Nefugium Botanicum.| [ October, 1872. 
TAB. 115. 
Tribe MALaxIDEm. 
Genus Butsoruyiuum, P. Th. 
B. Dayanum, Rehb. jil., Gardn. Chron. 1865, May 18, 484c! 
Rhizomate repente, vaginis emaciatis onusto, hinc inde pseudo- 
bulbifero, pseudobulbis turbinatis demum rugosis distantibus, 
foliis valde carnosis breve petiolatis cuneatis, apice obtusiuscule 
acutis, racemis (ex vaginis rhizomatis?) abbreviatis pauci- 
floris subumbellatis, bracteis abbreviatis, sepalo summo 
cuneato-oblongo acuto, toto margine dense piloso, sepalis 
lateralibus subbrevioribus, nunc introrsum curvatis, toto mar- 
gine dense pilosis, tepalis angustis brevibus ligulatis obtuse 
acutis, toto limbo brevi ciliatis, labello bene mobili a basi 
rotundata trifido, laciniis lateralibus semiovatis antice recti- 
lineis divaricatis, limbo externo sulcatis, lacinia media semi- 
ovata serrulata, carinis geminis semiovatis serrulatis in basi, 
eristis serrulato-papulosis novenis per discum, media quidem 
crista inter carinas semiovatas basin versus excurrente, 
columna crassiuscula semitereti apice utrinque unidentata, 
circa androclinium serrulata, anthera vertice umbonata.— 
Bolbophyllum Dayanum, Rehb. fil., Xenia Orchidacea, i. tab. 144, 
p. 128. 
A very great curiosity which appeared, in 1865, in the Dayan 
collection, dedicated to this eminent collector, who has not only 
formed one of the best collection of Orchids ever seen, but who 
has also contributed much to the progress of Orchidology. It is 
reported to have been sent, “ probably,” from Moulmein, having 
been introduced by Mr. Low. I feel some doubts about the 
statement, for none of the collectors of plants who have had 
their servants collecting, and partly nearly or totally destroying 
Orchids in that El Dorado of Orchids, appears to have ever sent 
this plant. Hence the question may be admitted, whether it was 
not a Bornean importation. But that is not the only difficulty. 
My representation was made from a sketch kindly sent by 
J. Day, Esq., and from a fresh inflorescence. Whether the 
colours changed in travelling I cannot say: I could only have 
