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DENDROBIUM sqtialens. 



Dingy -coloured Dendrohium 



GYNANDRIA MONAXDIUA. 



Nat 



ord. OrchiDE.E. Jussieu(/€Ji.Gl. Brown prod. 1. SOQ. Div. tV. 

 Anthera terminalis rnohilis decidua. 3iu5:,a' poUuiis dcmriin cticacex'. 

 Brown in Hart. Krw. ed. 2. 5. 205, 



DENDR0BIL3I. Lahellvm ecalcaratum, articulatum mm apice pro- 

 cesses unguiforinis, cujus luteribus pefala antica ad?iafa, calrrir ennil;mfia. 

 Mass(e polUnis quatuor, paralLl.v. Brown in Ilori. Kew. td. 2. 5. 212. 



D^ sqiialens, terrestre bulbis conicis truncatis, floiibus resupinatls confcrtis, 

 foliis lanceolatis plicatis sub-3-neivibus scapo duplo loiigiuribus. Lind- 

 ley MSS. 



I Herba ferrestris hvlhis conicis nudis fruncaHs. Folia cuiqne hnlbo 2 r. 3 



j suberecta riyida lanceolata 1-^ pedalia Iceto-viridia tri-plvrinercia, plirafa. 



Scapus riyidus erect us foil 16 duplo brevior bast vayinatus. Spica co/j/tr/a 

 Q-lO'Jlora, Bracteae ovarii lonyitudinc ova(<B acufniuafce mcmhranacoB. 

 Flores majnscvIi,paUide rvfesccnlcs, recti (sec. autorcs rcsupinati) ^periuhthii 

 laciniis oblongis obtvsis recurvisy labcllo carnoso canalicxdato viridi lobo 

 medio obiitso pnrjmreo crassiore, Cohunna ct ceier<je partes gnteris, Lindlcy 



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Tliis species of Deiidrobiiim appears to be nearly related 

 to the D. longifolium of M. Kunth, from wliich, however, it 

 seems to be perfectly distinct. In the latter plant the scape 

 is described as being twice as long as the leaves ; but in the 

 species before us the scape is almost hidden by the leaves, 

 than which it is at least twice as short. The D. lung/folium 

 is moreover a native of Popayan ; while the present plant 

 was found growing in woods near Rio Janeiro, whence it 



was sent to England by INIr. John Forbes, a collector in the 

 service of the Horticultural Society, in 1822. 



The period of its flowering is May and June. 



Wliether the Dendkobia undulatum et vanegatinn of the 

 authors of the Flora Peruviana are related to this it is 

 » scarcely possible to judge, with the very imperfect materials 



* afforded by those botanists ; but it is probable that tlie 



above-mentioned plants belong, on accouut of the other 

 species among which they are placed, to some of the para- 

 sitical sections of the genus. Lindlcy MSS. 



