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obtusis, labello crasso erecto arcuato subcanaliculato 
quasi trilobo, lobis lateralibus minimis medio rotundato 
obsoleté crenulato.—-— Nilgherries.—— About three or 
four inches high. Lip pale green. Sepals whitish flesh- 
colour. 
63. D. pygmeum (Lindl. no. 45. Dendrobium pusillum, Don. 
Prodr. 35); caulibus erectis ceespitosis vaginis laxis 
foliorum vestitis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, racemis sub- 
erectis terminalibus multifloris foliorum longitudine, 
rachi angulato, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis, sepalis 
inferioribus ovatis acuminatis ad basin cornu incurvo 
connatis: supremo petalisque lineari-spatulatis acutis, 
labello unguiculato cuneatointegro: callis duobus longi- 
tudinalibus in disco ; margine anteriore carnoso crispo 
plicato lobo intermedio ovato. ——— Martaban. A very 
small plant, forming tufts. Very near D. microbulbon, 
but different in the form of the lip; and the flowers are 
much smaller. 
Nearty allied to the racemose Dendrobia just described 
is that curious race, already enumerated at t. 98 of our volume 
for last year, under the name of Spatulata. They are plants 
with hard stiff slender stems, clothed with coriaceous dis- 
tichous leaves, and bear their flowers in long lateral many- 
flowered racemes. They are all remarkable for having the 
petals considerably longer than the sepals. In order to pre- 
serve some uniformity in nomenclature I would propose the 
name Ceratobium for them. 
Sect. IL CERATOBIUM. Stems erect, slender. Leaves 
coriaceous, distichous. Racemes lateral, many-flowered. Pe- 
tals much longer than the sepals. 
64. D. taurinum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. t. 98.) ; foliis 
oblongis obliqué emarginatis, racemo oblongo, sepalis 
ovatis obtusiusculis, petalis linearibus contortis dupld 
longioribus, labello oblongo apice crispo per axin lineis 
3 elevatis intermedia apice flexuosá aucto.— — Manilla. 
—— This has large flowers, with yellowish green sepals, 
rolled back at the points, very long deep purple twisted 
petals, and a paler purple lip, with three elevated lines 
along the middle, and a few small tubercles near the 
apex. The stem is five feet high. 
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