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supporting a raceme of from six to nine flowers of a Very rich crimson, the 

 sepals narrow lanceolate, keeled, the petals broadly ovate, and the lip roundish 

 cordate; these flowers are produced during the summer months, and- last 

 a long time in good condition. This, plant ought to be in every collection, 

 on account of the distinct and brilliant colour of its flowers, — Jamaica ; Cuba. 

 , Fig.— 5oi. Mag., t. 3076 ; Id., t. 3.536 (as coccinea) ; Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 793. 

 Syn. — Epidendrum saiigniiieum,; Dendrobmrn sangutncuni. 



B. LILACINA — See Laeliopsis bomingensis. 

 B. VEOLACEA. — See Laeliopsis bomingensis. 



BULBOPHYLLUM, Thouars. 

 (_Tribe Epidcndreae, subtriie Dendrobieae.) 

 The flowers in tliis genus are in general more curious than beautiful. 

 The plants mostly have creeping rooting rhizomes, with pseudobulbs in 

 the axils of the scarious sheaths, one or two leaves from the top, and a 

 raceme or umbel of numerous small flowers on a peduncle springing 

 from the base of the bulbs. In a few instances they are larger and 

 solitary. The flowers are in many cases curious, particularly, the labellum 

 or lip, which is articulated and moveable, the least breath of air or the 

 slightest cause of motion being sufficient to set up a tremulous or dancing 

 movement in this organ. Of the numerous species which are widely 

 dispersed in Asia, Africa, America, and Australia, only a few are worth 

 the attention of the amateur cultivator. The name is more commonly 

 written Bolhophyllum, but the form we have adopted is the original 

 orthography of Du Petit Thouars. 



Culture. — The Bulbophyls are chiefly valued as curiosities ; they 

 require but very little room, and thrive best on small blocks of wood 

 with a little moss, suspended in a warm part of the house ; the roots 

 require a good supply of water. They are propagated by separating the 

 pseudobulbs. ' 



B. ANCEPS, iJp?/b.— Pseudobulbs roundish ovate compressed, leaves solitary- 

 linear oblong, obtuse, flowers small, several on a raceme, sepals and petals 

 yellowish white, inferior half of lateral sepals striped with maroon purple, the 

 inferior half also the dorsal sepal and petals spotted with the same colour, lip 

 dark maroon purple. — Borneo. 



Fig. — Lindenia, viii. t. 851. 



B. AURICOMUM, lAndhy. — In this plant the pseudobulbsare an inch and a 

 hivlf high, the leaves, deciduous, and the flowers small, light green, in a spike 

 *en, inches long, drooping like a Fholidota ; they are white ,and deliciously 

 fragrant, and are produced in January.— JKcZm. 



