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* DENDRÓBIUM densiflórum. 
Dense-flowered Dendrobium. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACE=, S MaLAXIDEX. 
DENDROBIUM.—Supra, vol. 7. fol. 548. 
D. densiflorum ; caulibus articulatis clavatis pendulis apice foliosis, foliis oblongis 
acutis nervosis, racemis lateralibus multifloris foliis longioribus ; junioribus 
strobiliformibus, bracteis oblongis plicatis recurvis pedicellis longioribus, 
sepalis patentissimis ovatis obtusis, petalis conformibus majoriMus, labello 
majore rhomboideo unguiculato serrulato retuso. Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orch. 
p. 90. Wall. Pl. as. rar. no. 40. 
Planta pendula, levis, cespitosa, arborum parasitica, pedalis-2-pedalis. 
Radix constans fibris numerosis, fasciculatis, teretibus, indivisis. Caules 
plures, rigidi, cylindraceo-clavati, lucidi, etate flavicantes, maximá parte 
nudi, sulcis aliquot profundis totidemque angulis obtusissimis notati, vesti- 
giis vaginarum remotis annulati, extrorsům digitum crassi, apice foliosi. 
Folia valde approximata, patentia, alterna, ovato-oblonga, acuta, 5-pollicaria, 
‚firma, subcarnosa, lucida, plana, nervosa, basi contractá obsoletissimé petio- 
latá abientia in vaginas breves, adpressas, deciduas. Racemus magnus, soli- 
tarius, laxé pendulus, versus apicem caulis infra folia lateralis, peduncula- 
tus, 6-8-pollicaris, ovato-oblongus, obtusus, multiflorus ; novellus, longé ante 
expansionem, sessilis, ovatus, strobiliformis, 2-pollicaris, valdé regulariter 
imbricatus bracteis adpressis, planis, alternantibus. Pedunculus crassus, 
cylindricus, 2-3-pollicaris, bracteis sparsis, oblongis, recurvis, nervosis, mem- 
branaceis, fere pollicaribus, persistentibus. Flores valdé numerosi, majus- 
culi, flavi, approximati, undique sparsi, patentissimi, insidentes pedicellis 
teretibus, pollicaribus, suffultis bracteà magná, obovatá, nervosá, persistente. . 
Sepala oblonga, obtusa, semipollicaria ; lateralia parům majora, basique dila- 
tatá infra basin columnae in calcar brevissimum, subcy lindricum, obtusum 
connata, uti petala ovata, subequantia, patentissima. Labellum planum, 
patens, retusum, ciliato-denticulatum, suprà pubescens, basi desinens in un- 
guem brevem, canaliculatum. Columna brevis, conica, crassa, basi leviter 
producta. Anthera ovata. Wallich. 
* See folio 1249. 
