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CIRRHOPETALUM chinense. 
Chinese Cirrhopetalum. 
GYNANDRIA MONANBBIA. ' 
Nat. ord. Orchidace^e, §. Malaxed. 
CIRRHOPETAL UM. Supra 1838. t. 11. 
C. chinense. Supra 1842. misc. 29. 
To what was formerly stated, concerning this singular 
Chinese plant, in the place above quoted, we have nothing to 
add, and therefore, instead of repeating those observations, we 
fill our space with some account of the genus itself and its 
numerous species. 
Cirrhopetalum is a name proposed in the year 1824 for 
the Bulbophyllum longiflorum of Du Petit Thouars, a Mauritius 
plant, remarkable for the great length of its lower sepals. In 
1825, Professor Reinwardt gave to the same or some nearly 
allied species the name of Zygoglossum ; hut of course Cir- 
rhopetalum took precedence on account of its priority of date. 
In 1830 the genus had increased in number of species to six, 
of which two had not been examined by me. Now, by the 
discoveries of Mr. Cuming and others, I am able to bring 
together twenty-one ; of which fourteen have been seen 
alive, two in a dried state, and five are taken up upon 
the credit of others. They form a most singular group, and 
a complete collection of them would be a very interesting- 
feature in a stove. The following is an enumeration of them. 
* Flowers in umbels or racemes. 
1. C. vayinatum (L. no. 3. Bot. Reg. 1842. sub t. 12.); pseudobulbis 
pyramidatis truncatis, folio oblongo convexo emarginato, vaginis scapi 
oblongis ventricosis distantibus sepalo supremo ovato inferioribusque 
longissimis pendulis ciliatis, petalis oblongis ciliatis, labello oblongo 
bicarinato, columnee auriculis setaceis. Sincapore. C. vaginatum 
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