This genus is best distinguishod f r om BMophyUum by the Bliortasas o! the dorsal sepal aad
t ^ e great length of tlia lateral sepals; also by tlie flowers being usually in umbels, rarely in
raoemoa or heads.
P o l l i n i a attached to a viscns; lateral sepals quits free,
umbels ereot Q. rnaculomn.
Pollinia without a visous, lateral sepals coherino*;^—
Lateral sepals cohering at their bases, umbels eroct . g. C. Sookevi.
Lfiteral sepals coheriog except at their bases, racemes
^^oo^i^g c. ref,-actum.
1. CIKBHOPETALUU MáCüLOsuM Lindl. in Bot. ;Ueg. 1841, Misc. 81- 1843 under
t. 49.
Rkkomes -with fibrous sheaths and many roots; pseudo-lulhs contiguous or as
nmch as 1-3 cm. apart, ovoid, wrinkled at flowering time, 2 to 2-5 cm. long. Leaf
sessile, l l ' o to 15 cm. long, nf?rrowly oblong, obtuse and notched at the apes,
narrowed at the base, thick. Scape about twice as long as the pseudo-bulb, with a
shoath at the base, the uoibel 2-4-flowerod; floral Iracl lanceolate, shorter than the
stalked ovary. Flowers about 5 mm. long. ASepah and petals cream-coloured and spotted
•with red. Dorsal sepal free at its base from the lateral pair, broadly ovate, acute, subdepressed;
lateral sepals about twice as long as the dorsal, free, ovate-lanceolate'from
a broad base, sub-acute, falcate, their upper margins curved inwards. Petals broadly
ovate, very obtuse. Lip oblong with ti broad base, tapering to the sub-acute apes,
green, the upper surface grooved. Column broadly winged, short; the apical teeth
short, curved, blunt; its foot narrowed, rectangularly curved below the apex.
i'ollinia all cohering to a viscus, the outer two much the longer. Hook. f. Fl. Br.
Ind. V, 776; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Gale, viii, 95, t. 132.
C. lootanense Griff. Notul. iii, 297; Ic. PL t. 299. Bdbophyllojjsis maculosa Reichb. f.
in Walp. Ann. vi, 243. B. mirphologorum Eeichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 933.
Below Massoorie, Duthie; Garhwál, Falconer, MacHnnon {Du.thié's No. 2Í151) ;
Knmaou, 3-4.000 feet, Strachey Winierbottom. Flowers in May. It estends
eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim and the Khasia Hills.
2. CIRRHOPETALUM HooKEKi Duthie in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Issi, part 2, 38.
Cespitóse. Pseudo-bulbs crowded, 1-5 to 1-7 cm. long, ovoid, obtuse, grooved,
greyish-green, one-leaved. Leaf Z to 4 cm. long and 1 to 1-2 cm. broad, elliptic-oblong
or lanceolate, often subfalcate, very shortly petioled, notched at the obliquely obtuse
or acute apex, coriaceous, dark green above, paler beneath, narrowly hyaline along the
margins. Peduncle sleuder, equalling or exceeding the leaves, bracteate. Umbel 3.10-
flowered; floral bracts 5 mm. long, whorled, lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, shorter
than the pedicelled ovary, margins incurved. Dorsal sepal 5 mm. long, quite free ai
its base from the lateral pair, ovate, emarginate, concave and embracing the column,
pale yellow, and with three broad reddish-purple veins; lateral sepals 2-1 cm. long,
cohering at their base and adnate to the fAot of the columji, auricled at the base
linear-lanceolate, acuminate and with cucullate tips, jellow with three to four reddish
TOÍQS, which become indistinct upwards. Petals shorter than the dorsal s-pal, broadly
CIIl-EHOPETALUM. 107
and obliquely ovate, rounded at the apes, yellow tinged with reddish-purple at the
base. Lip deflexed from about the middle, oblong, with the margins incurved and
forming a deep furrow on the upper surface, thick and fleshy, yellow with reddishpurple
spots on the raised margins of the basal portion. Column with a long incurved
foot; apical processes two, triangular, setaceous. Hook. f. ia Bot. Mag, t. 7869.
Garhwal near Tehri, epiphytic on Rhododendron arhreum at elevations between 5
and 6,000 feet, Mackinnon'a collector {Duthie's No, 25402).
TMs species is most n e a r l y related to C. cmpito&wn Wall,, a natWe of ILe Sikkim Himalaya
and the Ehasia Hills, from which it differs by its larger size, more rounded pseudo-bulbs and much
longer scapes. The lateral sepals adhere at the base only, and the petals are obtuse and quite entire ;
t h e shape of the lip is also different. Tbe Botanical Magazine plate, alluded to above, was prepared
f r om living speoimens sent to Kew early in 1902.
PLATE 101. Cirrhopetalum Hookeri D u t h i e . o f plant,—o/ natural size. Fig. 1,
single flower, side view; 2, the same, seen from the front; 3, dorsal sepal; 4 and 5, lip° 6,
column aud ovary with Up attached; 7, column with lip removed; 8, anther; 9, pollinia';—
3. CIRRHOPETALUM REFEACTUM Zollinger in Flora (1847), 456.
Cespitóse; pseudo-bulbs crowded, conical and with broad bases, short, wrinkled at
flowering time, leaves in pairs from the apes of a pseudo-bulb, deciduous at flowering
time, 3-Ó to 12-5 cm. long, narrowly oblong, acute, contracted at .the base, sessile. Pet
uncle 10 to 15 cm. long, erect, slender, sheathed at the base and with two ovateacuminate
bracts; raceme drooping, 3-5 to 9 cm. long, 4—12-flowered; floral had
ovate-acuminate, much longer than the short subsessile ovary. Flowers 4 to 6-5 cm.
long, decurved. Dorsal sepal free at the base from the lateral pair, lanceolate, apex
awned; margins ciliate, depressed; lateral pair about five or sis times as long as
the dorsal, cohering escept at the base. Petals rather fleshy, triangular, more densely
ciliate than the dorsal and about half as long. Lip shorter than tlie dorsal sepal,
oblong, obtuse, very fleshy; lower surface convex, the upper smooth, deflexed from
below the middle, the basal half with upturned edges, the anterior half with tufts
of purple glandular hairs. Column short, with slender decurved apical teeth, the foot
short and abruptly contracted about the middle. Anther papillose; pollinia obovoid,
subequal. Walp, Ann. i, 776; Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. v, 779; in Ann. Roy. Bot.
Gard. Calc. v, 19, t. 28; King & Pantl. ia Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii,'
87, t. 119, C. Lindl. in Wall. Cat, 1980; Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 72; and
1843 sub. t. 49 (not of Wall. PI. As. Rar.). C. tripudians Par. & Reichb. f. in
Gard. Chron. 1876, 816. Bulbophyllum refractum Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. TÍ, 259.
B. tripudians Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. Lino. Soc. xxx, 164.
Kumaon, in the Sarju valley at 3,700 feet, Strache^ ^ Winierbottom No. 11;
flowering after the rainy season is over. It extends eastwards to Sikkim, and is found
also in Burma aud Java.
The lateral sepals, which form the most conspicuous part of the flower, are pale green wiifii
young and become brownish with age. The dorsal sepal and the petals and lip are pale yellow,
spotted with purple.
ARM. ROT. BOT. GARD., CALC., TOL. I X.