16 ANNALS OF EOTAL BOTANIC GAEDEN, CALCUTTA.
P L A T E 24.
BULBOPHTLLUM {Etikilbophyllum) EU B L E P I I A R U M , Reichi.
B. evUepkarum\ pseudobulbìs elongato-ovoideia tcretibus monophyllxs, foliis bveTiter
p e t i o k t i s lineari-oblongis acutis coriaceis, scapo ascendente clougato robusto, spica laxiflora,
bractcis ovario icquilongis aristatis, sepalis orato-Iaiiceolatis longe acuminatis albis v.
T U - i d i b u s punctatis, petalis columuie iequiloiigis oblongis eroso-fimbriatis albis punctatis,
labello stipitato late ovato recurvo purpureo, columnie dentibus elongatis erectis. Rcichb.
/ . w Walp. Ann. vi. 252; Hook f . Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 764.
IIAB.—SIKKIM HIJIALAVA, alt. 7—10,000 ft.
Pmidohulbs 2 — i n . Leaves 4—8 in., sometimes loriform. Saape \7Ìth spike 12—18
i n . , ascending, mlh a few long appressed sheaths toward the base and scattered empty
green, lanceolate bracts below the spike; spike 4—6 in. long, inclined; bracts y in,,
green. Sejjals ^—^ in. long, concave;, raeatum rounded; petals about as long as the
sepals. Lip cordate at the base, strongly recurved, obtuse.
This is perhaps the only species of Bulbophyllum that attains to 10,000 ft. elevation. Tho drawing
reproduced here is from a Sikkim specimen, ani is inscribed "From Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ft., Aug.
18G2. T. Anderson. Luchman Singh -delt." Griffith's specimens (brought by collectors in Sikkini)
have leaves fs by I3 in., and Sowers larger than in tho drawing.
Fiff. 1, side and 2, front view of fiotrer; S, tlie 8ame with sepals and petals removed; 4, antlier; 5, pollinia—uiZ
enlarged from the tpecimen dratni. Pig, 6, enlar^red fioirer witb a lateral sepal and a petal ri'moved, from a drawing
of my own of a flower taken from Grillitli's speeimea.
C I R R H O P E T A L I I M (Eaceniosce) BLEPHARISTES, Hook. f .
C. Blepharistes-, pseudobulbis in rhizoma elongatuni robustum remotis
ovoideisve teretibus v. uno latere sulcatis 1—2 phyllis, foliis oblongis lineari-oblongisve
emarginatis crassissimis, scapis elongatis gi-acilibus decurvis, rachi incrassato, floribus
inagnis bre\iter racemosis, sepalis viridibus rubro-striatis, lateralibus in laminam ovatolanceolatam
acutam connatis, dorsali lanceolato bis tervo longiore, petalis late oblongis
obovato-cordatisve fimbriatis 5—10 nerviis aureis apicibus rubro-punctatis, labello sessile
recto oblongo apice rotundato basi dilatato coi-dato, colaainaj dentibus minutis. Eook f.
Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 779; vi. 190. Bulbophyllum Blepharistes, Reichh. f. in. Trans. Linn.
Soc. XXX. 138.
HAB.—KHASIA HILLS, Badgeley (IC. in Herh. Hvt. Calcutta). TENASSEIUM, Parish.
Bhizome as thick as a duck's quill, rooting at tho bases of the pseudobulbs, articulate.
Psenidohulbs —3 in., smooth, green, with sometimes a superadded node. Leaves
2 3 in., sessile or shortly petioled. Seape 6—12 in., with distant greeu appressed sheaths,
often deflexed with tho umbel erect; bracts minute, triangular, persistent, green; pedicels
with ovary f- in., slender. Sepals 7-nerved; lateral f in., base of combined pair
subcordate, dorsal variable in length; petals very small; lip yellowish, mottled with red.,
not recurve;!. Column very short, apex doi-sally toothed.
