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DENDROBIUM Kuhlii. 
Kuhl’s Dendrobe. 
GYNANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcuipacex. (Oncuips, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 173.) 
DENDROBIUM.—Supra passim. 
Sect. PEDILONUM (Blume, Sect. 2.) Stems erect. Racemes lateral. 
Lateral sepals united into a pouch, with which the base of the lip is entirely 
coherent, without any articulation. 
D. Kuhlii ; foliis ovali-oblongis acutis subseptemnerviis apice insequalibus, 
racemis brevibus plurifloris, sepalis ovatis patulis petalis latioribus, labelli 
limbo lineari spathulato acuto imberbi, caleare crasso ovarii fere longi- 
tudine.— Lindley Gen. $ Sp. Orch. no. 58. 
Pedilonum Kuhlii, Blume Bijdr. p. 321. 
This handsome plant is not unworthy to be placed by 
the side of its near ally, the beautiful D. secundum, from 
which it differs in having larger flowers in short lateral few- 
flowered horizontal racemes.  'They are of a bright rose 
colour, and retain their freshness longer than is usual in this 
genus. 
For its introduction we are again indebted to the enter- 
prise and good management of Messrs. Veitch and Co. of 
Exeter, to whom it was sent from Java by Mr. Thomas Lobb. 
It is No. 356 of his sets of dried specimens, which we may 
without exaggeration say, are scarcely rivalled for their 
beautiful preparation, or for the skill and taste with which 
hey have been selected. 
Our drawing was made from materials supplied by 
Messrs. Veitch in October, 1845. Fig. 1. represents the 
column and spur cut open to shew the lip; Fig. 2. is a front 
view of the lip itself. 
September, 1847. Š 
