Dendrobium.) CXLVIII. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 135 
sepals spotted ; petals paler, lip purple-veined.—One of the narrowest-sepaled species. 
I have seen only a flower. 
bis Mentum short conical or rounded (long in D. amenum). ‘Flowers 
white or more or less purple. Lip not calceolar. (Porphyrantha.) 
b t Petals as narrow as the sepals or narrower. Lip narrower than 
ro 
100. D. candidum, Wall. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 54, and 
1844, Mise. 52; stem slender erect flexnous terete, leaves lanceolate, 
flowers on the leafless stems 2-3 on a short sheathed peduncle erect pure 
white, sepals and petals subsimilar linear-oblong obtuse, mentum rounded, 
Ip ovate-lanceolate or narrowly trapeziform, base cuneate, side lobes 
narrow, midlobe ovate obtuse, disk bearded and with along callus. Pact. 
Fl. Gard. i. 63, fig. 41; Walp. Ann. vi. 286. 
TmoPICAL HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 3C00 ft., S/rachey & Winterbottom; 
Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7000 ft., King’s Collector; Bhotan, Griffith. 
Kuasta Hiris, Gibson (Ic. in Hort. Bot. Calc.). 
Stem 6-12 in., internodes 1-1} in. Leaves 3-5 in. Flowers 1-1] iv., fragrant ; 
bracts 4 in., ovate ; pedicels 3 in. 
101. D. macrostachyum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 78; in Bot. 
Reg. t. 1865, and 1844, Misc. 50; stems long pendulous terete, leaves 
membranous ovate-oblong acute, flowers 2-3 on a short peduncle from the 
Subleafless stems small long-pedicelled yellowish, sepals and petals 
lanceolate acuminate recurved, mentum rather long fannel-shaped, lip 
oblong acute flat with a convolute base crenulate. Wight Ic. t. 1647; 
Walp. Ann. vi, 986. 
TRAVANCORE, Wight, CEYLON, common in the Central Province. 
Stems 1-2 ft., rather slender. Leaves 3—4 in. Flowers 1 in. long, fragrant ; 
bracts small; pedicels 2 in., slender; lip with purplish veins; sepals and petals 
Sometimes tinged with pink, 
102. D. seabrilingue, Lindl. in Journ. Linn, Soc. iii. 25; stems 
erect subclavate hirsute, leaves linear-oblong broadly 2-lobed, flowers 2-aate 
on à short peduncle from the leafing or leafless stems white, lip yellow with 
green veins, sepals ovate-lanceolate subacute, petals more oblong, mentum 
conical green, side lobes of oblong lip narrow, midlobe oblong retnse 
Tecurved, disk scabrid and b-ridged. Reichb. f. in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 
togi Veitch Man. Dendiob. 72. D. hedyosmum, Batem. in Bot. Mag. 
T&£NAss .: . 
ERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. . 
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Stems 6-12 in., internodes $ in., nodes sometimes 2 in. diam. Leaves 2 in., 
Coriaceous, unequally obtusely 2-tid. Flowers 1j in. diam., sweet-scented ; pedicels 
short ; bracts very small. 
lont! Petals as narrow or narrower than the sepals. Lip as broad as 
103. D. dl. in Gard. Chron. 1858, 223; in Journ. 
primulinum, Lindl. in leaves coriaceous broadly oblong, 
Linn Soc, iii 
: Soc. 11. 12; stems short pendulous : . Dro 
2Wers solitary on the leafless tems shortly pedicelled white or pink, lip 
Primrose, sepals and petals subequal linear-oblong obtuse, mentuan, rounded, 
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