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DENDROBIUM aureum; var. pallidum. 
Golden-flowered Dendrobium ; pale variety. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACE£, $ MALAXIDE£. 
DENDROBIUM. Bot. Reg. vol. 7. fol. 548. 
D. aureum ; caulibus teretibus clavatis internodiis brevibus, foliis lineari-oblongis 
apice obliquis emarginatis, pedunculis subbifloris aggregatis lateralibus, se- 
palis lineari-ovatis acuminatis obtusis, petalis latioribus ovatis acutis undu- 
latis, labello ovali undulato obtusiusculo indiviso medio serrulato per axim 
pubescente. 
D. aureum. Gen. $ Sp. Orch. p.78. 
A native of Ceylon, where it was first found by Mr. 
Macrae growing upon trees, near Nuera Ellia, flowering in 
January. It has since been frequently imported, and is 
occasionally seen in the collections of this country. The 
accompanying drawing was made in the Nursery of the 
Messrs. Loddiges, in March 1838. 
The species varies with pale yellow and white flowers, 
the latter being what is here represented. In both varieties 
the fragrance is remarkable, forming a something interme- 
diate between violets and primroses. 
The materials from which it was first described were 
very imperfect, and consequently various alterations and 
emendations in the specific character have become necessary, 
and are now made. 
The magnified figure represents the labellum seen from 
the inside. 
It is propagated in the same way, and requires precisely 
the same treatment as D. crumenatum, described at t. 22 of 
this volume. The side shoot with the roots represented in 
the figure, if taken carefully off, would make an excellent 
plant. 
