766 CXLVIII. ORcniDEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bulbopliyllum. 



58. B. conchiferum, Reichl. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 253 ; scape tall, 

 spike long erect lax-fld., bracts ovate acuminate, dorsal sepal broadly ovate 

 obtuse shorter than the oblong obtuse concave 3-5-nerved lateral that are 

 connate beyond the foot of the column, petals oblong apiculate 1-nerved, 

 lip stipitate compressed, columnar teeth very short. B. rufinum, Keickb.f. 

 Xen. Orchid, ii. 45, t. 219. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffiths Collectors (Keto Distrib. 5291), 

 Clarice, &c. 



_Lert/*6-10in.,oblanceolate, obtuse or acute ; petiole 3-4 in. Scape 2-3-sheathetl ; 

 spike 3-5 in., rachis stout; bracts - in. ; flowers distant, erect, in. long, green 

 and yellow with purple veins ; tips of lateral sepals rounded ; ovary and column 

 very short. 



59. B. xylophyllum, Par. 8f Reichl. f. in Trans. Linn. So?, xxx. 

 151 ; scape distant from the leaf slender erect, flowers capitate fleshy 

 dorsally flattened, bracts very small, dorsal sepal with a minute spur at 

 the base on each side ovate obtuse 3-nerved, lateral broadly falcately 

 oblong, petals small oblong, lip oblong obtuse, columnar spurs falcate 

 toothed dorsally. 



TENASSEBIM; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Leaf H-2 by f-1 in., broadly elliptic or orbicular, very thick, smooth. Scape 

 2 in., sheaths minute, head of fl. ^ in. diam. ; flowers suborbicular, in. broad, 

 greenish, lip tumid, tip rounded. The minute spurs at the base of the dorsal sepal 

 answer to the much longer ones in B. bisetum. 



60. B. alcicorne, Par. fy Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 151 ; 

 scape slender, top decurved, spike drooping short dense-fid., bracts minute, 

 flowers fleshy compressed, sepals subequal oblong obtuse 3-nerved, petals 

 ovate-oblong 1-uerved, arms of column 3-branched. 



TENASSERIM, Parish. BURMA, Berkeley. 



Rhizome with annular pits at the leaf insertions. Lertf 23 in., sessile, cblan- 

 ceolate or subspathulate, obtuse, very thick. Scape 4-5 in. ; sheaths small; spike 

 1-H in. ; flowers in. long ; ovary and column very short. 



61. B. apodum, HooJc. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; scape much shorter 

 than the leaf, basal sheaths large, spike lax-fld., bracts small, sepals subequal 

 lanceolate acuminate 1-3-nerved, lateral falcate, petals linear-lanceolate 

 1-nerved, lip sessile oblong, columnar teeth minute. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1G19). PEUAK ; top of Batu Kurau, 

 Scortechini. 



Leaf 5-8 in., linear-oblong or oblan^eolate, obtuse, coriaceous; petiole 1-3 in. 

 Scape 3-4 in., rigid, stout below, flowering nearly to the base ; basal sheaths rigid ; 

 flowers in. diam., greenish yellow; mentum rounded. Near _B. (jymnopus, but 

 without pseudobulbs, and with the lateral sepals inserted all along the foot of the 

 column. 



62. B. Wrayi, Hoolc. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; scape tall stout erect, 

 raceme stout lax-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate, sepals 3-nerved lanceolate 

 arched, lateral falcate inserted at the apex of the naked foot of the 

 column, petals broadly oblong 3-nerved, lip stoutly stipitate, columnar 

 spurs erect. 



PERAK ; on Gonong Brumbar Pahang, alt. 8000 ft., Wray. 



Rhizome stout, very woody. Leaf 4-6 in., thick, linear-oblong, narrowed into 

 n petiole 4 in. long. Kcape longer than the leaf; sheaths 1-2, appressed ; 

 raceme 3 in., rachis stout ; pedicel ) in. ; flowers pale green, spotted red ; sepals 



