Bulbophyllum.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 765 



much longer th;m the leaves, raceme secunl, bracts minute, flowers small 

 shortly pedicelled, sepals obtuse, dorsal ovate 1-nerved, lateral broadly 

 obliquely ovate obtuse 3-nerved, mentum rounded, petals oblong obtuse 

 crinite, lip stipitate ovate-cordate ciliate, columnar teeth minute. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Naga Hills, on Kohima, Pra'm. 



Pseudobulbs | in. diam., subglobose. Leaf 1|-2| in., pefcioled, linear, obtuse, 

 nerves strong. Scape with raceme 5-6 in.; pedicels T \j in.; sepals -^ in. long, 

 obscim-ly ciliolate. 



55. B. auricomum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1985; Gen,, fr Sp. Orchid. 

 50; scape slender ascending, raceme long many-fld. puberulous cernuous, 

 bracts small lanceolate, sepals elongate-lanceolate membranous 3-nerved, 

 dorsal shorter, mentum obscure, petals ovate-oblong 1-nerved ciliate, lip 

 shortly stipitate lanceolate, columnar teeth short. B. fcenisecii, Par. e.r 

 Reichb.f. in Bot. Zeit. 1865, 99. Dendrobium tripetaloides, Roxb. Fl.Ind. 

 iii. 479. 



RANGOON, Carey. TENASS^RIM; Tavoy, Wallich; Moulmein, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs f-1 in., subcylindric, terete) or obpyriform. Leaf not seen. Raceme 

 3-6 in.; bracts T \j in.; pedicels very short ; ~ flowers yellow, sweet-scented (of 

 Antlioxanthum] ; sepals * in. long. 



fft Sepals and petals glabrous, eciliate. 

 Pseudobulls 0, or very small. 



56. B. cylindraceum, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 53 ; scape tall 

 with usually a large upper sheath, spike erect cylindric, flowers imbricate, 

 bracts small, dorsal sepal triangular much smaller than the oblong obtuse 

 lateral, petals small oblong 1-nerved, lip ovate, columnar spurs short 

 erect. Wall. PL As. Bar. i. t, 69. 



NEPAL, Wallich. SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6-7000 ft., Clarke. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt 4-6000 ft., common. 



Rhizome very stout. Leaf 4-10 in., obtuse; petiole 1-4 in. Scape G-10 in.; 

 sbeaths 1-2 ; bracts ovate, acute ; flowers J in. long, dorsally flattened, white, pink 

 or deep purple; dorsal sepal with sometimes a spiral tip ; lip green or purple ; ovary 

 very short. There are two forms found in both Sikkim and the Khasia Hills. 



B. CYLINDRACEUM PROPER; upper sheath of scape embracing the base of the 

 spike. B. imbricatnm, Griff". Notul. iii. 289. Wallich's figure is probably grossly 

 exaggerated (made in Nepal, there are no specimens in his herbarium), with yellow 

 flowers, leaves 10-12 by 1-^-2 in., scape 18 in., and spike 6-8 in. 



VAR khasiana; upper sheath smaller distant from the spike. B. khasianum, 

 Griff. Notul. iii. 284 j Iteichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 716. 



57. B. repens, Griff. Notul. iii. 293 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 294; scape slender 

 much shorter than the leaf, flowers in a dense globose head, bracts short, 

 sepals 3-nerved, dorsal triangular much shorter than the broadly oblong 

 obtuse lateral, petals minute cuneately obovate 1-nerved, lip sessile oblong 

 convex obtuse, columnar spurs simple or branched. B. khasyanum, 

 Beichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 138 (not of Griff.). 



KHASIA HILLS; at Myrung, alt. 5000 ft,, Griffith. TENASSERIM, Parish, 

 Gallatly (Ic. Herb. CalcuU.}. 



Rhizome very stout, densely fibrous. Leaves 2-6 by f-1 in., very thick ; petiole 

 1-3 in. Head of flowers in. diam. ; flowers purple, in. long and broad, much 

 flattened dorsally. Griffith's drawing is a very bad one, and the specimen in Herb. 

 Liudley is flowerless ; the scape is much longer in the Teuasserim plants. 



