Plate 190. 



BOLBOPHYLLUM EETICULATUM. 



Reticulated-leaved Bolhophyllum. 



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Gen. Char. Sepala erecta, acuminata, suLsequalia, lateralibus cum pedc columnfe connatis et 

 basi obliquis.' Petala nana (rarissime sepalis subfequalia). Lahellum cum pede columnae articu- 

 latum, unguiculatum, saepius integrum, et posticum. Columna nana, antice bidentata v. bicornis. 

 Anthera 1- v. bilocularis. Pollinia 4>, libera, valde intequalia, nunc in uno connata, nunc per paria 

 coliEerentia, altero cuiusve paris minuto lobuliformi.— HerbaB epiphytce, rliizomatc rcpentr psnuh- 



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Folia coriacea, avenia. Racemi 



BoLBOPHTLLUM reticulatum ; rbizomate elongato, squamis amplis imbricatis truncatis vestito, 

 pseudobulbis ovoideis l-pbyllis, folio amplo ovato-cordafco acuminate pallidc vu-uli, nervi? 



rvTilisque 



magnis, sepalo doi 



striatis, sepalis lateralibus 

 Hoolc. fil. 



intus 



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concoloribus subfalcatis, labcUo tvulliformi recurve. 



BoLBOPHYLLUM reticulatum. Bateman, mss. 



A most 



o 



ular and beautiful plant, certainly among 



finest of 



genus 



whether we consider the size 



the extraordinary beauty of the large reticulated 



Lobb in 



of the flower, its handsome striped sepals and petals 



It was discovered by Thorn 



There 



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Borneo, and flowered with the employers of that successful 

 Veitch, at the Koyal Exotic Nurseries, King's Road, in August, 1866. 

 at all resembling it in either the Lindleyan or Hookerian Herbaria at Kew, au<l it 

 may no doubt be taken as an earnest of the Orchideous riches remammg to be dis- 

 covered in the Bornean forests, especially if you ascend the mountains. 



prostrate, simple or sparingly branched coven.<l t^ 



Descr. Bhizome elon 



Pseud ohulbs 



sely imbricating, broadly ovate, acute bro;vn scarious sheathing scales. ^^^J'^ 



.. ,^' . , : , .... „!. 1 T..an-na oTie leaf covcrcd by two or th 



Z^ff/ large, three 



solitary, scattered, ovoid, about an inch long, beann 



sheathing scales, like those of the rhizome, but lai^ ^ 



long, ovate cordate, acuminate, much nerved, the longitudinal and 



deep 



es 



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cordate, acuminate, mucn nerveu, mc. x-..^ cnbstance of 



producing a beautiful reticulation on the paler green of the substance 



