BULBOPHYLLUM 



BULLACE 



597 



691. Bulbocodium vernum. 



or solitary; dorsal sepal erect or spreading, free, equal- 

 ing or shorter than the lateral, whicli are obliquely 

 broadened at the base and adnate to the foot of the 

 column; petals shorter than or nearly equaling the 



sepals; lip articulated to 

 the foot of the column, 

 incumbent upon the 

 column; pollinia 4. — A 

 genus of about 125 spe- 

 cies, mostly natives of 

 Trop. Asia and Afr. — 

 Bulbophyllum needs a 

 moist atmosphere and 

 should not become dry. 

 Grown on pieces of 

 wood or tree-fern stems. 



A. Fls. large, solitary. 

 B Petals and lip minute; 

 sepals tessellated imth 

 pale brown and yel- 

 low. 



grandiflorum, Blume. 

 Pseudobulbs 2-3 in. 

 "■yj ,'^ K ^VUC'\ ^ V long, 1-lvd.: If. up to 10 

 //it ^/\l ^■^ ^ ^ '°"^ '^'^'^ ^ ^°' '^•'o^'^' 



/ 1/ /[ l^lv '"'' emarginate at the apex: 



I I ( (I i\ V peduncle usually not ex- 



ceeding the If. with 2-4 

 bracts and a solitary 

 large fl. about 8 in. long; 

 sepals tessellated with pale brown and yellow spots, the 

 dorsal sepal arcuate and incurved, the sides reflexed, 

 the lateral sepals deflexed; petals minute, triangular; 

 lip minute, 3-lobed. New Guinea. B.M. 7787. G.C. 

 111. 17:429. 



BB. PeUds and lip large, the former as long as the sepals. 

 c. Lip cordate-triangular; petals reflexed. 

 Dearei, Reichb. (B. Godseffianum, Hort.). Pseudo- 

 bulbs 1-lvd. up to \]/2 in. long: If. up to 6 in. long, acute: 

 peduncle as long as or exceeding the If., bearing a soli- 

 tary large fl. ; sepals and petals tawny yellow, the dorsal 

 sepal ovate-lanceolate, red-spotted, the lateral sepals 

 lanceolate, falcate, purple-marked on both sides; 

 petals linear-lanceolate, with the veins deeper, and some 

 purple spots; lip triangular-cordate. Origin uncertain. 

 G.C. II. 20: 108 (as Sarcopodium) . 



cc. Lip cordate-ovate; petals merely spreading. 

 L6bbii, Lindl. Fig. 692. Pseudobulbs 1-lvd., up to 

 1 J^ in. long: If. about 6 in. long, narrowed into a petiole: 

 peduncle shorter than the If., bearing a solitary large 

 fl. 3-4 in. across; sepals and petals buff-yellow, the 

 dorsal sepal with lines of purple spots on the back, 

 ovate-lanceolate, the lateral sepals falcate, marked 

 with rose in the center; petals lanceolate; lip yellow, 

 purple-spotted, cordate-ovate, acute. Java. B.M. 4532. 

 G.C. 111. 38:184 (var. colosseum). 



AA. Fls. less than I4in. long, in a raceme. 

 Careyinum, Spreng. Pseudobulbs ovoid or oblong, 

 1-lvd.: If. up to 10 in. long and 2 in. broad: scape with 

 many bracts, bearing a dense raceme, 2-4 in. long, of 

 numerous fls. which are orange-yellow or greenish, 

 Bpotted with reddish brown or purijle; sepals oblong- 

 ovate, acute; petals broadly ovate, minutely awned; 

 lip nearly entire. Himalayas. 



B. auric^mum, Lindl. Burma. B.M. 7938. — B. barliigerum, 

 Lindl. Lip long, narrow, with a tuft of long purple hairti at the 

 apex. Trop. Afr. Gt. 4fi, p. 491. B.R. 1942. B.M. 52SS. R.B. 

 30:253.— B. Binnendijkii, J. J. Smith. Java. B,.M. 8187. G.C. 

 III. 47:84. — B. birmhtse, Schlecht. Fls. oranKc-yellow, very i^niall. 

 Burma. 0. 1910: 107, desc— B. BiHnenViiium. Schlecht. Fls. golden 

 yeliow:bracts leafy, greenish white, rose-dotted. Siam. O. 1910: 108, 

 desc. — B. calabdricum. Rolfe. Fls. small, light yellowish green, with a 

 dull reddish purple lip. W. Trop. .Afr. — B. campanulhtum, Holfe. 

 Sumatra. B.M. 8281. — B. capilulifidrum, Rolfe. Fls. very small; 

 sepals and petals whitish green; Up deep purple. W. Trop. Afr. — B. 



chrj/socfphatum. ScMccht. Dwarf plant: fls. yellow. S.E.Asia. — B. 

 comdsum. C. and M. Burma. B.M. 7283. — B. crenulatum, Rolfe. 

 Madagascar. B..M. 8000. — B. cuUndmceum, Lindl. Himalayas. 

 G.C. 111. 49:3.— B. Daijilnum, Reichb. Burma. F.S. 21 :22.36. 

 G.C. III. 4.5:194.— B. dichrdmum, Rolfe. Annam. B.M. 8160.— B. 

