716 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ, (J. D. Hooker) — [Dendrobium. 
Lindley refers Don's D. pusillum to his D. pygmaum, which is a Nepal and Wallichian 
plant, and agrees better with alpestre. 
18. D. strongylanthum, Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1878, k is 
racemes lateral dense-fld., sepals acuminate, lateral lanceolate, En 
linear, mentum obtusely angled, lip clawed dilated triangular, ant 
pectinately serrate to the middle, apex narrowed with small abrupt k iem 
calli on each side, disk with a depressed callus very papillose in front kee 
in the middle. 
India (Hort. Hincks). 
Stem if in., erect, as thick as a goose-quill, closely sheathed. Flowers rather 
small, yellow green ; bracts lanceolate, about equalling the pedicelled tk "Solet; 
of sepals dark violet-brown, petals spetted brown ; sides and tip of lip "1 É ded. 
column 3-toothed, constricted in the middle.— Nearest to ericfforum, ae are 
and pycnostachyum, R. f.1.c. I have seen no specimens, The lateral racem 
exceptions in the group. 
§§ Side lobes of lip entire, serrulate or crenulate. 
19. D. microbulbon, 4. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 19, a 
pseudobulbs small crowded ovoid, leaves 2 linear-oblong acute, 8 s 
solitary erect 4-8-fld., bracts about equalliag the pedicel, latera tiec 
obtuse, petals narrowly subspathulate, mentum long incurved, lip taii 
side lobes broad acute, midlobe small round crenulate, disk with a Th uc 
nelled ridge thickened at the end. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, 61; 1n « "30 j 
Linn. Soc. ii. 19; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 261; Walp. Ann. "Hook. 
D. humile, Wight Ic. t. 1043; Walp. l. c. 308. D. crispum, Dalz. in 
Journ. Bot. iv. (1852) 111; Walp.1. c. 
the 
N m PENINSULA; on the Western Ghats, from the Concan, Law, &c., to 
ilghiris, Perrottet, &c., and Anamallav Hills Wight. . : e a 
Pseudobulbs 4-% in. diam.; sheaths membranous, which decay ng pr 
network of fibres. Leaves 9-3 in., rather thick, caducous, Scape " the acute or 
white with a pink lip; sepals } in. long; lip attached above the base o 
obtuse mentum. 
. Tm . stem 
20. D. porphyrochilum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. jn. 18; etn 
very short erect, leaves 1—4 ligulate, scape short solitary fow- "mentum 
about equalling the pedicels, sepals lanceolate, petals sho dates an 
rounded, lip short ovate acute concave, disk with 2 broad pla 
ridges. Griffith, 
& SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6000 ft. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. 
c. . tched. 
Stem 4-1 in., often pseudobulbous. Leaves 1-3 in., obtuse or obliquely as are in 
Sepals } in. long, dirty yellow ; lip brown purple.— The Sikkim ANA a different 
young bud only, and the bracts are longer than the flowers; it may 
species, 
hid. 
21. D. cuspidatum, Lindi. in Wull. Cat.2015; Gen. 4 Bp. inest 
84; in Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 61; stem short stout erect, leaves s long 28 
oblong, scape short subsolitary erect 3—6-fld., bracts lanceolate ium short 
the pedicels, sepals narrowly lanceolate, petals oblanceolate, men ate quite 
incurved, side lobes of Jip large rounded, midlobe ovate pers base and 
entire, disk with a channelled ridge rising into 2 lamelle at the 5 
fleshy at the tip. 
