Oirrhopetalum.'] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 773 



TENASSERIM ; at Mcrgui, Griffith, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 1 in., oblong. Leaf 1-2 in., very coriaceous, linear-oblong. Scape 

 as long as the pedicel and ovary ; bracts lanceolate. Dorsal sepal and petals dark 

 purple ; lateral sepals at the end of the naked foot of the column, connate beyond 

 the stipes of the lip. 



B. Flowers capitate. 



3. C. vaginatum, LinclL in Wall Cat. 1979; Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 

 59; Sot. JReg. .1842, under t. 12, and 1843, under t. 49; scape laxly 

 sheathed, flowers capita-tely racemose, bracts long lanceolate, sepals ending 

 in capillary tails, dorsal ovate acuminate ciliate 5-nerved many times 

 shorter than the lanceolate 5-nerved lateral, petals oblong, tip rounded 

 ciliate faintly 3-nerved, lip oblong 2-ridged, columnar spurs long slender 

 erect. C. caudatum, Wiglit Ic. t. 1658 (not of Wallich). Bulbophyllum 

 vaginatum, Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 261. 



PENANG, Curtis. SINGAPORE, Wallich, &c. MALACCA, Griffith. DISTBIB. 

 Borneo. 



Pseudobulb -|-1 in., conic, rhizome very stout. Leaf 2-4 in., oblong, emar- 

 ginate, densely coriaceous. Scape 2-3 in.; bracts i in., much longer than the 

 slender pedicels; flowers 1 in. or more. Closely allied to Bulb. Medusae. 



C. Flowers umbelled ; umbels rarely reduced to 1-2 flowers. 

 * Dorsal sepals and petals ciliate fimbriate or appendaged. 



4. C. grandiflorum, Wight Ic. t. 1656 (excl. left-hand anal.} ; sepals 

 acuminate, lateral 2 in. linear 5-nerved twice as long as cymbiform. ciliate 

 3-nerved dorsal, petals subulate-lanceolate 3-nerved ciliate, arms of large 

 column erect 2-toothed. Bulbophyllum Wightii, Reiclib.f. in Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 262. 



CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 3-6000 ft., Walker. 



Pseudobulbs conic. Leaf 3-5 in., shortly petioled, linear-oblong, obtuse. Scape 

 as long, stout ; sheaths 2 ; bracts i-i in., lanceolate, thick; umbels few-fld. ; pedicels 

 -^ in., stout ; flowers purple. 



5. C. ornatissimum, Eeichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 424; lateral 

 sepals 2-4 in. linear-lanceolate with filiform tips 6-nerved much longer than 

 the cymbiform acuminate 5-nerved dorsal, petals subulate-lanceolate falcate 

 3-nerved and dorsal tipped with a brush of slender red palese, lip strigose, 

 columnar arms large decurved. Warner Orchid. Alb. t. 369. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.). ASSAM, Griffith. 



Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., 34-angled. Leaf 4-6 in., linear-oblong, obtuse, petiole 

 short. Scape very robust; bracts | in.; pedicels in. In the Herb. Calcutt. 

 drawing the flower is 4 in. long, sepals and petals yellow-gi-een with streaks of 

 purple dots. 



6. C. Collettii, Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Sue. ined. ; lateral sepals 

 4-5 in. linear-lanceolate with very long filiform tips, dorsal cymbiform nar- 

 rowed into a long tail fringed with large lanceolate paleae, petals very 

 short broad ciliate abruptly narrowed into a linear tip fringed with large 

 cuneate-obovate toothed palere, lip glabrous, columnar teeth short. 



EASTERN BURMA; Shan Hills, alt. 6000 ft., Collett. 



Rhizome very stout; pseudobulbs very small, young enclosed in coriaceous sheaths. 

 Leafl-I^in., sessile, ovate to elliptic-oblong, thick. Scape 3-6 in., very robust; 

 umbel many-fld. ; bracts -i in. } pedicel with ovary i-| in. ; dorsal sepal in., 



