Dendrobium.] CXLVIII. oRcHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) 115 
much larger than the sepals, side lobes triangular acute, midlobe very large 
Pe ene orbicnlar with 2 crenulate lamelle on the disk and plaited undu- 
ate sides. 
PERAK, Scortechini, King’s Collector, alt. 500-1000 ft, 
Branches long, stout ; pseudobulbs 2-3 in., fusiform. Zeaf 6-10 by 2-34 in., 
very coriaceous, base narrowed. Flower 1 in. long, very membranous, white 
mottled with red, nerves and nervules very slender; sepals and petals lanceolate, 
acuminate; midlobe of lip 2 in. across. Column with incurved subulate tips. 
Sect. IV. SrAcHvonrUM (see p. 710). 
* Stem simple or nearly so, often à small pseudobulb. 
t Flowers small (except D. ciliatum). Petals not broader than the dorsal 
sepal. 
§ Side lobes of lip strongly inciso-serrate. 
, 15. D. denudans, Don Prodr. 34; stems 4-6 in. suberect, leaves 
linear-oblong caducous, racemes elongate drooping many-fld., bracts very 
small, sepals and petals long slender, mentum incurved obtuse, lip mue 
shorter than the sepals, side lobes inciso-serrate, midlobe small crisped, 
disk 2-lamellate. Wall. Cat. 2014 (in part); Lindl. Gen. 4 Sp. Orchid. 
84; in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 156, and 1844, 61; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 19 ; 
alp. Ann. vi. 300. 
JEU BTROPICAL and Temp. HIMALAYA, alt. 4—7000 ft., from Kumaon eastwards to 
1KKim 
Stem clothed with broad sheaths, 4 in. long. — Leaves 3-8 in., obtuse or notched. 
pe with raceme 4-6 in., very slender; flowers 3-1 in, long, usually white with 
Id veins on the lip, sometimes yellowish with a green lip; dorsal sepals 3-nerved, 
ateral 5-nerved ; petals 1-nerved. 
16. D. ericflorum, Griff. Notul.ii. 316; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 307 ; stem 
In. erect, leaves linear-lanceolate acute or notched, racemes many- 
fid., bracts very small, mentum incurved obtuse, sepals lanceolate, lip 
nearly as long as the sepals broadly ovate, side lobes subfimbriately serrate, 
midlobe broad undulate, disk longitudinally crested. Lindl. in Journ. 
inn. Soc, iii, 19. 
" SIKKIM HiwaLAYya, alt. 6000 ft.  Kmasra Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft, Griffith, 
d Stem 3-8 in., basal internode sometimes thickened.— Very closely allied to D. 
enudans, but the racemes are shor’ er and fewer-fld., the sepals and petals shorter and 
Toader, and the lip stronger in comparison. The colours are as variable as in that 
Pant, between which and D. alpestre it is intermediate in characters. 
17. D. alpestre, Royle Jil. 370, t. 88, f. 2; stem pseudobulbous, 
leaves 3-4 linear-oblong, scape short erect 3-5-fd., sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
Petals oblanceolate, mentum short obtuse, lip lanceolate, side lobes inciso- 
serrate, midlobe small crisped acute, disk 2-lamellate. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 
» Mise. 61; Walp. Ann. vi. 300. D. denudans, Wall. Cat. 2014 (in 
Part). 2D. pasillum, Don Prodr. 35. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA alt. 5-6000 ft., from Garwhal, Royle, &c., to Nepal, 
allich, &e, , 
th Resembles a dwarf state of D. eriaflorum ; the flowers are fewer and smaller, but of 
* same colour, the sepals and petals broader iu proportion to their length. — 
