St ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
petiole, 4 to 6 in. long and about :8 in. broad; the petiole “5 to “75 in. Scape 
erect, slender, usually slightly longer than the leaf; the peduncle about equal to the 
raceme, with a few small scattered bracteoles; raceme many-flowered; floral bract 
minute, half as long as the shortly-stalked ovary, lanceolate. lowers about °25 in. 
long, yellowish-white. Sevals sub-equal, lanceo'ate, with broad bases and acuminate 
‘apices; the lateral rather broader at the base than the dorsal; all sub-connivent. Petals 
half as long as the sepals, oblong, sub-acute, the edges ciliolate. Zip thick, oblong, 
slightly wider at the broad obiuse smooth apex, shortly clawed at the base; the upper 
surface with an elongate depression near the base, the edges ciliolate especially towards 
. the base. Column short, its apical teeth minute, narrow, the foot short and almost 
straight. Anther with a papillose crest. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 764. 
Sikkim; in tropical valleys ascending to 4,000 feet; Thomson, King, Pantling 
No. 245; in flower in September. 
In habit this somewhat resembles B. gymnopus; the inflorescence is like that of 
B. hirtum, but the raceme is quite erect, not drooping as in В. hirtum. Moreover that 
species has 2-leaved pseudo-bulbs. 
Pra1E 116.— Bulbophyllum Thomsoni, Hook. fil. A plant; of natural sise. Fig. 1 а flower with 
stalked ovary and bract, 2 part of ovary, column and its foot, and the lip, seen from the side, 3 the 
petals, 4 lip, 5 column ani its foot, seen from the front, 6 anther, 7 pollinia; all enlarged. 
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29. BULBOPHYLLUM HIRTUM, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1989; Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 51. 
Rhizome about -2 in. thick; pseudo-bulbs close together, ovoid-oblong, terete, with a 
scarious terminal collar, 1 to 1:5 in. long. Leaves in pairs, flaccid, absent at flowering 
time, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, sub-acute, narrowed towards the equitant 
base ; length 4 to 9 in., breadth 75 to L'75 in. Scape longer than the leaves, stout, 
erect, with one or two small remote bracts, Spike about from one-third to one-half of 
the length оў the erect peduncle, densely-flowered, pendulous; floral bract ovate, acute, 
entire, shorter than the sessile pubescent ovary. Flowers "925 to °3 in. long, imbricate, 
green. Sepals unequal; the lateral pair falcate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, converging ; 
the dorsal smaller, not acuminate, not spreading; all green and pubescent on the outer surface, 
white on the inner. Petals only a third of the length of the sepals, ovate, with acute apices 
and ciliolate edges. Lip oblong, decurved from the base; the apex broader, emarginate and 
decurved, its upper surface with broad papillose margins and an elongate central glabrous 
groove, Column short, its apical spurs minute; the foot much curved. Anther conical, 
compressed at the apex, and with a broad vertical papillose green band down the centre; 
pollinia obovoid, minute. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 762. В. suave, Griff. Notul. III, 292. 
Stelis hirta, Smith in Rees Cyclop. XXXIV. Tribrachis hirta, Lindl. Coll. Bot. 41. 
Sikkim; at elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 feet; common. Pantling, No. 9; in flower 
from October to January. Distributed westwards to Nepal and eastwards to the Khasia 
Hills, and also to the Burmese hill ranges. 
The sepals are of the palest yellow-green outside and white inside, and the lip 
is yellow. The whole plant smells of Axzthozanthum odoratum, and is much prized “ 
account of its fragrance by the Lepcha aborigines, whose name for itis ‘‘ Sur-voo-reep.” 
Allied to this are the Burmese species В. comosum, Collett and — and B. aurico- 
mum, Lindl, | 
