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orchideje. (S. Moore). 
[ Bulbophyllum . 
Section I. Bulbophyllum proper. Flowers in spikes. Lateral 
sepals free, equal. Labellum entire, hinged on to the column. 
Leaves 9 in. long. Pseudobulb developed after the 
flowers 1»B. variegatum. 
Leaves never more than 6 in. long. Scape from the side 
of the base of the full-formed pseudobulb. 
Flowers completely hidden by large imbricate tetra- 
stichous bracts 2. B. occultum. 
Bracts small. 
Leaves twin. Petals oblong 3. B. nutans. 
Leaves solitary. Petals linear or spathulate. 
Scape stout, nodding. Petals linear .... 4. B. incurvum. 
Scape slender, ascending. Petals broadly 
spathulate 5. B. sechellarum. 
Section II. Girrhopetalum , Lindl. (Gen.) Flowers in umbels. 
Lateral sepals much longer than the upper one, free. Labellum entire, 
hinged on to the column. 
The only species 6. B. longiflorum. 
Section III. Bulbophyllaria , Echb. f. (Gen.) Flowers in spikes. 
Lateral sepals connate. Labellum entire, hinged on to the column. 
Leaves twin, much longer than the pseudobulb. 
Scape stout. Labellum cordate at the base. 
Scape much dilated above, longer than the leaves . . 7. B. clavatum. 
Scape but little dilated above, about as long as the 
leaves 8. B. cjespitosum. 
Scape thin, wiry. Labellum truncate at the base. 
Scape erect, with few sheathing scales 9. B. densum. 
Scape nodding, with many imbricated sheathing 
scales 10. B. pendulum. 
Leaves solitary, scarcely longer than the small globular 
pseudobulbs 11. B. pusillum. 
Section IV. Lyrcea, Lindl. (Gen.) Flowers in spikes. Lateral 
sepals connate. Labellum 2-lobed, continuous with the column. 
The only species 12. B. prismaticum. 
1. B. variegatum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 105. Pseudobulbs 
ovoid, in. long, not fully developed until after the flowering. 
Leaves two together, lanceolate, acute, fleshy, many-nerved, 9 in. long, 
f-1 in. broad, invested below by several broad sheathing scales persist- 
ent round the full-formed pseudobulbs. Scape nodding, stout, about 
as long as the leaves, with a few large sheathing scales ; bracts broad, 
almost as long as the flower. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
% in. long, yellow-brown with purple spots. Petals broadly oblong- 
spathulate, crenulate, with a long slender apiculus, purple. Labellum 
oblong, fleshy, its margins recurved. Column long for the genus, its apical 
