Bidbophyllum.] CX^VII. ORCHIDE^. 1537 



4. B. lichenastrum (lichen-like), F. r. 21. Viagm, vii. 60 ; Bcnth. Fl. 

 Austr. vi. 287. Creeping rhizomes forming very dense patches. Pseudo-bulbs 

 reduced to a small scarcely prominent circular disk, surrounded by the long 

 fringed remains of the scarious sheath. Leaves thick, fleshy, from almost 

 :globular to narrow-ellipsoid, 2 to 10 lines long. Flowers very small, dingy-white 

 with red lines, solitary on peduncles or scapes 2 to 3 lines long, with 1 or 2 

 scarious sheaths at their base and articulate below the flower. Sepals broadly- 

 ovate, about 1 line long, besides the spur, which is broad, obtuse, IJ line long. 

 Petals lanceolate, very much narrower, but not much shorter than the sepals. 

 Labellum orange-coloured, from the end of the basal projection of the column, 

 with a narrow channelled erect claw, the lamina rather thick, obovate-oblong, 

 ■obtuse, recurved, nearly as long as the sepals. 



Hab.: On rocks, Seaview Range, Bockingham Bay, Dallachy ; on the branches of tall 

 trees, ranges near Cairns. 



5. B. Shepherd! (after T. Shepherd), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 40; Benth. Fl. 

 Amtr. vi. 288. Creeping rhizomes not very intricate, but extending to a 

 considerable breadth, the scarious sheathing scales very conspicuous. Pseudo- 

 bulbs narrow, 2 to 3 lines long. Leaves light-green, solitary, linear, very thick 

 and fleshy, channelled above, convex underneath but not keeled, 1 to 2in. long. 

 peduncles 1-flowered, filiform, 2 to 4 lines long, usually with 1 or 2 sheathing 

 scales at the base and 1 similar bract distant from them under the flowers. 

 Flowers white. Sepals about 2 lines long, the lateral ones with a broadly ovate 

 base adnate to the projection of the column and abruptly contracted upwards into 

 & narrow point ; dorsal sepal' broadly lanceolate at the base and more gradually 

 tapering into the point. Petals ovate-triangular, scarcely above ^ line 

 long. Labellum shorter than the sepals, lanceolate, recurved, channelled above, 

 contracted into a slender claw. Column with 2 subulate teeth. — -Bendrohium 

 Shepherdi, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 190 ; 7?. Schillarianum, Keichb. f. in Otto, Hamb. 

 •Gartenz. 1860, 423 referred by him to B. Shepherdi, in Xen. Orchid, ii. 166 and 

 Beitr. 52, Fitzg. Austr. Oreh. i. Pt. 5. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



6. B, intermedium (name suggested by its position being intermediate 



between B. Sheplienli and B. awantiacmi), Bail. Bot. Bull. xiv. 12. Ehizome 

 •creeping, forming straggling patches upon the branches of trees. Pseudo-bulbs 

 oblong, 1^ to 2 lines long. Leaves f to lin. long, thick, deeply channelled 

 above, convex underneath. Peduncle 1-flowered, 8 lines, or with the ovary, 

 which is fluted, 4^ lines long. Bracts thin, scarious, 2 or more at the base and 

 another subtending the flower. Sepals 2|- lines long, points orange-yellow, 

 subulate, smooth ; thin, fluted, and swelling out at the base, thus giving to the 

 flower-bud a grape-seed form, lateral 'sepals adnate to the basal projection of the 

 ■column. Petals oblong, deeply emarginate, hyaline, about J the length of the 

 sepals. Labellum claw incurved upon the reddish-brown elongated end of the 

 column, the lamina reddish-brown ; prominently recurved oftentimes forming a 

 ■circle, margins revolute, disk bearing 1 or 2 somewhat thick raised lines along 

 the centre. The erect portion of the column very short, white, with 2 subulate 

 ■teeth. Anther and pollen-masses pale-coloured. 



Hab.: The above description was drawn up from specimens taken oft a plant growing on one of 

 the posts of the Bowen Park bushhouse, and Avhioh Mr. W. Soutter, the late manager, informed 

 me had been received from Hinchinbrook Island, March, 1891. 



' 7. B. aurantiacum (orange-coloured), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 39 ; Benth. 



Fl. Austr. vi. 288. Creeping but the rhizomes often hanging loose from the 



bark of trees. Pseudo-bulbs small and ovoid. Leaves oblong or oblonp- 



lin^ar, thiek, contracted at the base, 1^ to 3in. long and often |in. broad. 



