734 CXLVIII. ORCHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) —|Dendrobium. 
mentum stout obtuse, lip broadly ovate-oblong, side lobes rounded, 
midlobe ovate subacute undulate, disk with 3-5 villous ridges. Bot, Mag. 
5441; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 57, with fig. 
TENASSERIM ; on the Attran River, Parish. s 
Stem 10-12 in., furrowed, striped. Leaves 3-4 in. sessile. Flowers 2j in. 
across; sheaths of peduncle obtuse; pedicels } in.; lip with red veins between the 
side lobes.—Var. chlorocentrum, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 340, fig. 48; 
Williams Orchid. Album, vii. t. 322, has greenish hairs on the lip. 
96. D. lasioglossum, ZLcichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1868, 682 ; 1869, 
277; stem slender branched, flowers on the leafing stems 2-4 on very ee 
axillary peduncles shortly pedicelled white with a purple veined lip, sepals 
oblong obtuse, petals broadly obovate, mentum as long as the dorsal sepa 
conical incurved, side lobes of sessile lip rounded entire purple vein a 
midlobe shorter subquadrate crisped, disk villous, yellow or greens" 
Bot. Mag. &. 5825; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 52. 
Burma, Parish. ' , 
Stem 10-18 in., internodes 1-2 in. Leaves 3-5 in., lanceolate, acuminate, 
acute. Flowers 13-2 in. diam. 
base 
97. D. Jerdonianum, Wight Ic. t. 1644; stems stout very alent 
below, leaves linear-oblong, base broad, tip broad deeply acutely “0 ; 
sheaths hirsute, flowers 2-3 racemose on a very short peduncle yel 
sepals lanceolate acuminate, petals linear-oblong, mentum half as long. : 
the sepals, lip linear-oblong, side lobes small, midlobe elongate, marg 
erisped. 
NiLGuiRi and Kure Hints, Wight. in. Pedunele 
Stems 8-18 in. very slender below, sulcate. Leares 1-2 by } in. +° edicel 
4 in.; bracts small, ovate; flowers 1-11 iu. long. Capsules i a. longs. E as 
decurved.—I can scarcely, without further evidence, unite this with D. nuta with 
Reichenbach has done; it is a much more robust and larger-flowered puts 
broader, more oblong, deeply cleft leaves, and much larger flowers. 
98. D. nutans, Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orchid.90; in Bot. Reg. iiw. 
Misc. 52; stems very slender below and linear-lanceolate acute leaves Pho 
cent, tip narrowed obliquely notched, flowers 2-3 racemose On j. Jor 
lateral peduncle, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, lip 88 ™ num). 
donianum. Walp. Rep. vi. 292; Thwaites Enum. (exel. syn. Jerdont 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 4—6000 ft., Macrae, Walker, be clavate, 
Stems 6-10 in., rather slender and swollen in the middle, but har A 
sulcate. Leaves 2-2} by 1-1 in. Flowers 3 in. long.— Lindley ron in an 
peduncles as subterminal, and the flowers as white tinged with green, odes, and 
excellent drawing by Mr. Walker they are leaf-opposed on most of the noc 
bright ochreous yellow. 
z4. stems 
99. D. Arachnites, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1874, 85: Sas 
very short tufted terete, leaves linear-lanceolate acute, flowers ] linear: 
sepal very narrow 5-nerved, dorsal oblanceolate obtuse, Interea dorsal 
lanceolate from a broad base subacute, petals narrower than the sepals 
sepal 3-nerved, mentum very short conical, lip nearly as long 3° 
subpanduriformly lanceolate acuminate shortly clawed 
disk 2-ridged at the very base. Veitch Man. Dendrob. 19. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Boxall. 1-3 in. 
Stems 2-3 in., internodes shining, slightly swollen upwards. Leaves 
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