CXXXVI. ORCHlDE^. 
Bulbophyllum.\ 
n 
ovate hooded, with a long point, edges ciliate, base yellow, tip red, 
laterals 1*5 in. long, connate at base in a tube, tips free setaceous, 
dark red, 2 yellow spots at mouth of tube. Petals lanceolate 
acuminate-caudate, edges ciliate. Lip fleshy recurved, acute 
violet. Column conic, foot as long yellow dotted red, arms round 
very short. Capsule elliptic, fusiform, -5 in. long. Hab. Johor, 
Batu Pahat (Kelsall), Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Negri Sembilan, 
Gunang Angsi; Port Dickson (Williams). Bindings, Telok Sera. 
Perak, Thaiping (Curtis). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Siam. 
(77) B. rhizophoreti Ridl. B. Curtisii Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 76. Cirrhopetaluin Curtisii Hook. fit. Bot. Mag. 
t- 7554 - 
Rhizome slender; pseudobulbs ovoid-conic, *36 in. long, half 
an inch apart. Leaf elliptic-oblong blunt, 1 to 1-5 in. long, -5 in. 
wide; petiole short. Scape slender, 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers at 
top 5. Bracts lanceolate acuminate. Upper sepal triangular- 
lanceolate, laterals quite free, linear flat, -36 in. long, yellow. 
Petals falcate lanceolate glabrous, brown. Lip fleshy curved 
tongue-shaped. Column broad, arms triangular. Hab. Rare, 
Mangroves, Dindings (Curtis). 
(78) B. punctatissimum Ridl. Cirrhopetalum punctatissimum 
Rolfe MSS. 
Rhizome fairly stout; pseudobulbs ovoid covered with sheaths, 
•6 to *8 in. long. Leaves oblong blunt, coriaceous, 3 to 4 in. 
long, *8 to 1 in. wide. Scape 2 to 2*5 in. long, slender. Flowers 
umbelled, small. Bracts oblong blunt, *2 in. long. Pedicels slender, 
•4 in. long. Upper sepal ovate apiculate not ciliate, ’3 in. long, 
lateral sepals *4 in. long at base ovate-elliptic, free, then connate 
attenuate and sub-acute. Petals elliptic-oblong blunt, minutely 
toothed, *12 in. long. All densely dotted pink on a straw-coloured 
ground. Upper sepal and petals tipped purple. Lip fleshy oblong 
recurved blunt. Column broad with subulate teeth. Hab. Malay 
Peninsula, locality unknown. 
Sent alive to Kew by Mr. E. Seimund in 1914 and flowered shortly after. 
(79) B. perakense Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 76; 
Mat. i. 82. 
Pseudobulbs *5 in. long, conic. Leaf elliptic, 2 to 3 in. long, 
•5 in. wide. Scape 3 to 4 in. long, stout. Flowers numerous 
crowded, glabrous. Upper sepal ovate acute, laterals *75 in. long, 
connate for half their length, tips acuminate. Petals nearly as 
long as upper sepal, ovate-lanceolate acute. Lip tongue-shaped, 
channelled. Column arms triangular obtuse broad. Hab. Rare. 
Perak, Waterloo (Elphinstone). 
(80) B. rupicolum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 194. 
Rhizome long ; pseudobulbs 2 in. apart, conic, x in. long. Leaf 
6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, elliptic blunt; petiole 1 in. long. Peduncle 
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