76-4 CXLVIIT. ORcniDEJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bulbophyltuni. 



raceme fi-8 in.; bracts very small; pedicels short; sepals in. long, white with 

 broad red-purple nerves and lips ; petals acuminate ; anther pubescent. Described 

 from Wight's figure and a coloured drawing by Jerdon. 



ft Sepals glabrous or faintly ciliate. Petals ciliate or serrulate. (See 

 . Blepharistcs in Cirrhopetalum.) 



50. B. Fenicilliunij Par. $ Reiclib. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 151 ; scape long stout, raceme lax-fld., bracts lanceolate, sepals narrow 

 subequal 5-nerved long-acuminate, dorsal ovate-lanceolate, lateral lanceolate 

 from a broad gibbous base, petals small oblong obtuse fleshy crinite, lip 

 sessile on the broad short foot of the column lanceolate crinitely hirsute 

 with purple hairs, columnar spurs long slender. 



TENASSERTM; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 1 in., stout, ovoid ; rhizome stout. Leaf 6 in., linear, notched ; 

 petiole 1 in. Scape 12 in., lower empty bracts $ in., floral shorter; pedicels ^ in. ; 

 flower J in. long ; mentum rounded ; sepals yellow striped with purple, dorsal 

 obscurely ciliolate. 



51. B. eublepharum, Reiclih. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 252 ; scape tall 

 stout, raceme long lax-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate aristate, sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate, dorsal concave, lateral broader and longer, petals 

 oblong obtuse erosely timbriate, lip stipitate oblong-lanceolate, columnar 

 spurs very long. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Griffith's Collectors, &c. 



Pseudobulbs 1^-3 in., cylindric. Leaf 3-8 in., shortly petioled, linear-oblong-, 

 acute. Scape 10-18 in. ; sheaths 3-4; raceme 4-6 in. ; bracts - ^ in. ; sepals 3 in. 

 long, white, flushed or speckled with pink ; men turn rounded ; lip purple, base 

 cordage. 



52. B. grymnopus, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined.; scape rigid flexuous, 

 raceme elongate, bracts minute, pedicels slender, sepals lanceolate acumi- 

 nate 3-nerved, lateral falcate inserted at the apex of the naked foot of 

 the column, petals linear serrulate, lip subsessile laterally compressed, 

 columnar teeth short. Bulbophyll., Griff. Notul. 294; Ic. PI. Asiat. 

 t. 297 ; Itin. Notes 104, No. 65. 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA, alt. 2200 ft., Griffith (Kew Disirib. 5133). KIIASTA HILLS, 

 Griffith (K. D. 5134) ; at Joowye, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke. 



Rhizome very stout, sheathed, with stout runners from the bi?e of the narrow 

 pseudobulbs. Leaf 4-7 in., petioled, very thick, linear, 2-fid. Scape flowering to 

 near the base; basal sheaths imbricate; bracts ovate; pedicels 1 in. ; flower pale 

 greenish white ; mentum rounded ; lip obtuse, yellow. Insertion of lateral sepals 

 as in 62. B. Wrayi. 



53. B. Thomson!, HooJc. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; scape flexuous, raceme 

 elongate, flowers minute subsessile, bracts minute, sepals lanceolate 

 acuminate 3-nerved, lateral broadest, petals oblong obtuse ciliate 1-nerved, 

 lip stipitate much compressed obtuse loosely villous, columnar teeth 

 short. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Thomson. 



Habit and foliage of B. gymnopus, but pseudobulbs short and strongly curved, 

 leaf thinner, scape not floriferous to near the base, flowers subsessile, lip hairy and 

 above all lateral sepals in normal position. Flowers pale green, lip yellow. 



5 1. B. secundum, Jfoofr. f I,'. Plant, incd. \ scape very slender 



