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Dendrobium.] ^ cxrvm. oncmimoEgx. (J. D. Hooker.) 739 
E.srERN Tropica HIMALAYA, Sikkim. BENGAL, in the Soonderbunds, and 
southward to TENASSERIM. "e" 
_ Stems 2-3 ft., smooth. Leaves 2-4 in., membranous, Flowers 1-2 in. diam., 
translucent — Var, latifolia, Fl. des Serres, t. 955, is a doubtful plant, a good deal 
like D. primulinum in the flowers. 
Var. cucullata ; flowers smaller 13 in. diam., pedicels shorter, lip with a longer 
tubular base and short limb with incurved tip. D. cucullatum, Brown in Bot. Reg. 
t. 548 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2242 ; Lindl. in Bot, Reg. 1844, Misc. 49; Reichb. Fl. Exot. 
t.65; Walp. Ana. vi, 284, Limodorum aphyllum, Roxb. Cor. Pl.i 34, t. 41; FI. Ind. 
ii, 462. Cymbidium aphyllum, Swartz in Nov. Act. Ups. vi. 13; Willd. Sp. Pl. 
iv. 100.— Sikkim Himalaya, J. D. H.; Coromandel, Roxburgh.—Lindley refers Rox- 
burgh’s L. aphyllum to D. amænum. D. cucullatum is the earliest name for the 
Species, but it applies to an obvious variety. 
115. D. crystallinum, Reichh. f. in Gard. Chron. 1868, 572; Xen. 
Orchid. ji. 210, t. 193, f. 1; stems pendulous, leaves falcately lanceolate 
acute, lowers 1-3-nate on a very short peduncle long-pedicelled white, tips 
purple, lip orange, sepals oblong-lanceolate acute, petals much broader, 
mentum short, lip shortly clawed suborbicular, disk puberulous, pase 
shortly convolute, anther elongate papillose. Bot. Mag. t. 6319; Veitch 
Man. Dendroh, 34. 
SIKKIM EIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft., J. D. H., Treutler. ARRACAN, Benson. 
TeNassEnrM, at Moulmein, Parish. . 1 
Stems 12-18 in.; internodes 1 in., terete, striate. Leaves 4-6 in., membranous. 
lowers 2 in, diam.; bracts ovate-lanceolate; pedicels 1-1} in.; lip with a pale 
margin and ochreous base.—Named from the remarkable anther. 
116. D. Bensonise, Reichh. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1867, 230; stems stout, 
leaves linear, flowers 1-3 on a short pedunele from the leafless stems (pale 
yellow or white, lip yellow with 2 purple spots), bracts very small, sepals 
inear-oblong obtuse, petals very large, mentum short, lip large shortly 
cawed- orbicular concave tomentose erose, base shortly convolute. Bot. 
Mag. t. 5679; Floral Mag. t. 355; Jennings Orchid. t. 32; Linden. iv. 
t. 148. Orchidoph. 1886, 49, with fig.; Veitch Man, Dendrob. 21, with fig. 
Prov; Rangoon, Kurz, ARRACAN, on the Kareen Hills. "TENASSERIM, at 
Moulmein, Benson. | 
. Stems 1-3 ft., suberect or drooping, terete; internodes 1-1} in. Leaves 2-3 in., 
tip notched. Flowers 23 in. diam. ; lip with a golden disk, purple spots sometiines 
contact, or obsolete.—In Jennings’ figure and Veitch’s Manual, the flowers are on 
* very short, peduncle ; in Bot. Mag. aud specimens from Rangoon, they are 2-3 
racemose on peduncle 3-1 in. 
" 117. D. aqueum, Jind]. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Mise. 6, t. 54; 1844, Mise. 
755 ^ Journ, Linn. Soe. iii. 14; stems decumbent compressed, leaves 
Ovate-lanceolate acuminate, flowers 2-3-nate axillary cream-white, sepals 
ovate subacute, petals obovate, mentum short ineurved, lip sessile rhombic 
pubescent erose, side lobes small incurved, midlobe broad triangular. 
Bot, Mag, 4640; Jard. Flerr, t. 262; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 18; H alp. 
g ve 289. D. album, Wight Ie. t. 1645; Part. Fl. Gard. ii. 175, fig. 
Deccan PENINSULA; on the Nilghiri and Iyamailey Hills, Wight, &c. -. 
tems 10-20 in., subelavate, 2 in. diam.; internodes j-l in. Leaves 3-3 in. 
Di wavy, Flowers 11-2 in, diam. ; lip suffused with pale yellow. 
