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CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.£. [ Bulbophyllum.<br />
3 in. long. Flowers 10 in a whorl. Bracts ·25 in. long. Pedicels<br />
filiform, ·5 in. long. Upper sepal ovate acute, minutely mucronate,<br />
lower ones ·36 in. long, connate near tip only, tip shortly bifid.<br />
Petals glabrous half as long as upper sepal, ovate toothed. All<br />
white closely pink-spotted. Lip tongue-shaped linear blunt.<br />
Column white, foot pink spotted. Hab. On rocks. Setul, Bukit<br />
Rajah Wang (Ridley). .<br />
(81) B. Skeatianum Ridl. Joum. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 177.<br />
Pseudobulbs crowded obpyriform, I in. long, purple. Leaf<br />
linear-lanceolate blunt, I to 2 in. long, ·25 to ·36 in. wide. Scape<br />
5 in. long or less, slender purple. Bracts linear acuminate.<br />
Flowers 9 to 12 in a half whorl. Pedicels I in. long. Upper<br />
sepal ovate blunt, purplish red with red streaks, lower sepals bright<br />
red to orange red, linear acuminate, connate towards tip, I in.<br />
long. Petals ovate blunt deep red, purple as long as upper sepal.<br />
Lip tongue-shaped orange. Hab. Local on tree boughs. Pahang,<br />
Gunong Tahan, at 3000 to 5500 ft. altitude (Ridley).<br />
(82) B. purpurascens J"eysm. and Binn. Natur. Tidschr. xxiv.<br />
308. B. citrinum Rzdl. Mat. i. 75. Cirrhopetalum citrinum<br />
Ridl. J ourn. Lmn. Soc. xxxi. 279.<br />
Rhizome rather slender; pseudobulbs crowded to I in. apart,<br />
conic, hardly I in. long. Leaf obovate blunt, fleshy dark green or<br />
purple, 1·5 in. long, ·75 in. wide. Peduncle filiform shorter or<br />
longer. Flowers 10 crowded in a head, whorled, lemon yellow,<br />
nearly ·5 in. long. Bracts linear acute as long as pedicels. Upper<br />
sepal ovate-Ianceolate acute, laterals lanceolate-linear twice as<br />
long. Petals ovate acuminate or lanceolate acute, shorter than<br />
upper sepal. Lip curved sub-acute, 2-keeled. Column foot short,<br />
arms short broad blunt. Capsule elliptic, ·5 in. long. Hab. Common.<br />
Singapore, Tanjong Gol; Sungei Buluh. Johor, Sungei<br />
Bau. Malacca, Mt. Ophir; Cape Rachado (Williams). Perak,<br />
Thaiping. Distrib. S. Siam, Borneo. Java. Sumatra.<br />
(83) B. Annandalei Ridl.<br />
Rhizome moderately thick; pseudobulbs approximate truncate<br />
conic, ·5 in. long. Leaf coriaceous lanceolate blunt, narrowed to<br />
petiole, 4 in. long, ·6 in. wide; petiole ·25 in. long. Scape 3 in.<br />
tall. Flowers 2, deep crimson colour, faintly striped brown. Upper<br />
sepal ovate, ·5 in. long, ·24 in. wide, sub-acute, edge ciliate, lower<br />
sepals free except at base, I in. long, base dilate then narrowed,<br />
blade lanceolate acuminate, ·25 in. long. Petals ovate, ·25 in.<br />
long, edges fimbriate. Lip tongue-shaped curved fleshy large.<br />
Hab. Naung Chik, Bukit Besar. On a log across a stream at<br />
2000 ft. altitude (Annandale and Robinson).<br />
(84) B. campanulatum Rolfe, Kew Bulletin 1909, p. 62; Bot.<br />
Mag. t. 8281; Orch. Review 1910, 73, t. 6. B. auratum Rfdl. Mat.<br />
i. 82. Cirrhopetalum auratum Ridl. not Lindl.<br />
Rhizome short; pseudobulbs crowded ovoid grooved and
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