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side of horticulture, as well as of foreign languages. He obtained his 
degree in the University of London in 1871. Some years ago he was 
elected an Associate of the Linnean Society in recognition of ‘his excellent 
work. Deceased was a widower with no issue, and his extensive library of 
classical and scientific books are bequeathed to his nephew, Mr. Charles H. 
Kent. 
WILLIAM BuLL.—We regret to record the death of Mr. William Bull, 
eldest son of the founder of the Establishment for New and Rare Plants, 
Chelsea. On the death of Mr. William Bull, sen., in 1902, the business 
was continued by the sons, under the title of Messrs. William Bull & Sons, 
but failing health led to the retirement of the elder in 1909, and he then 
went to live at Brighton, where he died on September 8th. 
BULBOPHYLLUM BISETUM. 
AN interesting little Bulbophyllum was exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons 
at the R.H.S. meeting held on September 23rd, which proves to be B. 
bisetum, Lindl., a species described in 1842 (Ann. Nat. Hist., x. p. 186), 
from dried specimens collected in the Khasia Hills by Griffith, the author 
remarking that it was a very singular little plant, with flowers as large as 
a small pea, and deeply keeled sepals. In 1851 it was described and 
figured by Griffith under the name of B. cirrhopetaloides (Griff. Notul., iii. 
p- 290; Ic. Pl. Asiat., ili. t. 296, fig. 1), from the same source. It was 
afterwards collected by Hooker & Thomson, and by Mr. C. B. Clarke, in 
the Khasia Hills, where it grows at 4000 to 5000 feet elevation. More 
recently it has been collected in Sikkim, at 5000 to 6000 feet elevation by 
Mr. R. Pantling, and is figured in the Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya 
(Amn. R. Bot. Gard. Calc., viii. p. 73, t. 99). Theauthors remark: ‘‘ The 
flower is remarkable for the spurs which run parallel to the dorsal sepal 
and to the petals, and which are homologous with the spurs of the Burmese 
B. xylophyllum.” They are really ;filiform appendages, longer than the 
spathulate petals, behind which they are situated, and they arise from the 
junction of the dorsal and lateral sepals. Their homology and function are 
obscure, but Griffith suggested that they might be appendages of two of 
the ribs of the ovary. Lindley called them filiform bracts, and from their 
presence he derived the specific name. The pseudobulbs are depressed 
Ovoid, produced on a slender creeping rhizome, and bear a single lanceolate 
leaf, while the scapes are pendulous, filiform, with a short raceme of many 
dull purple and green flowers. A plant of this curious little species 
flowered in the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, in September, 1898. 
Sir Joseph Hooker cited B. cariniflorum, Rchb. f., as synonymous, but 
according to the original specimen in Lindley’s Herbarium it has much 
broader leaves and is otherwise different.—R. A. ROLFE. 