A CENTUEY OP INDIAN OECIIIDS ; (J. D. HOOKEE). 1 7
This is one of the few species of Cinhopetahm that may be referred to that genus or to Bulbophyllum,
according to whether the dorsal sepal is considered to be !ong or eliort. In tho case o£ the
specinien figured it would, hut for its habit, be referred to the latter genus, as it was by Heichenbach.
As I have stated in the Flora of British India (v, 772), the species of Bulbophyllum and Cirrhopetalum
are in nxany cases so closely allied hy cross affinities that tho two genera might well be regarded as one.
My keeping them apart is due to tho consideration of convenience, and the fact that all my attempts
to commingle the species of both has resulted in D, chaotio aggregate with most tinsatisfnctory sectional
characters; in fact a fax less satisfactoiy result than the keeping them apart, which latter course avoids
a greatly inci-eased synonymy.
The drawing of the Khasian specimen here figured is inscribed "Khasia hills, Capt. Badgeley, fid.
H, B. 0,, January 1878"; the flowers are m\icli larger and the dorsal sepal far longer than in the
Tenasserim specimens.
Fig, 1, flower; 2, dorsal and 3, lateral sepals; petals; 5, t
column:—a^i enlarged.
in ; 6, lip ; 7, 8. autlier i 9, pollinia ; 5, ovary and
• P L A T E 26.
CIRRHOPETALUM {JJmhellatce) GA M O S E P A L U J I .
G. gamosepalum] pseudobulbis in rhizomate repente subremotis ovoideis angulatis,
foliis obovatis liueari-obovatis-oblongisve emarginatis v. bilobis crasse coriaceis, scapo
gracili pendulo multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis pedicilHs brevibus brevioribus viridibus,
sepalo dorsali ovato in aristam ciliatam angustato aureo-rubro-stiiato producto, lateralibus
dorsali subtriplo longioribus lineaiibus apice rutundatis in laminam lineari-oblongam planam
roseo-purpuream cohan-entibus, petalis sepalo dorsali fere aquilongìs ciliatis et in aristani
ciliatam productis rubro-punctatis, labello subsessile lineari-oblongo obtuso recurvo
purpureo, columnar angulis rotundatis. Griff. Notul. iii. 296;2Zboi./, Fl. Brìi. Ind. Y. 774,
C. Andersonii, Kurz in Rcp. Vcg. Andam. 51 {nomen'). Bulbophyllum Griffitbianum, Par.
and Reichh. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 153.
TENASSERIÌI—Griffith, Parish. ANDAMAN ISDS., Kurs. PERAK, Suortechini. MALACCA,
Rhizome as thick as a crow-quill, closely articulate. Pseiidohulbs —1 in. long, gi-een,
4-angled. Loaves 2|-4 in., subpetiolate, dark green. Scape 4—6 in., very slender, brownpurple,
sheaths small appressed; bracts ^ in., green; pedicels with ovaiy about twice as
long; flowers f—1 in. long. Dorsal sepal suberect, lateral cohering as a flat rosepurple
blade with a rounded entire or crenate tip, each 5-nerved.
Notwithstanding Griffith's description of the rhizome of his C. gamosppahim as filiform, I feel sure
that I was right in referring to it Kurz's C. andamamcum; and the drawing here given confirms this
view. Except in coloui-, I fiod no other difference except in the lip, which Griffith describes as
acuminato. The dorsal sepal and petal he describes as hlood-red; tho former greenish at Die base and
the lateral ns closely dotted at the base witli purple; and the column as white with black-purple spots.
Eeichenbach in his very imperfect diognosis of Bu/5. Grif.thianum desciibes the leaves and lateral
sepals as acute, and omits the ciliate awned apices of the dorsal sepal and petals. Pollowiog him I described
the lateral sepals aa acute (Fl. Brit. Ind.), but I feel sure that they are orly so through shrivelling.
I gather from an observation in his diagnosis that Parish had suggested its being G. gnmosepalnm.
'J'he latter says the flowers ai'e white streaked with brown.
ANN. EOY. BOT. GARD. OAI^., YOI,. Y.