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61. CORVISARTIA indica. 



DeCand. in Royle's Illustr. p. 251. t. 60. y*. 1. (Inula 



Royleana, DeCand. Prodr. 5. 464.) 



This is a coarse herbaceous plant, with large heads of yellow 

 flowers, in all respects extremely similar to the Elecampane 

 or Corvisartia Helenium. It is a native of Cashmere and 

 other northern parts of India, whence seeds have been ob- 

 tained by the Court of Directors of the East India Company. 

 It was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 

 If, says DeCandolle, the fruit is four-cornered in Corvisartia 

 indica, as well as in C. Helenium, then the genus is a good 

 one ; if otherwise, the former will be a transition to the true 

 Inulas. It turns out that the fruit of Corvisartia indica is 

 four-cornered, and therefore I admit the genus. 



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63. DENDROBIUM cucumerinum. 



W. MacLeay in litt. 



D. cucumerinum; nanum, intricatum, cajspitosum, ramis brevissimis articu- 

 latis cylindrams monopbyllis, foliis oblongis teretibus seriatim tubercu- 

 latis, pedunculis brevissimis trifloris, sepalis petalisque linearibus acumi- 

 nata obtusis, labelh trilobi lobis lateralibus triangularibus intermedio 

 oyato cnspato lamelhs 5 undulatis in medio, clinandrio denticulato. 



Of all the queer things which this strange order produces 

 this ,s one of the very oddest. Only fancy a handful of 

 little stunted cucumbers lying in a heap, and producing a few 

 pale dirty-yellow striped flowers in the midst, and you have 



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62. DENDROBIUM adincum. Wallich. 



D. aduncum ; caulibus pendulis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis integris, fl 

 bus ternis patentibus, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis lateralibus du r ~ 

 lationbus, cornu rotundato, labello unguiculato ovato concavo apiculato t 



columnse arete appresso intus villoso disco 'glabro, columna apice bia 1 -* A 

 sub stigmate villosa, anthera glandulosa. 



A beautiful species allied to D. Pierardi, received _, 

 Messrs. Loddiges from Dr. Wallich. The flowers are almost 

 transparent, and of the most delicate pink ; they are nearly 

 as large as in D. moschatum. 



