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DENDROBIUM discolor. 
Dull-coloured Dendrobium. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEH, § MALAXE. 
DENDROBIUM. Botanical Register, vol. 15. fol. 1291. 
§ Onycuium: caulibus erectis basi incrassatis. 
D. discolor ; caulibus erectis fusiformibus, foliis oblongis obtusé emarginatis 
distichis, racemo terminali multifloro, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis 
patulis crispis, labelli crenulati lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio lanceo- 
lato acuto: lamellis 5 undulatis. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1841. mise. 50. 
Lodd. cat. ed. ult. no. 323. 
Caulis erectus, 4-pedalis et ultra, in racemum longum strictum productus, 
basi squamatus, paulo altiis fusiformis, dein annulatus, apice foliosus. Folia 
oblonga, emarginata, obtusa, patentia, coriacea, disticha. Racemus strictus, 
multifiorus, purpureus, flecuosus ; bracteis brevibus acutis. Flores 10-16 in 
omni racemo, inter majores, horizontales. Sepala et Petala conformia, lineart- 
lanceolata, patentia, undulato-crispa, fusco-aurantiaca, margine pallidiora. 
Labellum pallidius, in cornu brevi emarginato productum, ovato-oblongum, con- 
cavum, trilobum ; lacintis lateralibus erectis acutis, intermedia lanceolatd multo 
angustiore, acuminatd, recurvd, omnibus subcrenulatis seu crispatis; lamelle 5, 
erecta, undulate, parallele, contigue, pallidé violacee medium occupant, qua- 
rum laterales breviores, intermedia ad lacinie intermedia dimidiam flecuosé 
producitur. Columna brevis emarginata, antherd infra columne humeros 
immersia. 
A native of Java, whence Messrs. Loddiges obtained 
plants in 1838; it does not however appear to be included 
among those known to Dr. Blume, to whose genus Onychium 
it belongs. It has a most singular appearance, with stout 
erect stems four feet high, swollen in the middle, and terminal 
racemes of about 16 dingy yellowish brown flowers, as much 
curled and wavy as those of a Gloriosa. The lip has the same 
dull dirty colour, except along the middle, where it is deco- 
rated with five deep wavy plates of a light violet. 
