Bulbopliyllnm.} CXLVIII. OKCHIDE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) 771 



ovate, dorsal arched erect, lateral spreading yellow-green densely dotted with red, 

 petals minute broad truncate, lip very small truncate obtuse white. Ceylon ; Kukul 

 Korle in the Western Province, Thwaites, C.P. 3879. 



B. INEES, Reichb. f. in G-ard. Chron. 1880, i. 776; pseudobulbs i-f in. brown 

 pyriform, leaf 3 by f in. cuneate-ligulate subacute thick purple beneath, scape 

 slender, top nodding, bracts equalling the ovary, flowers subumbellate white, bracts 

 linear acute, sepals 3-nerved, dorsal triangular shorter than the ligulate attenuate 

 acute lateral, petals triangular 3-nerved, lip cordate-triangular, column 3-toothed. 

 Assam? (Hort. Bull).. 



B. OLIGOGLOSSUM, Reichb. f. in Hanib. Gartenzeit. xxi. 297; allied to B. odo- 

 ratissimum, bracts scarious lanceolate 3-5-nerved longer than the pedicelled ovary, 

 sepals oblong flat to the acuminate tips, petals 3 or 4 times shorter ovate subacute 

 1-nerved, lip much smaller than the petals cordate obtuse-angled 3-toothed 

 apiculate, mid-tooth produced obtuse, column short angled on both sides. Burma 

 (Hort. Low}. 



B. PSYCHOON, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 170; pseudobulbs crowded 

 ovoid furrowed, scape exserted many-bracteate at the top 1-fld. (normally umbelled), 

 flowers pale green, dorsal sepal triangular acuminate deflexed, lateral lanceolate 

 acuminate decurved, inner side indexed, petals much smaller acute minutely denti- 

 culate, lip thick semisigmoid, base erect cordate, column with a tooth on each side. 

 Assam (Hort. Bull). Allied to B. rad iatum, L. ; odoratissimum, L. ; oligoglossum, 

 E.f. 



B. SCHMIDTIANUM, Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. xxi. 357; allied to B. 

 psittacoglossum, raceme long-pedicelled 2-fld., flowers as large as B. macranthum 

 golden spotted with brown, mentum oblique obtuse, sepals obtusely acute, dorsal 

 oblong ligulate, lateral broader oblique, petals short ovate acuminate, lip long-clawed 

 fleshy oblong acute, base rounded hastate with a few serratures on each side, column 

 stout 3-toothed angled in the middle on both sides. Hort. Schiller, from Cal- 

 cutta. 



B. SILLENIANUM, Reichb. f. in G-ard. Chron. 1884, ii. 166 ; pseudobulb sub- 

 globose, leaves cuneate ligulate, peduncle longer than the leaf 1-fld., flowers nearly 

 orange, dorsal sepal ligulate obtuse acute, lateral much broader oblong-triangular, 

 petals ligulate falcate obtuse acute, lip long-clawed cordate 5-angled mauve above 

 whitish beneath, tip inflexed ncute, column very short broad, top obtusely angled, 

 anther with a linear apical ridge. Burma (Hort. Schlim.). 



9/1. HENOSIS, Hoo'k.f. 



Habit of Bulbopliyllum, bat flowers very long-pedicelled. Sepals adnate 

 to the prolonged foot of the column, falcately oblong, acute. Petals oblong, 

 adnate by one margin to the column throughout its length, the other 

 decurrent on the foot of the column nearly to its apex. Lip articulate 

 with the foot of the column, linear, villously fringed. Column membra- 

 nous, elongate, forming with the longer petals a 2-winged membrane ; 

 anther marginal in the sinus between the wings, shortly stipitate, sub- 

 hemispheric, 2-celled; pollinia 2, oblong, laterally flattened ; clinandrum 

 small, transverse. 



K. longipes, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. Bulbophyllum longirjes, 

 Reiclib.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 253. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, alt. 4-5000 ft., Lobb in Herb. Lindl. 



Rhizome as thick as a goose-quill, naked ; pseudobulbs f-1 in. long, broadly ovoid, 

 smooth. ieq/"3-4 in., subsessile, elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, very coriaceous. Scape 

 with raceme 9 in., very slender, 10-12-fld. ; sheaths 2-3, app'ressed ; bracts in., 

 oblong ; pedicel with ovary 1-H m -> filiform ; sepals in. long^, dorsal erect, subacute'; 

 lateral rather longer ; foot of column ~ in. A curious plant ; very inaccurately 

 described by Reicheubach, who failed to perceive its remarkable structure. 



