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60 CXXXVI. ORCHIDE..B. [Bulbophyllum.<br />
(9) B. memhranifolium Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 706; Ridl. Mat.<br />
i. 65. B. sanguineo-maculatum Ridt. J ourn. Lmn. Soc. xxxii.<br />
265. Rhizome slender; pseudobulbs sub-cylindric narrow, r to 1'5 in.<br />
long, distant. Leaf 6 to 10 in. long, elliptic-Ianceolate membranous.<br />
Peduncle stout, 2 in. long. Flower 1'5 in. across. Sepals ovateoblong<br />
or lanceolate blunt, laterals deflexed. Petals smaller ovatelanceolate,<br />
all green spotted red. Lip small stipitate tongue-shaped,<br />
tip decurved verrucose. Column arms bifid, the lower lobes longer,<br />
deflexed. Capsule 1'5 in. long, green spotted purple. Hab. On<br />
trees. Selangor, Rwala Lumpur (Curtis). Perak, Gunong Batu<br />
Putih (Wray).<br />
(10) B. siamense Rchb. fit. Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 372. B.<br />
Lobbii Lindt. Rtdl. Mat. i. 64; Saunders Refug. Bot. t. II6.<br />
Rhizome stout; pseudo bulbs crowded ovoid. Leaf linearoblong<br />
acute, 4 to 8 in. long, 1 in. wide; petiole '5 in. long or<br />
less. Flower wide open, ochre-yellow veined red. Upper sepal<br />
lanceolate acute, laterals deflexed falcate broader, 2 in. long. Petals<br />
lanceolate. Lip broad ovate recurved often speckled red. Column<br />
broad, arms obscure. Hab. Rare. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Stephens).<br />
Distrtb. Tenasserim, Siam.<br />
(II) B. rugosum Ridl. J ourn. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 266; Mat.<br />
i. 65.<br />
Rhizome slender branched; pseudo bulbs numerous crowded<br />
cylindric, 2 in. long, '5 in. through. Leaf oblanceolate acute, 6 in.<br />
long, 1'5 in. wide. Peduncle'5 in. long; pedicel and. ovary r in.<br />
long. Flower'5 in. across, hardly expanding. Sepals lanceolate<br />
acute, pale yellOW with many longitudinal grooves 1 in. long.<br />
Petals shorter, yellowish white. Lip fleshy oblong, tip decurved,<br />
base excavate, reddish pink, '25 in. long. Column arms long<br />
decurved blunt. Hab. On trees in woods, Singapore, Chan Chu<br />
Rang (Ridley).<br />
(12) B. pustulatum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39,<br />
p. 74; Mat. i. 65·<br />
Stem stout; pseudobulbs crowded oblong conic, '5 in. long.<br />
Lip elliptic-Ianceolate acute, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide; petiole '5 in.<br />
long. Flower 1 in. wide; pedicel slender, '5 in. long. Upper<br />
sepal lanceolate acute, laterals much wider ovate blunt. Petals<br />
lanceolate acute, nearly as large as upper sepal, yellow with red<br />
stripes. Lip fleshy ovate-cordate, '25 in. long, dark maroon,<br />
2 raised rounded lobes at base and mass of papilla! on disc. Column<br />
foot long, tip free, arms triangular blunt. Hab. Very rare. Climbing<br />
on trees in forest, Malacca, base of Mt. Ophir (Ridley).<br />
(13) B. micl'oglossum Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 325.<br />
Stem slender, long creeping; pseudobulbs conic, '5 in. long,<br />
'25 in. thick. Leaf elliptic blunt, 1'75 in. long, '5 in. wide.<br />
Peduncle 1'75 in. long. Upper sepal elliptic hooded, laterals ovate-
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