 Dtxotiii, Rolfe. Fls. small, greenish yellow with numerous dark 

 brown spots; petals with bristle-like tails at the apex. Siam. — B. 

 ETicssdriii, Kriinzl. Fls. umbellate, the sepals and petals green, 

 spotted with purple-brown, the lip triangular, broadly cordate at 

 base, acute, marlted with red-brown. Malay Archipelago. B.M. 

 8088. G.C. III. 21:61; 32:383. O.R. 15:233.— B. exattiKum. Lindl.. 

 Sepals light green, dotted with brown; lip blackish purple, much 

 fringed. Brazil, British Guiana. — B. fascinator, Rolfe. Annam. 

 B.M. 8199. — B. fuscopurpureum, Wight. Fls. dull reddish brown, 

 about 1 in. across. S. India. — B. galbinum, Riddell. Malay Penin. 

 B.M. 8216. G.C. III. 42:42.— B. (lentihi. Rolfe. Scape 1-2 It. long, 

 bearing a densely fid. spike; fls. scarcely } 2in. long; .sepals and petals 

 straw-colored and purple. Trop. Afr. G.C. III. 36:266. desc. — B. 

 glutindsutn. Cogn. Fls. arranged in 2 rows in short spilces; sepals 

 greenish, spotted inside with red ; petals minute, white; lip red. Brazil. 

 O. 1910: 108, desc. — B. inunclum, J. J. Smith. Fls. larger than in B. 

 Lobbii; sepals densely dotted with purple; petals long and drooping. 

 Borneo. — B. Kcrrii, Rolfe, Lvs. oblong, deciduous: Hs. dull yellow, 

 pubescent. Siam. — B. kinfJtianumy^'Wdem. Similar toB. barbigerum, 

 but the hairs on the lip are not club-shaped. Congo Free State. — 

 B. temniscaloides, Rolfe. Java{?). G.C. III. 45:68. — B. lemniscdlum. 

 Pax. Burma. F.S. 23:2476. Gn. 35, p. 610. — B. itpidum, J. J, Smith 

 =CirrhopetaIum. — B. Ulacinum, Ridley. Fls. in dense racemes or 

 spikes, lilac spotted with purple. Siam. — B. longisipalum, Rolfe. 

 New Guinea. G.C. III. 42:211. — B. macrdnthum. Lindl. Burma 

 and Malay Archipelago. B.M. 7208. — B. mamlibutdre, Reichb. f. 

 Borneo. — B. Mediisx, Reichb. f. Malay. — B. micropelalum 

 Rodrig. A small plant with spikes of tiny transparent green 

 fls. with prominent blackish purple stripes. Brazil. — B. minidCum, 

 Rolfe. Resembles B. barbigerum but has a broader labellum with 

 white feather-like processes Congo Free State. — B. mirum, J. J. 

 Smith. Remarkable for its curious fls.; lateral sepals united; 

 petals consisting of a small round disk with motor filaments. 

 MaLaya. — B. morphologdrum, Hort. Fls. curious in having a 

 small triangular plate between the dorsal and lateral sepals, 

 Siam. — B. nigrescens, Rolfe. Sepals yellow dotted with blackish 

 purple; petals and lip blackish purple. Siam. — B. nudiscdpum, 

 Rolfe. Allied to B. barbigerum. Congo.^B. orthogldssum. Kranzl. 

 Malaya. G.C. III. 43: 406.— B. Pahudii, Reichb. f. Malaya. 

 F.S. 22:2268. — S. papilldsuvi, Finet. Raceme twice as long 

 as lvs.; rachis and bracts green; lip dark purple. French 

 Congo. — B. Pechei, Bull. Burma. B.M. 7286. — B. poli/blepharan, 

 Schlecht. Fls. solitary, dark purple. New Guinea. — B.propUiquum, 

 Hort. Fls. green with dense purple reticulation. Siam. — B.quad- 

 rifdrium, Rolfe. Fls. inconspicuous. Madagascar. — B. radidtum, 

 Lindl. Fls. yellowish white, with narrow lanceolate petals and 

 sepals: If. linear. India. — B. tr^mulum, Wight. E. Indies. G.C. 

 III. 49:291. O.R. 9:361. — B. Iridenldlum. Rolfe. Allied to B. 

 mandibulare. British New Guinea. — B. trifdrium. Rolfe. Fls. 

 arranged like the bracts in 3 rows, dull, lurid purple, with numer- 

 ous minute darker spots on the sepals. Madagascar. — B. virls- 

 cens, Thouars. Fls. umbellate; sepals and petals 4-5 in. long, pale 



692. Bulbophyllum Lobbii. ( X?) 



green, the veins and ncr^'cs brown; lip rather fleshy, about ^iin. 

 long, cordate-ovate, pale green, purple at the ba^e. Java. B.M. 

 8327. G.C. III. 40:260.— B. Weddllii, Reichb. f. Brazil. B.M. 

 7958. G.C. III. 36:382. GeOKGE V. NaSH. 



BULLACE. A name used in England for half-wild, 

 half-domest icaterl plums very similar in character to 

 the Damsons. In America there exist no plums for 

 which another name can not be preferred. The bullace, 

 or buUaces (for there are sevenil varieties sometimes 



