Dtmh-obiim.] CXXVII. ORCHIDE^. 1535 



6 lines long. Sepals about G lines long obtuse apiculate lanceolate as in D. 

 Beckhiri. Petals rather narrower. Labellum, nearly as long as the sepals, the 

 lateral lobes broad, the middle lobe broadly reniform, undulate crisped and 

 slightly notched, the disk with longitudinal undulate raised lines or plates. 

 Capsule about 8 lines long, ribbed. 



Hal).: On trees and rooks, Kodd's Bay, A. Cunningham; Berseker Eange and Fort Cooper, 

 Bowman; Bowen. 



34. D. eriaeoides (Eria-like), Buil. Znd. Siippl. Syn. Ql. Fl. 56. Forming 

 large masses on the stems ot trees ; rhizome creeping, giving origin to numerous 

 ■terete, finger-like, erect stems, from 2 to 4in. long and about |in. diameter, more 

 or less clothed by striated sheathing scales (the bases of abortive leaves), bearing 

 at the summit 1 or 2 lanceolate leaves often slightly spirally twisted, about Sin. 

 long and lin. broad at the middle ; the midrib sharp on the underside, with 3 or 

 4 more or less prominent longitudinal nerves .on either side ; the apex deeply 

 emarginate, and the base tapering to a rather long petiole. Eacemes 2 or 3in. 

 long, hoary, erect, lateral, bearing from 6 to 9 small, hoary,- dingy-purplish 

 flowers, sessile or very nearly so. Bracts subtending each flower, small, obtuse, 

 scarious, and 1 or more similar ones belo.w the flowers. Calyx-tube with 6 

 prominent purplish ribs. Lateral sepals 3-nerved, their oblique bases forming a 

 short blunt spur, dorsal one obtuse. Petals smaller, 3-nerved, sub-glabrous. 

 Labellum of 3 almost equal lobes, with 3 longitudinal nerves, the 2 outer ones 

 .supplying secondary veins to the lateral lobes ; middle lobe ovate-obtuse, white ; 

 lateral lobes oblique, obtuse, glandular, purplish, closely clasping the column. 

 ■Column short ; anther lid white, cordate. The flowers minutely punctate with 

 ■white dots. 



Hab.; Jolinstone Biver, Dr. Thns. L. Bancroft 



The pollen-masses correspond both in form and number with those of Dendrohinm, but the 

 jgeneral aspect of the plant is so unlike that of any of this genus with •which lam aejuainted 

 ihat its final inclusion under DCTiJcoM)!!)! is a matter of uncertainty. ' ■ •- ' ^ 



5. BULBOPHYLLUM, Thou. 



(Referring to the swollen bulb-like base of leaf). 



Sepals erect, free, acuminate, nearly equal, the lateral ones obliquely dilated at 

 the base and connate with the basal projection of the column into a pouch or 

 spur. Petals usually much smaller than the sepals. Labellum articulate at the 

 ■end of the basal projection of the column, usually entire and contracted into a 

 ■claw. Column very short produced below its insertion, the apex with 2 teeth or 

 horns in front. Anther terminal, lid-like. Pollen masses 4, connate or cohering 

 in pairs, without any gland or caudicle. — Herbs with a creeping rhizome usually 

 ■covered with thin scarious sheathing scales. Leaves solitary or 2 together on 

 small pseudo-bulbs. Eacemes on 1-flowered peduncles issuing, like the pseudo- 

 bulbs, from the axils of the sheathing scales of the rhizome. 

 The genus is spread over the tropical and subtropical regious of the Old World. 



Leaves flat, coriaceous, about 4in. long and IJin. broad. Flowers 



exceeding lin. in diameter,"spotted, solitary on a long slender pedicel . 1. B. Baileiji. 

 Leaves flat somewhat thick, about 4in, long, 4 lines broad. Flowers 



solitary on filiform peduncles. 1 to 1 Jin. long, yellow 2. B. nematopodum. 



Leaves thin, flat, linear IJ to 2Jin. long, a few recurve^, 1 J to 2 lines 



broad. Flowers yellow, solitary, on a filiform peduncle W 3. B. radicans. 



■'Leaves from nearly globular to ellipsoid, 2 to 10 lines long, . fleshy. 



Flowers solitary oh peduncles a few lines long, whitish with red lines. 4. B. Uchenastrum. 

 Leaves light-green, fleshy, channelled above, convex beneath, 1 to 2in. 



long. Flowers solitary, white except the labellum 5. 23. Shepherdi. 



Leaves J to lin. long, deeply channelled, fleshy. Flowers solitary. 



Sepals 2J lines long, tipped with orange 6, B. intermedium. 



Leaves oblong, fleshy, 2 to Sin. long, often Jin. broad. Flowers often 



crowded, deep-orange, very small . 7. B. aur.intiacum. 



