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DENDROBIUM aduncum. 
Hooked Dendrobe. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACE®. $ MALAxE=-DENDROBIDE. (Orcas, 
Vegetable Kingdom, p. 181. ined.) 
DENDROBIUM, Swartz. 
$ STACHYOBIUM. Caules teretes. Folia plana. Flores racemosi. 
D. aduncum (Wallich); caulibus pendulis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 
integris, floribus ternis patentibus, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis 
lateralibus dupló latioribus, cornu rotundato, labello unguiculato ovato 
concavo apiculato columne arcté appresso intus villoso disco glabro, 
columnà apice bialatà sub stigmate villosa, antherá glandulosà.— Lind/. 
in Bot. Reg. 1842. mise. 62. 
Of this very pretty Orchid we know nothing more than 
that it was sent from Calcutta to Messrs. Loddiges, by Dr. 
Wallich, and that it flowered at Hackney in July, 1842. 
In some respects it is allied to D. Pierardi, especially in 
its small pink flowers and manner of growth ; but it is more 
closely related to D. moschatum, of which it may be regarded 
as a feeble imitation. It is however widely different from 
both, and is especially known by its half transparent flowers, 
of the most delicate texture and clearest tints. Why it is 
called D. aduncum, or whence it comes, we know not. 
Fig. 1. represents the column, which is remarkable for 
being hairy just below the stigma, and for having a downy 
anther; 2. is the lip, stalked, spoon-shaped, sharp. poni, 
and covered all over the inside with hairs, except a round 
space in the centre, which answers to the stigma when pressed 
against it, and which is perfectly smooth ; 3. are the pollen- 
masses. 
Like many other Dendrobes, this requires a warm and a 
humid atmosphere throughout the year. ‘The most conve- 
nient, and probably the best way of growing it, is in a pot, in 
