Dendrobium ranks in Mr. Brown's fifth section of 

 Orchidece, distinguished by " a terminal moveable lidshaped 

 deciduous anther; pollen-masses of a waxen consistence and 

 smooth surface; and by its species being nearly all parasi- 

 tical." In the sectional group, the genus is marked by the 

 same author, as having " a spurless label connected by a 

 joint with the top of the unguislike process, to the sides of 

 which the front-petals are attached in such way as to aiford 

 the appearance of a true orchideous spur; and 4 parallel 

 pollen-masses r Cucullatum is specifically distinguished by 

 Mr. Brown, " as having loosely hanging stems, lanceolate 

 taper-pointed leaves disposed in two ranks, peduncles placed 

 opposite to the leaves, and generally 2-flowered, and an un- 

 divided label with an ovate outline and cowled base." 



The stem of our plant had been tied up to a garden stick 

 for support on its removal to London, and in this position 

 it is shown by our draughtsman ; but when growing natu- 

 rally in its station on the trunks or branches of the vege- 

 tables it affects in Its native India, the stems are said to 

 hang loosely down. 



