BULBOPHYLLUM. T0 
10, ‘BULBOPHYLLUM TRISTE, Reichb, fil in Walp. Ann. VI, 253. 
Rhizome about ‘15 in. thick, naked.  Pseudo-bulbs turbinate with umbonate apices, 
close together or “5 to 1 in. apart, leafless at flowering time, ‘7 to °9 in. in diam. Leaves 
two from each pseudo-bulb, sub-membranous, flaccid, narrowly oblong, gradually tapering 
to the acute apex and to the sub-sessile base, З to 5 in. long and `6 to '9 in. broad, 
Scape 3 to 5 in. long; the peduncle slender, erect, with a few filiform bracteoles, 
twice as long as the drooping rather densely flowered raceme. Flowers "95 in. long, 
purple; floral bract lanceolate, acute, as long as the sessile ovary. Dorsal sepal oblong- 
ovate, blunt, concave; the lateral pair longer, cohering to the tips, gibbous near the 
base, their margins incurved, Petals triangular, l-nerved, shorter than the dorsal sepal. 
Lip stipitate, oblong-laneeolate, the anterior half narrowed to the obtuse apex; the 
upper surface convex and with a divided protuberance. Column with subulate apical 
processes; the foot short, much curved,  Az/Aer conical, papillose, with a small inflexed 
lip; pollınia globose, the inner two rudimentary. Hook. fil. Fl Br. Ind, V, 768. 
` Sikkim; at an elevation of about 1,500 feet, in the valley of the Teesta ; Pantling, 
No. 129; in flower in March, Tenasserim, on the Toungoo range; Lobb, Parish and 
Berkeley. 
. А species now recorded for the first time from this province; hitherto supposed to 
be confined to Burma, The flowers, except for a line of yellow on the edges of the lip 
and on the ovary, are of a dull purple throughout; the column is greenish passing into 
white and the foot is minutely spotted with purple. The flowers have a powerful and 
foetid odour, Тһе Burmese В. micranthum, Hook. fil. (Ic. Plant., t, 2048), must come very 
near to this. 
PrarE 98.— Bulbophyllum triste, Reichb. fil. Part of a plant growing on the branch of a tree, the 
leafy pseudo-bulb in outline behind, of natural size, Fig. la flower, side view, 2 front view of a flower, 
3 ovary, column with its foot, and the lip, seen from the side, 4 lip, 5 column with its apical processes 
and the curved spotted foot, 6 an empty anther, 7 pollinia; ай en'arged. 
11. BULBOPHYLLUM віветім, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. X, 186. 
Rhizome branching, wiry, about ‘1 in thick. Pseudo-bulbs about 1'5 in, apart, ovoid- 
conic, smooth, with a fibrous sheath at the base, about ‘8 in. long and "65 to '75 in. in 
diam. at the base. Leaf narrowly oblong-lanceolate, the apex acuminate and obliquely 
bifid, the base narrowed to the short petiole; length З to 4'5 in., breadth “6 to °8 in.; 
petiole “25 to °5 in. Scape pendent, filiform, somewhat shorter than the leaf; the peduncle 
twice as long as the raceme, bearing a few subulate bracteoles. Kaseme with a much 
thickened rachis, bearing 12 to 15 crowded broad purplish flowers about "25 in.long; 
floral bract lanceolate, shoiter than the curved stalked ovary. Sepals sub-connivent and 
with undulate keels; the dorsal ovate-lanceolate; the lateral pair unequal-sided, their 
inner edges straight and coherent; their outer edges rounded and undulate ; the apices 
free, acuminate and curved upwards, Petals shorter than the dorsal sepal, spathulate, 
entire, and with a pair of linear spurs inserted behind and lying parallel to them 
and extending beyond their apices. Гір stipitate, ovate-lanceolate, deflexed about the 
middle, the basal portion with two crenate ridgos on its upper surface, the apical 
portion nariowed and pubescent, sub-acute, not ridged. Column with two long subulate 
Axx. Rox Bor. Garp., CALCUTTA, Vor. VIII. 
