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66 CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. l Butbopkyllum.<br />
Rhizome very stout woody, '25 in. thick; pseudo bulbs cylindric,<br />
2'5 to 3 in. long, 3 in. or more apart. Leaf lanceolate acute, 9 in.<br />
long, 3 in. wide; petiole I in. long. Peduncle 4 to 10 in. long,<br />
base covered with red sheaths. Flowers about IS, purple, hairy, I in.<br />
long, fretid. Bracts lanceolate acute, '5 in. long. Ovary and pedicel<br />
'5 in. long. Upper sepal linear-oblong, laterals as long ovate concave<br />
at base. Petals lanceolate acuminate. Lip glabrous half as long<br />
lanceolate acute. Capsule cylindric, 1'5 in. long. Hab. On trees<br />
and rocks. Johor, Kukub on trees (Ridley). Negri Sembilan,<br />
Siliau (Williams). Perak (Scortechini). Penang Hill and Bukit<br />
Laksamana (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra.<br />
(36) B. Wrayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 766; Ie. Pl. 2044; Rtdl.<br />
Mat. i. 69.<br />
Rhizome woody, stout; pseudo bulbs conic, I in. long, I in.<br />
apart. Leaf elliptic thinly coriaceous blunt, 8 in. long, 2'5 in.<br />
wide; petiole 4 in. long. Peduncle stout, 12 to 18 in. long; racemes<br />
6 in. long. Flowers many, sub-whorled, green with pink spots,<br />
'5 to ·6 in. across, or half as big. Bracts short ovate. Pedicels<br />
'25 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, laterals falcate. Petals broad<br />
oblong blunt, half as long. Lip 3-lobed, claw short narrow, side<br />
lobes round with 2 bosses between, midlobe lanceolate, base narrow.<br />
Column broad-winged, arms acute. Anther large elliptic with a<br />
long fleshy pustular conic process on top. Hab. Mountains at 2500<br />
to 8000 ft. altitude, Pahang, Gunong Berumbun (Wray). Perak,<br />
Thaiping Hills (Derry).<br />
(37) B. alcicorne Par. and Rehb. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx.<br />
151; Ridl. Mat. i. 70.<br />
Rhizome long woody, '12 in. thick; pseudobulbs globose small,<br />
'12 in. apart. Leaf oblanceolate, blunt, fleshy, coriaceous, 3 to<br />
4 in. long, '5 in. wide; petiole I in. long. Peduncle graceful,<br />
5 in. long, pink; raceme decurved, I in. long. Flowers 20 crowded<br />
appressed to rachis. Bracts very small. Ovary and pedicel very<br />
short. Upper sepal nearly '25 in. long, lanceolate acute, white<br />
tipped and veined purple, laterals little longer linear oblong pink.<br />
Petals half as long ovate cuspidate toothed, white, teeth and nerves<br />
purple. Lip short-clawed, blade straight oblong blunt, edge ciliate<br />
yellowiSh, claw pink. Column white, foot shorter, arms bifid, lobes<br />
linear-oblong 2-toothed. Capsule elliptic, '36 in. long. Hab.<br />
Penang Hill at 2400 to 3000 ft. altitude (Fox and Curtis). Distrib.<br />
Tenasserim.<br />
(38) B. musciferum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 176.<br />
Rhizome 2 in. long; pseudo bulbs oblong-conic, '5 in. long,<br />
approximate. Leaf oblanceolate to linear-Ianceolate, sub-acute or<br />
blunt, 2 to 5 in. long, '25 to '5 in. wide; petiole '25 to '5 in. long;<br />
peduncle slender, I ft. long; raceme deflexed, I in. long, densely<br />
flowered. Bracts triangular-Ianceolate or ovate acuminate, longer
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