alo" Q> 
SmithH—NEW ORCHIDS. 197 
Upper Burma. Cultivated in Royal Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, from plants collected by the late Mr Reginald Farrer. 
‘The stout papilliform hairs on the lateral sepals are very 
characteristic. It flowered Oct. 1920. 
The following is conspecific but has much smaller pseudo- 
bulbs and leaves and rather smaller flowers than the cultivated 
specimen :— 
“Upper Burma :—Htawgaw, valley of Naung-Chaung, Lashi 
country. Epiphytic orchid, in open park land, in shady places, 
at 5,000 ft. Flowers brick-red. May 1914.”’ F. Kingdon 
Ward. No. 1560. 
Cirrhopetalum oreogenes, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. Wallichi, Lindl. a quo scapo foliis 
multo longiore, floribus flavis inter alia divergit; ex descrip- 
tione cum C. retusiusculo, Hemsl. specie ex Yunnan et Burma 
collecta non quadrat, (sepalo dorsali haud retuso sepalis laterali- 
bus longioribus). 
Pseudobulbi 1.5-2.5 cm. inter se distantes, 1.5-2.5 cm. longi, 
ovoidei, monophylli. Folia petiolo circ. 5 mm. longo suffulta, 
5-8 cm. longa, circ. 1.5 cm. lata, oblonga, apice rotundata nunc 
obscure retusa, coriacea. Scapus gracillimus circ. 12 cm. 
longus, vulgo folia duplo superans bracteis vaginiformibus 2-3 
remotis munitus ; bracteae florales lineari-lanceolatae acuminatae 
5-7 mm. longae tenuiter membranaceae; pedicelli cum ovario 
bracteas paulo superantes. Flores plerumque circ. 5 saturate 
aurantiaco-flavi inter majusculos. Sepala lateralia circ. 4 cm. 
longa, medio circ. 6 mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, trinervia, 
integra, flava, primum cohaerentia, basi apiceque exceptis ; sepa- 
lum dorsale 6 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, oblongum, apice rotun- 
datum, trinerve. Petala 5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, subobovata, 
apice obtusa. Labellum sepalo dorsali multo brevius, ad pedem 
columnae processu incurvo 1 mm. longo afixum; pars mobilis 
3 mm. longa, linguiformis, curvata, integra, carnosula, obtusa, 
jugis duobus lateralibus percursa, supra paulo furfuracea. Col- 
umna crassa 1 mm. paulo superans alis angustissimis, dentibus 
apicalibus duobus erectis. Anthera bilocularis polliniis ovalibus 
(majoribus duobus visis). Ovarium cum pedicello 8g mm. 
on : 
* “Western China :—On the Tong Shan in the Yangtze bend, 
Yunnan, on trees in forests. Lat. 27° 20' N. Alt. 7-8,000 ft. 
Epiphytic plant of 6-9 inches. Flowers deep orange-yellow. 
Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,468. 
“Fills to the north-east of Tengyueh, Yunnan, on trees and 
rocks: Lat. 259 15’ N. Alt. 7,000 ft. Epiphytic plant of 6-9 
inches. Oct. 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 9285. 
