CIRRHOPETALUM. 



103 



red ; petals minute, ovate-lanceolate, contracted at the apex to a thread- 

 like tail, pale yellow spotted with purple ; lip fleshy, oblong, reflexed. 



Cirrhopetalum Thouarsii, Liudl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 58 (1831). Bot. Reg. 1838, 

 t. 11. Bot. Mag. t. 4237. Bulbophyllum longiflorum, Thou. Orch. Afr. t. 98. 



A very curious species that appears to be exclusively an insular 



one, and to be indigenous to islands widely remote from each other, 



for it has been reported from Madagascar, Java, Luzon (Philippines), 



and Otaheite (Society Islands). It is said to have been introduced 



from the last-named in 1836. It is the typical species upon which 



the genus is founded, and is dedicated to its discoverer, Aubert Du 



Petit Thouars (1756 — 1831), a French botanist, and one of the first 



who studied the vegetation of the islands off the east coast of Africa, 



which a ten years' residence in the He de France (Mauritius) enabled 



him to pursue with considerable success. 





INDEX 









The names in italics are 



varieties or synonyms 

 su2iposed hyh 



; those followed by x 

 •ids. 



are hybrids or 





B ULBOPHYLLUM — 



PAGE 



Dendrobium — 





PAGE 



barbigerum ... 



93 





Aphrodite ... 



. ,,, 1BI 



17 



Beccarii 



95 





aqueum 



... 



18 



Dearei 



95 





arachnites ... 





18 



lemniscatum 



96 





aureurn 





19 



Lobbii ... 



97 





barbatulum ... 





21 



reticulatum... 



97 





Bensonise ... 



. ■ . 



21 



urnbellatum 



97 





bigibbum ... 



... 



22 



Cirrhopetalum — 







binoculare ... 



... 



23 



chinense 



99 





Boxalli 





24 



cornutuni ... 



100 





Brymerianum 





24 



Cuniingii ... 

 Macraei 



100 





Bullerianum 





47 



100 





cwrulescens ... 





63 



Medusa? ... 



101 





Calceolaria ... 





62 



ornatissimum 



101 





canaliculatum 





26 



picturatum ... 

 Thouarsii ... 



... 101 

 ... 102 





Cambridgeanum ., 

 capillipes ... 

 cariniferum .. 





66 

 26 



27 



Dendrobium — 







chlorops 



... ... 



27 



aduncum ... 



14 





Chlorostele x 





87 



aemulum 



. ... 14 





chrysanthum 





28 



aggregatum... 



15 





chryseum ... 





28 



Ainsworthii x 



86 





Chrysocrepis 





29 



albo-sanguineum ... 



16 





Chrysodiscus x 





87 



albo-viride ... 



72 





Chrysotis ... 





49 



album 



18 





chrysotoxum 



... 



29 



amboinense .. 



16 





ciliatum 





30 



amethystoglossum 



16 





clavatuin ... 





31 



amoenum 



17 





crassinode ... 





31 



anosmum ... 



77 





crepidatum ... 



... t , t 



33 



