776 OXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker. } [Cirrkopetalum. 



many-fld. ; bracts -J in. ; pedicels as long ; flowers dirty yellow, speckled with 

 purple. Size and habit of C. picturatum, but the dorsal sepal has no awn, the 

 petals are not erose, and the column has very short teeth. 



16. C. maculosum, Lindl. in Rot. Reg. 1841,-Jtfwc. 81; 1843, under 

 t. 49; scape much shorter than the leaf, lateral sepals ^-f in. falcately 

 ovate-lanceolate from a broad base acute 7-nerved twice" as long as the 

 broadly ovate acute dorsal, petals small ovate acute 3-nerved, lip short 

 broad stipitate, columnar teeth short. Bulbophyllum nmbellatum, Lindl. 

 in Wall Cat. 1984; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 56 (not of Sot. Reg. 1845, t. 44). 

 Bulbophyllopsis maculosa, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 243. B. Morpho- 

 logorum, ReicJib.f. in Sot. Zeit. 1852, 933. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich ; Garwhal and Kumaon, alt. 3-4000 ft., 

 Falconer, StracTiey Sf Winterbottom, &c. 



Rhizome slender. Leaf 5-6 in., linear, notched. Scape 2-3 in., stout; umbels 

 2-5-fld. ; flowers subracemose, pale yellow-green, unspotted; bracts ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. Quite intermediate in flower between this genus and SulbopJiullum. but 

 habit of this. 



V&r.fuscescens, flowers dull pale pink yellowish or brownish. Nepal, Sikkim. 



17. C. gruttulatum, HooJc.f. ; scape equalling or exceeding the leaf, 

 lateral sepals -f in. ovate-lanceolate from a broad base 7-nerved hardly 

 twice as long as the broadly ovate obtuse 5-nerved dorsal, petals ovate 

 obtuse 3-nerved, lip short nearly as broad as long, columnar spurs long 

 slender. Bulbophyllum umbellatum, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1844, t. 44 (not 

 elsewhere). B. guttulatum, Wall. mss. 



SUBTEOPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft. 



Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., ovoid. Scape 6-10 in., sprinkled with purple; umbel 

 few-fld. ; sepals spreading, yellow or greenish, speckled with purple; lip pale 

 purple. The longer scape and long spurs of the column at once distinguish this 

 from C. maculosum. 



18. C. retusiusculum, Reiclib. f. in Gar A. Chron. 1869, 1182 ; 

 lateral sepals 1 in. linear subacute coherent 3-iierved many times longer 

 than the broadly oblong retu.se 3-nerved dorsal, petals broadly oblong as 

 long as the dorsal 3-nerved, tip rounded, lip lanceolate recurved, columnar 

 spurs short erect. 



TENASSEEIM; on Moolee, alt. 5-6000 ft., Benson, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs - 1 in., obpyriform, striate. Leaf 2-3 in., subspathulate, obtuse. 

 Scape 3-4 in., slender ; sheaths 2 ; umbels many-fid. ; bracts in., slender ; pedicel 

 with ovary ^ in., slender. The specimens are poor, and colours unknown. 



19. C. Wallichii, Lindl. in Wall. PI As. Ear. i. 53, t. 67 ; Gen. Sf Sp. 

 Orchid. 59 (not of Rot. Reg.} ; lateral sepals 1-1 in. linear-lanceolate 

 acuminate [falcately incurved 5-nerved 3-4 times as long as the oblong 

 obtuse 3-nerved dorsal, petals as long as the dorsal oblong, tip rounded or 

 retuse 3-nerved, lip sabacnte, columnar teeth very short. ? Bulbophyllum 

 muscicola, Reiclib. f. in Flora 1872, 275. 



TEMFEBATE HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft., Griffith's 

 Collectors, &c. 



Pseudobulbs g-1 in., subglobose or ovoid, or elongate. Leaf 2-4 in., elliptic- 

 oblong, acute or obtuse. Scape slender, equalling or exceeding the leaves ; umbels 

 few-fld.; bracts subulate, - in., shorter than the pedicels; flowers red-brown. 

 On Jillapahar (Sikkim), alt. 7500 ft., I found and drew a spe3ies closely resembling 

 this, but with a linear leaf 5 in. long, a small quadrate dark red ribbed dorsal sepal 



