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two l)roa.l sliort aciil,. lul.,..s. .Mill....- Hal l.r..a.l ..l.ln.iif. 

 iiuiroiu ciliate. Telmu, l.n.ii^Mit |„„„,. aliv an-l H.-w.-n-O in 

 the Botauic Gardens, Fel>niar\, |!m»:». 

 This species beluun-s i,, <he -inni. ul' JInlula ami PH,.|iil.ltii 

 -B. Irirfnhn>i, Ri.ll., and /y. Inn'nlH,,,, Lin. II.. in umnv |Hjinl-. 

 The flowers indeed are very lik.' lhc..,r ..f //. liiHuhini, l.iit it 

 differs from both of these in its much hir^,'.T l.-aves, und tin* 

 flowers crowded to^'eth.-r into a head. Th.- nizi' of th«* 

 infloresoenec is al)sur.ll\ small \\,v the si/.- ..f \U,- foliayi'. 



333. B. CONIFERUM, II. sj). 



Rhizome sliort and thick, jiscndnlndlis ', in.-li Inii^j. rr.»Hd- 

 ed toi^-ether cylindric, cu\('i-i'(l witii tii.riU. Li>uv<ti v»tv 

 coriaceous, thick, spathuhite iian-uwcil to a thannfll.Ml |M-ti.i|i.. 

 rounded at tlie tip, inches km:,', and 1 1-1 ! inch in th.- wi.lr.it 

 part, light-shiniug green. Scape purple, 6 inches lon^. ,", inch 

 thick, with one or two lanceolate acuminate nheathinjj hractH. 

 ] inch long. Flowers very densely set in a conc-shaiK'd tipiki'. 

 very small. Bracts ovate acute, much longer than the ovury. 

 cuspidate purple. Ovarv extremely small, sunk in tht* lhi<k- 

 eued rachis. Upper sepal lanceolate green striped and tipj»-<l 

 with fuscous purple, .^\^ inch long, lower pair connate into iin 

 oval organ olttuse, as long, green edged with purple, nil 

 minutely pnberulous. Petals linear lancolate, grei-n, puU's- 

 eeut, half as long as the sepals. Lip shortiT, ovate. Hut 

 fleshy base, truncate retuse, apex rounded, light gre<Mi. Column 

 very small, stelidia ovate, obtuse, entire: anther broad trann. 

 versely oblong, rounded, grooved Ijetwivn the eell.M. margin 

 truncate emarginate, nearly as largo as the lip anil rpiite a« 

 In'oad and bigger than the column. 



Telom, on trees. Flowered in the Botanic Cianlens, Febniar}-. 

 1909. This species approaches Jl l,i»lf, Hdib. fil . and 

 B. gracilijjex, King and Pantling, but is quite .liff.T.'nt in 

 foliage from either, and the Howers are smaller and form a 

 dens(^ head. 



334. B. GIG AS. Bidl. 



In fruit. Telom. O.curs also on the Taipim; Hill*. 



335. B. CAPITATUIM, L'unH. 



Gunoug Beriimban. Usuall\ f.-und at most hijrh altitudi'* in 



the Peninsula. 



336. B. (;j Kackmo.sa) .\KArM\nKs. n.^p. 



Rhizome woody. P.seudobulbn clos.', ver>- small ''vUii'ln'' Irun- 

 cate, ' inch long. Leaf coriaceous lanee<i!nto 

 gra«lually narrowed to the ix»tiole, 6 iuclien 1.;.-. ; 

 petiole 2 inches long. Raceme. 8 inches long, oni-t. Flowr* 

 about 12. Bracts small, ovato. pnn- whilo like the oranr. 



