778 CXLVIII. OKCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cirrhopetalum. 



C. Wlffhtii, var., C.P. 2740 ; in one the leaves are short broadly elliptic, the scape 

 stout and pedicels and ovaries with red granulations, the dorsal sepal elliptic obtuse, 

 and the petals oblong rounded ; iu the other the leaves are linear, the scape slender, 

 the dorsal sepal lanceolate acuminate, and the petals ovate obtuse or acute. The 

 flowers of both are pale straw-coloured. 



25. C. nilg-herrense, Wight Ic. t. 1654; lateral sepals f-1 in. 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate 5-nerved coherent thrice as long as the ovate 

 acute 5-nerved dorsal, petals broadly oblong thickly 3-nerved, tip rounded, 

 columnar spurs short erect. Bulbophyllum kaitiense, Reichb.f. in Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 262. 



NILGHIRI HILLS ; at Conoor and below Kaitia, alt. 6000 ft., Wight, Gamble. 



Pseudobulbs f-1 in., ovoid. Leaf 3-4-i in., linear-oblong, obtuse. Scape 

 3-4 in. ; sheaths small ; umbels many-fld. ; bracts and pedicels in. ; flowers 

 papillose ; sepals, pedicels and bracts yellowish mottled with red ; petals with broad 

 red nerves. I do not find the pubescence on the lip beneath and face of the column 

 described by Wight. Except in the much greater size in Wight's figure this hardly 

 differs from C. acutiflorum. 



26. C. Gamble!, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; lateral sepals \ in. linear- 

 oblong subacute 5-nerved puberulous towards the base three times as 

 long as the broadly ovate 3-nerved dorsal, petals broadly oblong 3-nerved, 

 tip rounded, lip with rounded basal angles, columnar teeth minute. 



NILGHIEI HILLS; at Conoor, alt. 6000. ft., Gamble. BABABOODAN HILLS, 

 Law. 



Pseudolulbs in., ovoid. Leaf 1-2 in., linear-oblong or -lanceolate. Scape 

 1-2 in., very slender ; sheaths 1-2, loose; bracts and pedicels in.; flowers yellow, 

 streaked and dotted with red. 



27. C. Thomson!, Hoo7c.f.\ lateral sepals | in. falcately lanceolate 

 acute 5-nerved three times as long as the ovate subacute 5-nerved dorsal, 

 petals broadly oblong 3-nerved, tip rounded, column truncate. 



NILGHIEI HILLS, Wight, G. Thomson ; at Neddivuttum, alt. 7000 ft., Clarke. 



Pseud 'obulbs \-\ in., ovoid. LeafL-3 in., linear-oblong, pctioled. Scape very 

 slender; sheaths 2-3, small, and brncts i in., ovate-lanceolate, membranous ; dorsal 

 sepal and petals purple ; lateral yellow, purple at the base. Near C. nilgherrense, but 

 much smaller, leaves shorter, umbels fewer-fld., lateral sepals narrower, and colour 

 very different. 



ff Lateral sepals about \ in. long or less. 



28. C. Pumilio, Par. Sf Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 153 (Bulbo- 

 phyllum) ; bracts minute, lateral sepals -| in. linear-lanceolate acuminate 

 3-nerved three times as long as the ovate acuminate 3-nerved dorsal, petals 

 orbicular- oblong broader than the dorsal 3-nerved, lip ovate-lanceolate 

 spongy, columnar spurs short erect. 



TENASSEEI.U ; on trees, Znggick, Parish. 



Rhizome slender; pseudobulbs small, conico-globose. Leaf 1-1^ in., linear- 

 oblong. Scape 2 in., slender; bracts | in.; pedicels as long, capillary; lateral 

 sepals yellow, and dorsal and petals streaked with purple. 



29. C. parvulum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; bracts longer than the 

 pedicel and ovary, lateral sepals \ in. elongate-lanceolate acuminate 3- 

 nerved thrice as long as the elliptic obtuse 3-nerved dorsal, petals elliptic- 

 oblong 3-nerved, tip rounded, lip subacute, columnar teeth short slender. 



