THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Bulbophyllum. ] CXXXVI. ORCHIDE...E.
wide or more. Peduncle very short. Flower 1. Sepals ovatelanceolate
acute pink, '5 in. long. Petals reduced to 6 or 7 clubbed
terete threads, base white, tip grey, less than '25 in. long. Lip
elliptic-Ianceolate sub-acute warted deep purple. Column stout,
foot shorter pinkish, above deep purple, arms erect long acute.
Anther with long upcurved beak. Hab. Rare. Negri Sembilan,
Siliau (Williams). Perak, Tapah (Curtis); Teluk Anson (Williams).
Distrib. Java.
(31) B. tenerum Ridl. Jottrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 75;
Mat. i. 68.
Rhizome filiform; pseudo bulbs ovoid, '25 in. long, '25 in.
apart. Leaf oval, '5 in. long, sessile. Peduncle red, 2 in. tall.
Flowers terminal 3; pedicel '25 in. long. Upper sepal lanceolate
acuminate, laterals much longer, slightly gibbous at base purple,
bases green. Petals ovate-elliptic much smaller, green. Lip small
recurved, acute purple. Column thick purple, foot as long, green;
arms long linear acute curved .. Hab. Rare. Lankawi (Curtis).
(32) B. hirtulum Rtdl. Journ. Bot. 1900, p. 71; Mat. i. 68.
Rhizome slender; pseudo bulbs globular crowded, hardly '25 in.
long. Leaf oblong-Ianceolate blunt, 1'5 in. long, '5 in. wide. Scape
slender, 2 in. long. Flowers two, '25 in. long; pedicels with ovary
short, red. Upper sepal ovate-Ianceolate acute, laterals wide!
falcate pubescent white tinted purple. Petals narrow linear
shorter, white with brown veins and cilia on edges. Lip tongueshaped
straight, deep red, hairy. Column short broad, green, base
red, arms very short, rounded; anther hat-shaped orange. Hab.
Rare. Penang Hill at 2000 ft. altitude (Ridley).
(33) B. cincinnatum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39,
p. 75; Mat. i. 69.
Pseudo bulb very small. Leaf elliptic blunt, 4 in. long, 2 in.
wide. Peduncle very slender, 2 in. long. Flowers 2, terminal,
'12 in. long. Bracts ovate. Ovary and pedicel '25 in. long. Sepals
lanceolate sub-acute, sub-equal, brown hairy. Petals brown
linear-oblong, falcate blunt hairy. Lip oblong blunt with long white
hairs. Column short, foot as long, arms short. H abo Rare. Perak,
Batu Tujoh (Curtis).
(34) B.limbatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840; Misc. 74; Ridl.
Mat. i. 69. .-
Rhizome stout; pseudo bulb flattened, about 1 in. long. Leaf
large ovate. Peduncle stout, 4 in. long. Flowers many, distant,
25 in. long; pedicel and ovary short and thick. Sepals ovate blunt,
edges ciliate dark purple. Petals spathulate villous, purple. Lip
fleshy ovate blunt concave, edges scabrid, dull green tinted purple.
Hab. Singapore (Hart. Loddiges).
Only known from a cultivated plant in Lmdley's Herbarium.
(35) B. lasianthumLindl. Gard. ehron. 1855, p. 53; De Vriese,
Ill. Orch. Nederl. Ind. i. pI. 12, fig. 1; Ridl. Mat. i. 70.
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