BULBOPHYLLUM 103 
with a transverse ridge towards the lower end, and a large nectary below it; stigma 
emarginate at the lower edge. Mentum short and blunt. Ал ег 3-ridged оп the 
anterior surface; pollinia oblong. Capsule subovoid or pyriform, 95 to 5 сш. long. 
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 80; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 8; in Bot. Reg. t. 1299; 
Gartenfl. t. 446; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 28; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 747; King & 
Pantl. in Ann, Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. viii, 55, t. 77. D. Paxtoni Lindl. in Bot. 
Reg. 1839 (Misc. 56), Fl. des Serres vii, t. 725. 
Garhwál, Duthie No. 25807; Kumaon, in the Rámganga Valley, 4-5,000 feet, 
Duthie No. 3401; Gori Valley, Duthie No. 24095. Flowers during August and 
September, It extends to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, the Khasia Hills, Burma and 
China. 
The flowers are yellow, and the lip has two suborbieular spots of brownish-purple. 
15. DENDROBIUM MoscHATUM Wall. in Don Prod. (1825), 34. 
Stems stout, erect, tufted, 9 to 18 dm. long, terete, striate, Leaves 7'5 to 
15 сш. long and 3 to 5 cm. broad, oblong ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acute or minutely 
and obliquely notched, slightly narrowed to the base. Насетев one or two from near 
the apex of a leafless or leafy stem, 2:3 to 3 dm. long, deflexed, laxly 8. to 16- 
flowered; base of peduncle stout and covered with many sheathing imbricate bracts, 
Flowers 5 to 7:5 cm. across, usually dull yellow, tinged with pink, and with orange 
or reddish veins; oral bract lanceolate. Sepals subequal, up to 5 cm. long, oblong- 
elliptic, obtuse, sheathing. Petals larger than the sepals, broadly ovate, obtuse. Lip 
shorter than the petals, forming a subglobular or pyriform open-mouthed pouch with 
incurved margins, outer surface and edges pubescent, often with two large brownish- 
purple spots inside the cup. Column short and broad, the foot widening downwards, 
nectary transversely oblong. Anther with an erose lip. Capsule 5 cm. long, fusiform. 
Wall Pl. As. Rar. ii 83, t. 195; Lindl, Gen. and Sp. Orch. 82, in Bot. Reg. 
1844, Misc. 37; in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii, 8; Bot. Mag. t. 3837; Paxt. Mag. ii, +, 241 
(excl. syn. clavatum); Veitch Man. Dendrob, 61; Warner Orch. Alb, t. 165 (var. cuprea) 
Walp. Ann. vi, 296; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. viii, 60, t. 84. 
D. Calceolaria Carey in Hook. Exot, Fl. t. 184; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 83; Hook. 
f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 744. D. cupreum Herb. in Bot. Reg. t. 1779. Epidendrum moschatum 
Buch. & Banks in Syme’s Embassy to Ava, ed. 1 (1800); 478 with fig.; ed, 2, 
vol. iii, 315 with fig. 
Kumaon, Strachey 6 Winterbottom No. 9. Flowers during the early part of 
the rainy season. It extends eastwards to Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, the Khasia Hills 
and Chittagong, also in ‘Tenasserim, | 
5. Bulbophyllum Thouars. 
Epiphytal; pseudo-bulbs from a creeping rhizome, rarely none. Leaves solitary, 
thick, persistent (deciduous in В. polyrhizum), or in pairs and thin and deciduous, Scape 
from the rhizome near the base of ‘the pseudo-bulb, rarely distant from it. Flowers 
