718 CXLVIII ORCHIDE®. (J.D Hooker. [Dendrobium. 
fusiform, leaves ligulate aristulate microscopically serrulate, raceme hic 
minal, bracts small triangular, dorsal sepal ligulate acute, lateral triang’ é 
petals ligulate acuminate, lip clawed ovate subacute serrulate, disk w1 
linear depressed keel which is dilated at the apex. 
AssAM (Hort. Day). . 
Description from the author cited. I have not seen specimens. 
27. D. Heyneanun, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1995; Gen. & Sp. Ore 
90; in Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 41; stem erect flexuous, leaves linear-lanceo n 
acute, scapes long slender, bracts shorter than the short pedicels, pii lip 
and petals ovate-lanceolate, mentum long straight acute, side lobes n 
acute, midlobe rounded crenate, disk with a channelled ridge ending 
fleshy callus. Wight Ic. t. 909 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 298. 
The Deccan PENINSULA; on the Ghats of Malabar, Heyne, &c. _ few- or 
Stem 4-8in. Leaves 3-4 in. Scapes terminal and axillary, with m " in 
many-fld. racemes as long as the leaves or longer; flowers white ; "eit of D. 
long ; mentum as long as the dorsal sepal, lip inserted above its base.—Habi 
denudans. 
. . ; iii ; stem 
28. D. pyenostachyum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 19; st 
erect fleshy, scape terminal, raceme dense-fld., bracts lanceolate equaling 
the ovary, sepals and petals lanceolate, mentum short obtuse inen i 
side lobes of lip very narrow, midlobe longer ovate serrate and crispe?, 
disk with a channelled ridge 2-fid at the tip. 
TENASSERIM, Lob), . lv of this 
I have seen no good specimens, and no leaves, A drawing apparently the tip 
species (in Herb. Hort. Calc.) represents a leafless stem a foot long, tapering bad white 
and ending in a many-fld. raceme 4 in. long; the flowers are shortly pedicellec, 
with a green lip. 
29. D. incurvum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 18; stems bei. 
narrowed upwards, leaves linear-oblong obliquely notched, scapes ges 
and leaf-opposed shorter than the leaves flexuous few-fld., bracts ntum 
branous equalling the pedicels, sepals lanceolate, petals narrower, i disk 
conie acute, lip oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate concave crispes 314. 
with a ridge ending in 2 teeth. Dendrob. No. 9, Grif. Notul- D a0; 
D. Actinia, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 9.—Actinia, Grif. Notul. m. 
Jc. Pl. Asiat. t. 351 A, fig. 21. 
TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith, Parish. . e l- 
Stem 3-6 in., internodes 3-3 in. Leaves 2-3in. Scape with the re lip 
lj in.; bracts } in.; pedicel with ovary twice as long ; sepals i qm. a Pelorian 
greenish with purple veins, —Habit of D. erigflorum. Griffith’s Actinia 1s 
form, 
. i m 
30. D. graminifolium, Wight Ic. t. 1640; rhizome creeping, wá 
slender, leaves narrowly linear acute, racemes terminal short se ral fal- 
2-nate capillary erect few-fld., bracts minute, sepals 5-nerved, late linesr- 
cately lanceolate, mentum long straight spur-like, petals as long a mid- 
lanceolate 3-nerved erose, lip with small short spreading side lobes, 
lobes oblong flat crenate. 
TRAVANCORE; at Courtallam, Wight. eaves, 
Stem 4-8 in. Leaves 2-3 in, grass-like. Scapes much shorter oan He 
4-6-fid.; pedicels short; flowers À in. long, white; lip veined.— 18 
that this differs from its allies in its long slender creeping rhizome, 
