i;^i4 



DENDROBIUM* moniliforme 



Necklace-stemmed Dendrohiiim 



mNANDRIA MONANDHIA. 



Nat. ord. Orciiii)k;r. § Malaxidece. * Dendrobiese. 

 DENDROBIUM. — Suprd, vol 1. foL 548. 



beet. Caules undigue Jbliosif versus apicem senshn incrassntiy unde 

 clavatijiunt. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. of Orchideous Plants, ined. 

 D. moniliforme; caulibus erectis clavatis ramosis : internodiis tumidis, follis 



oblongis obliqu^ emarginatis obtusis, floribus geminatis foliis longioribus, 



sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis venosis, labello cucullato acuto con- 

 form!. ^, "" 



Fu Ran. Kcempf, amcen. t. 865. 



Epidendrum moniliforme. Lzjin. sp. pL 1352. 



Dendrobium moniliforme. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. Willd. 



no. 19. 



viridibus. Folia ohlonaa. subdisticha 



pallidi 



caulibus, brevibus, membranaceis. Flores gemini^ peduncnlo communi insi- 



denies. ^ caulp vprsus nnirpm prum.'npnfpQ dilute rnari. vpnix Tubris mcti. 



oblongce 



Labellum maculis 



fc 



A native of China and Japan, from tlie former of which 

 countries it was introduced several years since by the 

 Horticultural Society. 



• 



The figure now given was obtained from a specimen 

 that flowered in the collection of William Cattley, Esq., 

 at Barnet, in November last. By this gentleman it has 

 been cultivated with great success, his plants having 

 attained the height of two feet, and being in a state of 

 the most vigorous health. In general it is unhealthy, 

 grows slowly, and never flowers. It is particularly dis- 



• Scefol. 1239. 



