APRIL, 1912.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 127 
MISCHOBULBUM SCAPIGERUM. 
NEarLy half a century ago a very pretty little terrestrial Orchid, which had 
been obtained by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Clapton, from Borneo, was 
figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 5390), under the name of 
Nephelaphyllum scapigerum, Hook. f., the author pointing out that it 
differed much from its congeners in the anticous position of the labellum, 
the conical mentum, and the bright colouring of the flower. Nothing 
further seems to be known about the plant, and it would be interesting to 
reintroduce it. It is now referred by Schlechter to his new genus 
Mischobulbum, under the name of M. scapigerum, together with four other 
species, which have previously been included in Nephelaphyllum and 
Tainia. They are most like the former in habit, but the flowers are larger, 
and the lip is without a spur. There are two others which belong to the 
same genus, the species being as follows :— 
M. CORDIFOLIUM, Schlechter in Fedde Beth. Repert. Sp. Nov., i. p. 98. 
Tainia cordifolia, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. Plant., t. 1861.—Native of Formosa. 
GRANDIFLORUM, Rolfe. Nephelaphyllum grandiflorum, King & 
Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc., viii. p. 104, t. 144 (not of Hook. f.).— 
Native of Sikkim. 
M. LANCIFOLIUM, Schlechter, l.c., p. gg.—Native of New Guinea. 
M. MACRANTHUM, Rolfe. Tainia macrantha, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. Plani., 
t. 1860.—Native of South China. 
M. PAPUANUM, Schlechter, /.c., p. 98.—Native of New Guinea. 
M. SCAPIGERUM, Schlechter, /.c., p. 98. Nephelaphyllum scapigerum, 
Hook f. in Bot. Mag., t. 5390.—Native of Borneo. 
M. WraYANUM, Rolfe. Ipsea? Wrayana, Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind., v. 
p. 812; Hook. Ic. Plant., t. 2085. Nepkelaphyllum grandiflorum, Hook.f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind.; vi. p. 192; Ann. Roy. Bot: Gard. Calc., v.. p. 23, t. 34- 
Tainia atropurpurea, Ridl. in Fourn. Linn. Soc., xxxii. p. 315; Mat. Fl. 
Malay Penins., i. p. 115.—Native of Perak. R. A. ROLFE. 
PER UME os 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
THREE very interesting flowers are sent from the collection of J. J. 
Holden, Esq., Auburn House, Southport, by Mr. R. Johnson. Cypripedium 
Alcibiades Illustrious is very fine, the dorsal sepal measuring over three 
inches across. C. auburnense (Euryades x Leeanum is a fine thing, in 
which the characters of C. villosum are most apparent in the petals, lip, 
and staminode, while the dorsal sepal is ovate-orbicular, white, with a 
rather small green base, on which are numerous brown spots, while beyond 
this, on the white area, are many small purple dots, leaving a pure white 
margin, half an inch broad. The third is a very curious flower of the 
