hairs, petals small linear 

 obtuse 1-nerved, lip shortly stipitate lanceolate recurved, columnar teeth 

 short. 



EASTERN BURMA; Shan Hills, alt. 6000 ft., Collett. 



Pseudobulbs and leaves unknown. Scape 10 in., curved, as thick as a crow-quill, 

 kneed at the top s,o that the racemes form an angle of 45 with it. Racemes 2-} by 1 !,- in . 

 dijnn., like a bottle brush, the flowers being perfectly horizontal and densely villous 

 with unicellular hairs; bracts subulate, as long as the very short pedicel and ovary ; 



