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DENDROBIUM compressum. 
Flat-stemmed Dendrobium. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orncuipacex. $ MALAXEX—DENDROBIDX. 
DENDROBIUM. Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1291. 
Sect. DENDROCORYNE (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842. mise. 76); caulibus 
. clavatis, szepius apice tantum foliatis. 
D. compressum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842. misc. 76); caule obovato com- 
presso 2-6-phyllo, foliis ovalibus acutis striatis basi dilatatis membrana- 
ceis amplexicaulibus, racemis subquadrifloris cernuis, sepalis petalisque 
oy erectis, cornu elongato obtuso, labello cuneato levi per axin 
sulcato. 
PN 
This singular species was discovered in the island of 
Ceylon by Mr. Nightingale, and by that gentleman sent to 
his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, from whose col- 
lection at Syon we were permitted to obtain a figure in August 
1842, The year of its importation was 1840. 
The curious flattened stems are not more than three or 
four inches long, and resemble those of no species hitherto 
discovered. They appear however to bring the plant into a 
section of the genus to which the name Dendrocoryne (xopuvy 
a club) may be applied, and which will also contain D. densi- 
florum, tetragonum, Griffithianum, and Macrei. 
The singular form of the labellum, fig. 1, which is that of 
a wedge drawn out at the point, and furrowed along the mid- 
dle, distinguishes this plant, independently of its habit. 
It should be potted in turfy heath-mould. The pot in 
which it is grown, should be half filled with potsherds, in 
order that all superfluous water may pass off; the soil must be 
considerably elevated above-its brim. During the growing 
season an ample supply of water should be given, and the 
