Vol. 11, No. 8.] Bulbophyllum Burkill. 343; 
[N.S.] 
46. Bulbophyllum Burkilli, a hitherto undescribed species from 
Burma.—By A. T. Gage. 
Amongst the pane collected by Mr. I. H. Burkill, Reporter 
on Economic Products to the Government of India, during his 
found to be a hitherto unknown species, the following description 
of it is offered :— 
BuLpoeuyLLumM BvurKILL, Gage, sp. nov.—Typus et icon in 
herbario horti botanici regalis calcuttensis. Rhizoma tenue, circa 
mm. crassum ; radices filiformes, circa 1-3 mm. longs, seen 
virides, glabree, cespitose. Pseudo-bulbi approximati, 
circa 1 em, longi, 9 mm. crassi, pallide virides, glabri, anifoliati 
Folia subsessilia, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, apice acuta, basi 
obtusa, 3-43 cm. longa, circa. 1 cm. lata, crassiuscula, glabra, 
integra. Pedicelli solitarii, uniflori, e basi ascendentes, 2-3 cm. 
longi, pallide-virides, rubro-pun netati. Bracteolse 2-3, minute, 
asilares. epala " subsequalia, integra, ieee aria, acuta, 
viridia, obscure 5-n 1 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, lateralia in: 
urp 
abellum sessile, trigonum, integrum, recurvatum, viride, 2°5 mm. 
longum, 1°8 mm, m, basi incurviter bi-denticulatum, supra in 
non vi 
Burma Inrertor.—In silvis prope oppidum pris in: 
pago Amherst et haud procul a finibus siamensibus, Burkill ! 
sy eke y 
B. moniliforme, Parish & Reichb. f. 
Of these, the first two and the last two have the lip stipitate. 
B. leopardinum and B. membranifolium are remarkably like each 
other; and it is difficult to get hold of distinguishing characters. 
