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CIRRHOPETALUM. 



ovate, awned at the top, coloured like the dorsal sepal ; lip tongue- 

 shaped, obtuse, recurved, blood-red. Column short, without auricles." 

 — Botanical Magazine. 



Cirrhopetalum picturatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. 100. Bot. Mag. t. 6802. 



Originally introduced by Messrs. Loddiges about the year 1840, 

 and since collected by the Rev. C. Parish and others in Moulmein 

 and Lower Burmah. It is one of the most distinct of the genus. 



O. Thouarsii. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, angulate, about the size of a small walnut. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, 4—5 inches long, usually recurved at the apex. 

 Scapes slender, erect, 7—9 inches long, sheathed with brownish scales 



Cirrhopetalum Thouarsii. 

 (Copied from the Botanical Magazine.) 



at the joints, and terminating in a one-sided umbel of 10-15 Glowers. 

 Dorsal sepal ovate, cuspidate, tawny yellow spotted with purple warts; 

 lateral sepals lanceolate acute, pale tawny yellow stained with claret- 



