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Bulbophyllum.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDEJE. 81<br />
8 to 10 in a whorl. Bracts linear-lanceolate setaceous red. Upper<br />
sepal ovate aristate, hairy, yellowish brown or pink spotted darker,<br />
laterals connate oblong blunt, '75 in. long, '13 in. wide, reddish or<br />
pink with darker spots or suffused rosy. Petals as long as upper<br />
sepal, lanceolate aristate hairy. Lip very small recurved channelled<br />
with 3 ribs yellow tip purple or brown. Column foot hardly as<br />
long, yellowish or pink spotted, arms short rounded. Hab. Trees<br />
in low country. Singapore, Bajau. johor, Kwala Kahang (Kelsall).<br />
Malacca, Sungei Rambei. Negri Sembilan, Siliau (Williams).<br />
Dtstrib. Tenasserim, Borneo.<br />
(92) B. ochraceum Ridl. Mat. i. 84. Cirrhopetalum ochraceum<br />
Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1898, p. 212.<br />
Rhizome long; pseudobulbs crowded, conic, 4-angled, 1'5 in.<br />
long, '5 in. thick. Leaf oblanceolate blunt, 7 in. long, I in. wide.<br />
Scape stout, 10 in. long, red. Flowers about 10. Bracts lanceolate<br />
long-acuminate. Upper sepal ovate acuminate reddish, edge<br />
hairy, laterals connate for whole length oblong-lanceolate, I in.<br />
long, '25 in. wide, orange-ochre red spotted. Petals lanceolate,<br />
edges hairy red. Lip tongue-shaped, recurved olive. Column<br />
long, foot slender, arms large thin, triangular. Hab. Very rare.<br />
Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Ridley).<br />
(93) B. maximum Ridl. Mat. i. 79. Cirrhopetalum maximum<br />
Rldl. J ourn. Bot. March 1900, p. 70.<br />
Rhizome long stout; pseudo bulbs distant, narrow oblong,<br />
5 in. long. Leaf lanceolate, r ft. long, 4 in. wide; petiole r·s in.<br />
long. Peduncle r ft. long. Flowers in a terminal whorl I ft.<br />
across, each over 6 in. long; pedicel r in. long, stout. Bracts<br />
lanceolate acuminate, r in. long. Sepals lanceolate cordate. Petals<br />
similar, all apple green. Lip tongue-shaped fleshy acute, cream<br />
colour with violet centre. Column oblong, broad cream marked<br />
mauve, arms 4, 2 erect, 2 broad, t:lick horizontal violet. Hab.<br />
Local. Perak, Bujong Malacca on trees (Ridley, Curtis).<br />
11. DENDROCHILUM, Blume.<br />
Rhizome woody creeping branched; pseudo bulbs usually distant.<br />
Leaf solitary coriaceous. Raceme slender from the rhizome near<br />
the pseudobulb with dry sheaths at base. Flowers numerous very<br />
small, white. Sepals narrow equal, laterals adnate to columnfoot.<br />
·Column rather tall with lateral arms, top hooded. Anther<br />
2-celled, pollinia 4, ovoid united by a viscid mass. Capsule subglobose<br />
or 3-angled. Species about 15, Malay Peninsula and islands.<br />
Lip lanceolate.<br />
Leaf lanceolate • . .<br />
Leaf narrow linear very coriaceous<br />
Lip oblong sub-spathulaJ:c .<br />
Lip pandurate.<br />
Leaf obovate coriaceous thick<br />
Leaf elliptIc thin coriaceous<br />
Fl.M.P •• 4<br />
(I) D. album<br />
(2) D. angustifolium<br />
(3) D. spathulatum<br />
(4) D. crassum<br />
(5) D. ellipticum G
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