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cnm vagiuis articuLita, vagiuis imbricatis 3-4 cm. lougis firm^ cault^ra obt;)- 

 geutibus. Racemi panciflorati laterales, bracteis miuntis. Flores circ. 4 mm. 

 lougi albicautes. Sepala oblouga, lateralia quam postico latiora. Petala sepalo 

 couformia. Labellum subsaccatum vel vakle coucavum apice valde sinuatum 

 flavo-maculatum basi disco 3-striato liirsnto iustructnm. Capsula cyliudrica 

 circ. 10 cm. louga 8 mm. lata. 



H.U3. Kusnkusn, leg. B. ILvyata et S. S-VSaki, .Tuli., 191-2. 



Fouud haugiug perpendicularly from a braucli of a very tall troe, swiug- 

 iug to aud fro eveu witli a very geutle breeze. 



Biilhophyllum Thou. 



Bulbophyllum {Clyrhoixtdum) flavisepalum IIayata (Fig. 17) Ic. 

 ri. Formos. H. p. 131. 

 Epiphyta, rhizomati- 

 bus repentibus radicau- 

 tibas teretibns 2 mm. 

 iu diametro sectionis, 

 X^seudobnlbis ovoideis 

 2cm.Iougis lcm. latis 

 apice obtusis truucatis 1- 

 foUatis. Folia elougato- 

 augustato-oblouga 7 cm. 

 louga 17 mm. lata apice 

 rotnndata basi attennata 

 cnm j)seudobnlbis 

 firticulata margine levi- 

 ter recurva supra 

 viridia snbtus paUidiora 

 crassinscnla supra 

 I)Iana, venis (iu 

 exsiccato) ntroque latere 

 8-9, ntraque pagiue conspicuis. Scapi floriferi e latere pseudobnlborum, aphylli 

 5-4 cm. lougi, graciles vagiuis touuibas 3-4 instructi, vagiuis inferioribus 

 imbricatis, suparioribus remotis ord obliquis acntis G mm. longis. Flores 



Fig. 17, Bulbophyllum flavisepahim Hatata ; a, 

 a flower, seen from side ; b, tlie same, a sepal, labellum, 

 and mentum are seen, otlaers are taken off ; c, tlie same 

 lateral sepals, labellum ancl meutum taken off, seen from 

 face, clumna is seeu; d, a labellum seen from faoe, 

 elevated discus lines are seeu ; e, mentum and labellum, 

 seeu from below ; f , columua, seeu f rom face ; g, 

 the same, seen side ; h, the same, seen from back ; i, 

 an anther; j, p3llinia, two sm.iller, the others larger. 



