104 MALAXIDEiE,
solitary, capitate, umbellate, spicate or raceoiosc. Sepals subequal or the lateral pair
b n g e r than the dorsal (rarely twicc as long J; the lateral pair adnate to the foot of
t h e column. Petals various, usually much smaller than the dorsal sepal. Lip jointed on
t h e foot of the coluain, mobile, usually small and strongly recurved. Column veiy short,
often 2-aristate at the apex. Anther 2-celled; poUinia 4, the two inner reduced in
size,—Species about 250, tropical and subtropical, chiefly Asiatic, a few in Africa,
Australia and An-
Flowers solitary, on a long pedicel, scape very short • B. affine.
Flowers racemose or spicate:—
Uliizoaxe short, pseudo-bulbs usually crowded, leafless when
in flower -2- polyrhizum.
Rbizome slender, with distant pseiido-bulbs, flowers and
loaves Eoetaneous B. repians.
1. Bui.bophyllum affdsE Lindl, in Wall. Cat. 1982.
Rhizome long, stout, densely rooting. Pseudo-bulbs about 7'y cm. apart, 3 to 4 cm.
long, cylindric, slightly thickened at the base. Leaf narrowly oblong, obtuse, tapering
to the base, 7*5 to 17-75 cm. long, shortly petioled. Scape very short, bracteate,
from the sides of the base of a pseudo-bulb, or from the rhizome between the
Dseudo-bulbs, bearing a single flower. Floweis 2 to 2-5 cm. long, pedicelled, pale green
streaked with red, smooth. Sepak subequal, lanceolate, subacute, 5-nerved, not reflexed,
the lateral pair falcate. Petals a little shorter than the sepals, 3-nerved. Lip shorter
than the petals, lanceolate, thickened and concave at the base, the margins of the
upper surface dark purple. Column greemsh-yellow, rather stout, its foot short. Anther
conical, scabrid; jooZtoi'a cm-ved. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 48; Reichb. f. in Walp.
Ann. vi, 246; Hook. f. Fl. Br. lud. v, 756; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy Bot. Gard.
Calo, viii, 67, t. 91. Sarcopodñm affine Lindl. in Past. Fl. Gard. i, 135; Fol.
Orch., Sarcopodium 5,
Kumaon, in the Gori Valley between 4,000 and 5,000 feet; Duthie No. 24101;
floweriu"' in June and July. It extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim and the Khasia
and Naga Ilills.
2. Bulbophyllum polyrhizdm Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 53.
Rhisoiite thread-like, branching; pseudo-hulbs crowded or distant, globular or ovoid,
•with a broad base, smooth. Leaf 6-5 cm. long, nan'owly oblong, subacute, slightly
narrowed to the sessile base, deciduous before the flowers open. Scape filiform, about
1 dm. long, its suberect peduncle longer than the raceme, bearing one or two minute
bracts, raceme inclined. Flowers about 6, distant, secund, pale yellow, 8 mm. long;
floral 'bract minute, oblong, about equalling the short stalk of the ovary. Sepals
spreading, subacute; the dorsal ovate, concave; the lateral pair longer, oblong-lanceolate,
subacuter 3-nei-ved. Petals much shorter than the sépala, broadly ovate, acute,
l-nerved. Lip stipitate, deflexed from the base, oblong, obtuse, scaberulous, the baaal
CIBBHOPETALDJI. 105
half grooved. Column with very short sharp teeth; ita foot short, slightly curved.
Anther papillose, its lip acute. Hook. f. Fl, Br. Ind. v, 767; in Ann. Roy Bot.
Gard. v, pt. 1, 15, t. 23; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc, viii,
70, t. 95.
Dehra Dun, Gamlle, MacMnnon {Duthie's No, 24147); Garhwil, up to 4,000 feet
Maekinnon; flowering iu March. It was found by Wallich in Nepal, and occurs also in
Sikkim in the valloy of the Teesta at ao elevation of 1,500 feet.
3. Bulbophyllum ebptaks Lindl, in Wall. Cat. 1988.
Rhizome thin, wiry, naked, branching; pscacfo-SK^is distant, obpyriform, smooth, up to
2 cm. in length. Leaf 9 to 15 cm. long, linear-oblong, subacute, obliquely notched at
the apex, slightly narrowed at the base to the very short petiole. Scapes shorter or
longer than the leaves, often in pairs, slender and more or less decurved; peduncle sheathed
at the base, bracteate, longer or shorter than the laxly-flowered raceme; jloral bract of
the lower flowers of the spike longer than those of the upper, oblong-lanceolate, usually
longer than the shortly-stalked ovary. Ilotvors 7—9 mm. long, yellowish with purple spots.
Sepals subequal, lancoolate, 3-nerved, sperading, the lateral pair with dilated bases. Petals
much shorter than the sepals, oblong, blunt, 1-nerved, spreading. Lip about as long as
the petals, stipitate, deflexed from the middle, oblong, expanded and grooved at tho
base, apex narrowed and subacute, margins more or less winged. Column with filiform
apical processes and short lateral wings; the foot short and curved, tumid near the
stigma. P o t o ' a subglobose, the two inner small. Lindl. Gen. and Sp Orch 51 • Hook
f . Fl. Br. Ind. v, 768; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calo, viii ' 77 t"
106. B. Clarkei Reichb. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xsv,: 72. Tribrachia reptans LiLdl
Coll, Bot. t. 41A.
Garhwál, east of Tehri, at about 5,000 feet, M m « . « ; flowering at the beginning
of the cold season. Tho species extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim and the Khasia
and Naga Hills.
6. C i r r h o p e t a l u m Lindl.
Epiphytal. Rhizome creeping, but sometimes c®spitose ; pseudo-hulls I- rarely 2-
leaved. Leaves coriaceous and persistent, rarely membranous and deciduous Scape
rising from the base of a pseudo-bulb. Flov>crs usually in whorled umbels, cr capitate
rarely racemose, often dorsally compressed. Dorsal sepal concave, short rarely half as
long as the lateral pair, usually much shorter; lateral sepals usually much elon<rato and
acuminate, oblique, often cohering by their edges, the bases adnate to the sides of
the column or of its foot. Petals shorter than the dorsal sepal. Up small tumid
usually entire, always shorter than the dorsal sepal, jointed to the end of the foot
of the column and more or less mobile. Colxmn short; its apex with two (rarely
four) tooth-like appendages; the foot more or less produced. Anther 2.celled • vollinia I
cohering in a single mass and sometimes attached by their lower ends 'to a ma«s
of^ viscid tissue: the inner two usually small and lamelliforra.-Spedes about 40
chiofly Indo-Malayan. '
Ann. Eot. Box. Gaed., Ca'.c., Yul. IX.