Bvjbophj/llum.] OXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. T). Hooker.) 767 



in. long, subacute ; lip subterete, obtuse, with large rounded basal auricles j 

 column large. Insertion of lateral sepals as in 52. B. gymnopus. 



63. B. leptosepalum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined.-, scape capillary, 

 raceme lax-fld , bracts lanceolate exceeding the ovary, sepals subequal 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate, lateral from a broad gibbons base, petals 

 small linear-lanceolate, lip stipitate membranous 3-nerved, columnar spurs 

 slender. 



PENANG ; on Gov't Hill, Curtis. PEEAZ, Scortechini. MALACCA, Maingay (Kew 

 Distrib. 1674). 



Rhizome short, tufted. Leaves 4-6 in., crowded, petioled, linear-lanceolate, 

 subacute, margins recurved. Scape shorter than the leaves; raceme flexuous ; 

 flowers in. long, white, cellular ; pedicel very short; men turn rounded ; lip with 

 rounded basal auricles. 



64. B. hymenanthum, Hodk.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; rhizome very slender, 

 pseudobulbs 0, leaves small elliptic or suborbicular, scape capillary 2-fld., 

 sepals subequal acuminate from a broadly ovate base 3-nerved, petals linear 

 1-nerved, lip stipitate oblong obtuse, column with obtuse arms. 



KHASIA HILLS; at Myrung, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. H. 8$ T. T. 



Rhizome tortuous, as thick as packthread. Leaf ^-^ in., subpetioled, coriaceous, 

 nerveless, tip rounded. Scape 1 in.; flowers ^ in. diam. when spread out, close 

 together, but one superposed ; bracts minute, sepals and petals hyaline, colourless. 

 A remarkable little species. 



Pseudobulbs ovoid or globose. 



65. B. bisetum, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 186; scape very slender, 

 raceme short erect dense-rid., bracts lanceolate recurved, sepals subequal 

 broadly ovate obtuse dorsally winged, dorsal with a fleshy spur at the base 

 on each side, petals narrowly spathulate 1-nerved, lip stipitate narrow 

 acute pubescent, columnar spurs long. B. cirrhopetaloides, G-riff. Notul. 

 iii. 290. Bulb, sp., Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 296, f. 1. B. cariniflorum, Eeichb.f. in 



Wal-p. Ann. vi. 253. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5140), H. f. Sf T. 

 (Bulboph. 23), &c. 



Rhizome slender ; pseudobulbs |-1 in., ovoid, narrow or broad. Leaf 3-4 in., 

 shortly petioled, lanceolate, obtuse. Scape 2-3 in. (pendulous, Ic. Griff.) ; sheaths 

 slender ; raceme -|-f in. ; flowers f-J in. long, shortly pedicelled, dark purple. The 

 fleshy appendages'at the base of the dorsal sepal are very singular, and homologous 

 with the spurs of B. xylophyllum. 



66. B. G-lobulus, HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; pseudobulbs small glo- 

 bose, scape many-rid, longer than the linear-oblong coriaceous leaf, bracts 

 minute, sepals subequal 3-nerved, dorsal linear-oblong, lateral lanceolate 

 subacute, petals half as long ovate obtuse 1-nerved, lip very small shortly 

 stipitate recurved acuminate, column subtruncate. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Pseudobulbs 1 in. diam., crowded. Leaf 1^-2 in., obtuse. Scape arched; 

 flowers i in. dianf., membranous. The single specimen is indifferent, but shows the 

 species to be quite unlike any other. 



67. B. polyrhizum, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 53; pseudobulbs 

 crowded globosely ovoid leafless when flowering, scape erect slender, dorsal 

 sepal ovate-oblong obtuse rather smaller than the subfalcately oblong 



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