Bulbophyllum. ] orchide^i. (S. Moore.) 345 
teeth short and stout. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 51 ; Rich. Orch. 
Maur. 64. 
Mauritius, on trees and moist shaded rocks ; Cent Gaulettes, and Grand Port, 
Bojer ! Ayres ! Also Bourbon. 
2. B. occultum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. tt. 93, 94. Pseudobulbs ovoid, 
when full grown about 1 in. long. Leaves twin, sometimes unequal, 
oblong, obtuse, 3 in. long. in. broad. Scape stout, ascending or 
nodding, copiously clothed with loose, brown, scarious sheaths becom- 
ing larger above ; spike as long as the lower portion of the scape ; 
flowers completely hidden in the axils of large imbricate tetrastichous 
bracts. Sepals curved, the upper one a little the longer and narrower. 
Petals subulate, half as long as the sepals. Labellum oblong, coarsely 
ciliate. Teeth of the column long and horn-like. Capsule ^ in. long. 
Rich. Orch. Maur. 64. Dendrochilum occultum, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. 34. 
Mauritius, the Pouce, Quartier Militaire, round Grand Bassin on trees, Bojer ! 
Bouton ! Grey ! Also Bourbon. 
3. B. nutans, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 107. Pseudobulbs ovoid, 
inch long. Leaves twin, oblong, emarginate, f-1^ in. long, | in. 
'broad, fleshy. Scape longer than the leaves, slender, nodding, with a 
few sheathing scales. Sepals patent, ovate, acute, about twice as long 
as the oblong, obtuse petals. Labellum oblong-ovate, somewhat cor- 
date at base. Teeth of the column short. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 52, 
Rich. Orch. Maur. 63. 
Mauritius, on trees and rocks, Piton du Milieu de rile, Bojer ! ; summit of 
the Pouce, Ayres ! Also Bourbon. 
4. B. incurvum^ Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 95. Pseudobulbs ovoid or 
subglobular, sulcate, f—f in. long. Leaves solitary, oblong, emar- 
ginate, 1J-2J in. long, i-J in. broad. Scape stout, wiry, nodding, 
about twice as long as the leaves, sheathed with a few scattered scales ; 
bracts triangular-deltoid, about T V in. long. Lateral sepals ovate- 
falcate ; the upper oblong. Petals linear, half as long as the sepals. 
Labellum oblong, grooved down the centre, ciliolate. Teeth of the 
column long, thin, curved forwards. Capsule obloug-ovoid, about -A- in. 
in length. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 52. 
Mauritius, windy places near the middle of the island, Bojer ! ; Pouce range 
to left of Fenestre, Ayres! Rodriguez, Balfour ! Perhaps also Bourbon. 
5. B. sechellarum, Rchb. f. MSS. Pseudobulbs oblong-ovoid, ob- 
tusely 4-angled, % in. long. Leaves solitary, lanceolate, f- in. long, 
i in. broad. Scape slender, wiry, ascending, 3J in. high, with few 
sheathing scales ; flowers scattered, about twice as long as the ovate- 
lanceolate bracts. Sepals oblong, acute. Petals broadly spathulate, 
