238 MR. HENRY RIDLEY ON ORCHIDEX AND 
described by the author from a drawing in Kuhl and Hasselt’s 
collection. It is remarkable for having a single keel running 
the whole length of the lip. As this is most unusual in this 
section and may be a misiaterpretation of the original drawing, 
the plant must remain doubtful till further specimens are 
obtained. 
DENDROBIUM CRINIFERUM, Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1884), Misc., 
p. 41. Caules ramosissimi, erecti, plures, usque ad 2 ped. 
longi, flavi, nitidi; internodi teretes, apice paullo incrassati. 
Pseudo-bulbi in apicibus ramorum siti, crassi. Folia 3 poll. 
longa et lata, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, obtusa, coriacea ; 
carina caniculata distincta, nervi conspicui. Racemus 4 poll. 
longus, ® vaginis bruneis tectus. Flores bini; ovaria gracilia, 
viridia; pedicelli (ovariis incl.) 2 poll. longi. Sepala 3 poll. 
longa (posticum paullo minus), patentia, lanceolata, acuta, 
straminea; mentum brevissimum, latum, obtusum, apice 
purpureo - punctatum. Petala sepalis breviora, linearia, 
straminea. Labellum cum sepalis lateralibus squilongum, 
basi angustum 3-lobum ; lobi laterales arcuati, acuti, straminei, 
intus kermesino-lineati ; disci straminei vel purpureo-maculati 
carine 2, kermesine, in lobum medium incurrentes, in hoc loco 
sinuatz ; lobus medius linearis elongatus, in margine sinuatus, 
apice presertim a filiamentis flavis tortis tectus. Colwmna 
brevis, crassiuscula, alba purpureo-punctata ; anthera majuscula, 
smaragdina; rostrum latum; pollinia oblonga, flava; stelidia 
erecta, dentiformia, acuta. Stigma magnum, obovatum. 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. p. 303. D. Zollingerianum, 
Teysm. et Binn. in Tijdsch. Nederl. Ind., xxiv. (1862) 
p. 313. D. comatum, Lindl, Gen. et Sp. Greh., p. 76. 
Desmotrichum comatum, Blume, Bijdr., p. 230? Calyptranthera 
Jimbriata, Blume, MS. 
Hab. Singapore: Kranji! Changi! Sungei Morai! 
Rhio! 
Johore: Batu Pahat, Lake and Kelsall ! 
This plant forms large clumps on trees usually near the sea. 
It was first described by Lindley from a plant introduced by 
the Duke of Northumberland, who received it from Mr. Power 
from Ceylon. It does not seem to have been since seen wild 
there, and as some other strictly Malayan orchids, e9., 
Dendrobium sanguinolentum, Lindl., and D. erumenatum, Sw., 
