153B CXXYII. ORCHIDE^. [Bulbophylhm. 



Peduncles 1 -flowered, rarely 2 lines long, covered by the loQSei scarious sheathing 

 bracts Avhich, although only 2 or 3, overlap eachother. Flowers crowdedi deep^ 

 orange coloured, showing a decided angle or spur at the end of the basal 

 projection of the column. — iJenclrobium (nirantiacum-, F, v. M. Fragm. vii. 98. 

 Hab.: Moreton Bay, W. Hill ; on trees and roeks about Eockhatnpton, Bowilian, O'Slwnesy. . 



8. B. Bowkettse (after Miss Bowkett), BaU., Prdc. Boy. Soc. , Ql. i. 

 Rhizome creeping, forming dense patches. Pseudo-bulbs oval-oblong, conlpreSsed 

 bluntly ribbed, 3 to 5 ' lines long; 2 to' 2^ broad. Leaves solitary on 'the 

 pseudo-bulb, thick, dark-green, ovate to suborbicular, 4 to' *j lines long. Flowers 

 solitary on scapes of about 4 lines long, articulate about the middle, just above a 

 minute obtuse sheathing bract. Sepals about 2 lines long, greenish-yellow, 

 bordered by a purple line, and having 8 purple' lines down the centre, the spur 

 short. Petals about half the length of the sepals, and with only 1 central "purple' 

 line. Labellum linear, thick, long as the petals, purple with a yellowish tip. 

 Column short, the front teeth erect, exceeding the anther lid.' ' _ ^ 



Hab.: Ilerberton. 



0. B. exiguum (little), F. v. M. Fnii/m. ii. 72; Bentli.'Fl. Austi. vi.. 

 288.' Creeping rhizomes sometimes forming dense masses, sometimes elongated 

 in single threads with distant pseudo-bulbs. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid or nearly 

 globular, flcishy angular and furrowed when fresh, very deeply, rugose when dry, 

 2 to 3 lines diameter. Leaves soUtary on the pseudo-bulbs, oblong-linear or 

 lanceo'ate, contracted at the base, -J to l^in. long, -the margins recurved, the- 

 midrib prominent underneath. Peduncles filiform, 1 to 2in. long, bearing 2 to 4 

 flower.s on short filiform pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, 2i lines long, the lateral, 

 ones dilated at the base into a short broad pouch. Petals scarcely half as long a& 

 the sepals. Labellum nearly as long as the sepals, linear, thick and channelled,, 

 tapering and slightly recurved towards the end. — Dcndrobiiim e.xifjuum, ,¥. v. M.- 

 Fragm. v. Oo, Fitzg, Austr. Orch. ii. Pfc. 5. ,■ 



Ilab.: Not uncommon north and south. 



Var. IhiUachiji. Pseudo-bulbs rather lavRer and more ovoid. Flowers white, the sepal* 

 and labellum rather broader and the petals rather larger. 



Hab.: Eockhigham Bay, DaZZ(i(;77jy. ?''l ■■C'l':- A .B. 



10. E. minutissimuni (very small), F. v. M. Frarjm. xi. 53. Stems- 

 creeping very dense. Pseudo-bulbs orbicular, flattened, diameter from 1 to 2 

 lines, bearing at the apex a solitary minute lanceolate leaf. Flowers very small 

 more or less rosy-red on tuberculose peduncles. Sepals niarked' with 3 deep/-red 

 lines. Petals almost white with 1 central red line. Labell-um red, entire, oval- 

 oblong, curved and thickened at the end. Column short, the base much 

 elongated. Pollen-masses 2. Capsule oval, hairy. — Fitzg. Austr. Orch. ii. pt. 2.' 



Hab.: On Irunlis ot trees in southern localities. 



Mr. K. D. Fitzgerald in his illustrated work on the Australian Orchids states that this minute- 

 species wds first met in 18-10, by Archdeacon King at a spot which at the present day is nearly 

 the centre of Sydney. 



11. B. Tore.SSSe (after Miss Toressa Meston), Bail. 3id. Suppl. 8yn. Ql. Fl. 

 72. A sniall plant with creeping rhizome adhering close to the rocks by 

 roots from the underside, extending to 2 or 3in. in length, often forming radiating 

 patches. The upper surface closely covered by distichous, closely sessile, ovate-' 

 lanceolate, rugose leaves, which are so concave on the upper face as to be 

 somewhat cymbiform, 3 or 4 lines long, with a single - neatly*: sessile flower- 

 nestling at the base. Flowers yellowish-white, subtended by a prominent 

 scarious bract ; sepals broad and about 2 lines long, the lateral ones forming a. 

 short blunt, almost truncate spur. Petals white, of delicate texture, and' nearly 



