768 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE.S!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sulbophyllvm. 



obtuse lateral, petals ovate-oblong obtuse, lip sessile obtuse, columnar 

 teeth short. 



JS T EPAL ?, Wallicti (Ic. in Herb. Kew). ? SIKKIM, Lister (Ic. in Herb. Calcuit.). 



Rhizome very short, excessively branched ; pseudobulbs size of a small hazel uut, 

 rooting profusely. Scape with 6-8-fld. spike 3-5 in. ; bracts minute ; flowers green, 

 in. long, suberect. Of this remarkable plant there is a drawing of Wallich's artist, 

 no doubt made in Nepal; its pseudobulbs are smooth and flowers green. A drawing 

 of a very similar plant from Sikkim has pseudobulbs marked with superposed zones 

 of oblong tubercles; the flowers are pale yellow flushed with pink on the- dorsal sepal. 

 Both are represented as leafless. 



68. B. suavissimum, Solfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, i. 297; scape 

 very slender, raceme elongate decurved, flowers secund, sepals subequal 

 narrowly linear-oblong obtuse 3-nerved, petals not half as long ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate obtuse 1-nerved obscurely erose, lip sessile small linear- 

 oblong obtuse recurved, columnar teeth broad acute. 



UPPER BURMA, Cooper (Hort. C. Sill.}. 



Pseudobulbs 1 in., ovoid-oblong, sheathed. Leaf 4 in., narrowly oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, rather thin. Scape with raceme 8-10 in.; sheaths 2, membranous, appressed ; 

 bracts very small; flowers J in. long, pendulous, shortly pedicelled, very sweet- 

 scented; sepals and petals primrose ; lip golden. Very like B. auricomum, and as 

 deliciously scented, but perfectly glabrous. 



69. B. purpureum, Thw. Enum. 298 ; small, scape short, flowers 

 minute in a dense short spike, bracts very minute, sepals subequal oblong 

 obtuse falcate strongly 3-nerved, petals linear-oblong obtuse, lip stipitate 

 spongy, columnar arms curved obtuse. 



CEYLOX ; in the Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. 



Rhizome slender ; pseudobulbs fusiform, densely crowded. Leaf -|-1^ in., 

 obovate or spathulate, retuse, coriaceous. Scape sheathed ; spike |-| in. long ; 

 pedicel deflexed ; ovary erect ; flower T \y in. long. Of three drawings kindly lent by 

 Dr. Trimen, the sepals are in one rose-pink with deep-red nerves, in another lilac with 

 purple nerves, in a third dull purple. 



70. B. triste, EeicJib. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 253 ; scape slender, top 

 decurved, spike pendulous densely many-fid., bracts minute acute, flowers 

 small, dorsal sepal shortest triangular-ovate obtuse 3-nerved, lateral 

 falcately oblong obtuse concave, petals ovate-oblong acute 1-nerved, lip 

 stipitate broad convex obtuse, columnar spurs slender. 



TENASSERITVI; on the Toungoo Mts., Lobb, Parish, Berkeley. 



Rhizome as thick as a duck's quill ; pseudobulbs conico-globose, f in. diam. Leaf 

 not seen. Scape 4-5 in. j sheaths narrow ; spike 1-2 in. ; rachis slender ; flowers 

 in. long, purple ? ; ovary very short. " Odour strong, pungently foetid," Berkeley. 



71. B. micranthum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; scape slender, spike 

 decurved or pendulous densely many-fld., bracts minute acute, flowers very 

 small, dorsal sepal shortest triangular-ovate acute 3-nerved, lateral falcately 

 ovate acute concave 3-nerved, petals ovate acute 1-nerved, lip large 

 stipitate, columnar spurs slender. 



TENASSERIM ; on Teongoo and Ta-ok, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs and habit of B. triste, to which Parish and Reichb. f. have referred 

 it, but the flowers are spreading, not half the size, and the sepals are acute. 



72. B. reptans, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1988; Gen. Sf Sp. Or<-l<nl. 

 51 ; pseudobulbs obpyrit'orm, scape shorter than the linear-obtuse leaf 



