136 CXLVIII ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [Dendrobium 
lip large shortly clawed pubescent orbicular or reniform with a short ey 
volute base, margins everted ciliate. Trans. Russ. Hort. Soc. 1861, v “teh 
Regel Gartenfl. 1861, t. 326; Williams Orchid. Alb. vi. t. 286; “li 
Man. Dendrob. 70, with fig., and var. gigantea, 71. D. nobile, var. pa^t- 
diflora, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5003. 
TroPican- HiMALAYA ; Nepal and Sikkim. 2j in 
Stems 10-12 in., often 4 in. diam. Leaves 4 in., smaller upwards. Flowers | 
diam., odour of cowslips; bracts small; lip 2 in. diam. in var. gigantea, tip s 
acute or emarginate.—Near D. Pierardi, but stem shorter and stouter, sepa 
petals narrower and subequal. 
104. D. eretaceum, Lindl. i» Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 625 stems stom 
curved pendulous, sheaths large loose, leaves lanceolate, flowers so el 2 
the leatless stems shortly stoutly pedicelled nearly white, lip ype 
veined, sepals ‘and petals subequal linear-oblong obtuse, mentum s 
obtuse, lip shortly clawed orbicular from a short convolute base pr «rii. 
ciliate. Bot. Mag. t. 4686; Jard. Fleur. iv. t. 344; Fl des Serr 
t. 818; Veitch Man. Dendroh, 33. 
Assam, the Kuasta HILLs, and southward to TENASSERIM. s 12 ü 
Stems 6-12 in., $ in. diam, internodes 4-1 in. Leaves 3-4 in. Flower 
diam. ; bracts small. Capsule } in., clavate. 
and 
: ; 8 
105. D. cruentum, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron, 1884, i. 604; em 
erect terete, base swollen, leaves obliquely oblong emarginate, i con- 
1-2-nate axillary green, lip with crimson side lobes, bracts lanceo scd 
volute, sepals triangular-ovate acuminate  keeled, petals linse pes 
mentum rounded, lip 3-lobed, side lobes erect oblong crimson, mi 0 Veitch 
apiculate green with a tumid warted scarlet crest and 3 red ridges. 
Man. Dendrob. 33; Warn. Orchid. Alb. iv. t. 174. 
MALAYAN PENINSULA, on the west coast (Hort. Sanders). : e of mid 
Stems 1 ft. Leaves deciduous, Flowers 11-2 in. diam. ; margins ot ! 
lip scarlet ; column green, margins crimson. 
«chid. 82; 
106. D. ramosum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat.2003; Gen. & Sp. Orehit 
stems long slender branched pendulous, leaves lanceolate ote lanceo- 
flowers in pairs on a short peduncle from the leafless stems, sop broadly 
late acuminate, petals spathulately oblong, mentum obtuse, bel roun 
obcordate from a short cuneate claw 3-lobed glabrous, side lobe 
as long as the small intermediate orbicular waved or crisped midlobe. 
SiLuET; at Pundua, Wallich. s 1-14 in. diam» 
Stems 2-3 ft., internodes 13-2 in. Leaves 2-3 in., thin. Flowers nd Lindley’s 
“yellow-green, lip with red lines.’—The specimens are very bad, ^ n Wallich's 
description consequently erroneous. The colours are from a note 9 
specimens. 
lobe of 
ttt Petals broad. Lip narrower than broad. pe 
; aceum). 
a. Flowers in short Sew-fld, racemes (hardly racemose tn D. spath 
107. D. Macarthiw, Thwaites in Bot. Mag. t. 4886 ; 
stems slender terete pendulous, leaves lanceolate acuminate,” | inate, 
racemose from the leafing stems rosy, sepals lanceolate 
petals ovate oblong acute, mentum stout, lip spathulatety ick glabrous. 
lobes obscure rounded, midlobe broadly ovate subacute, ls 
Enum. 9965 
