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BULBOPHYLLUM ANCEPS poten. 
THE TWO-EDGED BULBOPHYLLUM. 
BULBOPHYLLUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. IV, p. 21. 
Bulbophyllum anceps. Rhizoma repens. Pseudobulbi subapproximati, suborbiculares, compressi, ancipites, 2-4 cm. 
longi, monophylli. Folia oblonga v. lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 9-13 cm. longa, 2-3.5 cm. lata, basi attenuata. Scapi 
breves, horizontales, racemis 4-5 floribus. Bracteae 6-7 m. longae, basi spathaceae, apice ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 
Pedicelli 3 cm. longi. Sepala patentia; posticum elliptico-oblongum, obtusum, fere 1 cm. longum ; lateralia falcata, 
oblongo-linearia, subobtusa, basi paullo latiora, postico paullo longiora. Petala oblonga, obtusa, trinervia, 5 mm, 
longa. Labellum carnosum, recurvum, subobtusum, glabrum, basi latius, sagittato-cordato, disco obtuse bicarinato. 
Columna brevis, dentibus brevibus. 
Bulbophyllum anceps ROLFE, supra. 
his elegant little Bulbophyllum is a native of Borneo, whence it 
was introduced by Messrs Linpen, L’Horricutture INTERNATIONALE, 
Brussels, some time ago. It flowered in their collection during June 
of the present year. 
It is very distinct, and among the multitude of described species it is 
not easy to indicate its affinities. Individually the flowers bear a considerable 
resemblance to those of Bulbophyllum wmbellatum Linpt., which, however, has 
its flowers disposed in umbels, while those of B. anceps are arranged in a 
raceme. In all probability when the Bulbophyllums of the Malayan Archipelago 
are better known it will be found to have some closer allies than any described 
up to the present time. It may here be pointed out that most of the Javan 
Orchids described by Brume nearly seventy years ago are still very imperfectly 
represented in Herbaria, indeed some of them appear to be absent altogether. 
There is a great difficulty in satisfactorily working out in detail the species 
of any group in the absence of a complete series of specimens, and when the 
description is limited to a few words which are applicable to several species 
it becomes well nigh impossible. I do not, however, find any description which 
applies to the present one. 
Bulbophyllum anceps is a small species, with stoutish rhizomes, and adheres 
to the branches of the trees by its clinging roots. The pseudobulbs, which are 
borne at short intervals along the rhizome, are monophyllous, suborbicular in 
shape, much flattened, and curiously two-edged, in allusion to which the name 
is given. The leaf is sessile, its narrowed base being seated in a depression at 
the apex of the pseudobulb. It is oblong in shape, obtuse, and somewhat fleshy. 
The slender scapes are shorter than the leaves, and bear four or five flowers 
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