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2. CrRRHOPLTALUM REFBACTUM, Zollinger in Flora, 1847, 456. 
Coespitose; pseudo-bulbs conical with broad bases. short, wrinkled at flowering-time, 
crowded, Leaves two from the apex of a pseudo-bulb, deciduous at flowering-time, narrowly 
oblong, acute, contracted at the base, sessile, 3 to 5 in. long and ‘7 to ‘85 in. broad. 
Scapes 4 to 6 in. long; the peduncle erect or slightly decurved, slender, sheathed at the 
base and with two ovate-acuminate bracts; the raceme drooping, 1:5 to 3:5 in. long, 
4- to 12-flowered; floral bract ovate-acuminate, several times longer than the short sub- 
sessile ovary. Flowers 1'75 to 2°5 in. long, decurved. Dorsal sepal free at the base from the 
lateral pair, lanceolate, the apex awned; the margins ciliate, depressed ; the lateral pair 
about five or six times as long as the dorsal, linear, sub-acute, sparsely ciliate, cohering 
except at the base. Petals rather fleshy, triangular, more densely ciliate than the dorsal 
sepal and only about half as long. Jip shorter than the dorsal вера], very fleshy, 
oblong, obtuse; the lower surface convex, the upper smooth, deflexed from below the 
middle, the basal half with its edges upturned, the anterior half with tufts of purple 
glandular hairs, ard also with long solitary hairs. Column short, with decurved slender 
apical teeth, the foot short and little curved, abruptly contracted about the middle. Anther 
papillose ; pollinia obovoid, subequal. Walp. Ann. I, 776; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 779; 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. V, 19, t. 28. б. Wallichii, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1980, and in | 
Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 72; and 1843 sub. t. 49 (not of Wall. Pl. As. Rar. I, 53, t. 67); 
О. tripudians, Par. and  Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron. 1876 (I) 810. Bulbophyllum 
ге/ғасішп, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 259. В. tripudians, Par. and Reichb. fil. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX, 154. 
Sikkim; at altitudes of 4,000 to 6,000 feet; common; Pantling, No. 24; in flower 
during October and November. Westward to Kamaon; also in Burma and Java. 
A curious plant with a very wide geographical distribution. Тһе lateral sepals, which 
form by far the largest part of the flower, are pale green when young, but change to 
a pale warm brown with age. The dorsal sepa), petals and lip are pale yellow, much 
spotted with purple, and with thick purple hairs. The flowers have a pleasant but 
faint smell of hay. 
Pirate 119.  Qirrhopetalum refractum, Zoll. А plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, seen 
from the front, 2 ovary, column with anther in situ, foot and lip, seem from the side, 3 floral bract, 
4 the petals, 5 lip, 6 column, with anther іл situ, apical teeth and foot, 7 anther, 8 pollinia; ай 
enlarged. 
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3. COIRRHOPETALUM CORNUTUM, Lindl, in Bot, Reg. 1838, Misc. 75; 1843, under t. 49. 
Rhizome naked, “25 to 29 in. thick; pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovoid, compressed, 1 
to 1:5 in. apart, 1:75 to 2 in. long. Leaf narrowly oblong, blunt, slightly and 
obliquely notched, narrowed at the base into the short channelled petiole; length 6 
to 9 in, breadth 1°25 to 1'5 in.; petiole about “75 in. Scape 4 to 6 in. long, 
rather slender, sheathed at the base and with several ovate bracts, sub-erect, the 
apex bearing а lax radiate umbel of 6 to 9 puberulous flowers about 1°5 in. long; 
floral bract lanceolate, much shorter than the stalked ovary. Dorsal sepal very 
convex, vaulted over the column, ovate, scabrid, sub-acute, “25 in. long; lateral sepals 
narrowly lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, cohering except at the scabrid base and at the 
apex, 1°5 iu, long, minutely ciliolate. Petals ovate, acute, 3-nerved, ciliolate. Lip 
