143 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Dendrobium. 
CHITTAGONG, Rowburgh. ARRACAN, Benson.— DISTRIB. Siam. ; 
. Stems 1-2 ft. ; internodes 3-1} in., as broad at the nodes. Leaves 4-5 in. 
membranous. Flowers 2-2} in. diam., variable in colour; pedicels 1-1} in.— 
Wallich’s specimens of D. polyanthum are indeterminab!e; they are from Burma, and 
quite like D. pendulum. I doubt if Lindley’s is the same plant. 
125. D. Findlayanum, Par. & Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 
149 ; in Gard. Chron. 1877, i. 334; stems flexuous, internodes long clavate, 
leaves lanceolate, flowers 2 on a very short peduncle from the leafless stems 
very long pedicelled pale lilac, lip yellow, sepals oblong-lanceolate subacute, 
petals much broader, mentum subcylindric, lip shortly clawed orbicular 
from a short convolute base pubescent, tip acute. Bot. Mag. t. j 
Warner Orchid. Alb. ii. t. 92; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 43. 
Burma; in the confines of Siam, Findlay (Parish). iddl 
Stems 1-2 ft.; internodes 1-2} in., compressed, 2 in. broad above the peer t 
Leaves 3-4 in., obtuse, acute or unequally notched. Flowers 3 in. diam., widely 
spreading ; pedicels 2-3 in.; bracts short. 
126. D. Falconeri, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4944; stems slender much 
branched pendulous, leaves small 1-3 in. narrow acute, flowers solitary 0» 
the subleafless stems rose-cold. or white with purple tips, lip purple sp 
orange, sepals narrowly oblong acuminate, petals ovate-lanceolate, menter 
incurved, lip broadly ovate acute or acuminate from a short convolute vei 
mouth undulate, margins recurved pubescent ciliate. Lindl, in ral 
Chron. 1836, 692; FI. des Serres, t. 1197 ; Belg. Hortic. 1874, t. 15; Mot 
Mag. N.S. t. 226; IIl. Hortic. N.S. t.243; Linden. i,t. 4; Williams Orehi 
Alb. vi. t. 957 (var. gigantea); Veitch Man. Dendrob. 40; Reich. f. 1 
Gard. Chron. 1876, 688, 689 (var. albidula); 1879, 76 (var..robwsta). ^" 
Wardianum, var. assamica, Jennings Orchid. t. 2. d 
Buoran Himalaya, alt. 4000 ft.; Assam, KmasiA Mrs, MUNNIPORE P 
Urin Burma. a iddle, striated 
tems 2-3 ft., straggling; internodes j-$ in., contracted in the mide, 
Leaves 1-4 in. Flowers 24 in. diame e lour variable ; pedicel 1-1} in. ; whic 
large, membranous.—The var. gigantea rather resembles D. Wardianum, © 
may prove only a torm. 
. . ut 
127. D. Wardianum, Warner Sel. Orchid. i. t. 19; stems eir 
erect or pendulous, leaves 3-4 in. linear-lanceolate, flowers 1-2 o red 
short peduncle from the leafless stems white or tips purple, lip 0€ 
: . tum 
with maroon blotches, sepals oblong acute, petals twice as broad, men 
rounded, lip clawed, mouth orbicular or ovate subcordate densely len 
cent, margins recurved, base short convolute.  //. Hortic, XXXVY- " 113 
Floral Mag. N. S.t. 212 (var. Lowii); Williams Orchid. Alb. 1876 ii 
(var. gigantea); Reichenbachia i. t.9; Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. l oneri 
460 (var. candida); Veitch Man. Dendrob. 83, with fig. D. Fale 
var., Dot. Mag. t. 5058. 
ASSAM, the Kasia Mrs. and BURMA. a st jg difficult to 
__ Very near and perhaps only a form of Falconeri, from which it 4 re diam.» 
distinguish some of the published drawings ; stem stouter, sometimes etalisque 
not so nodose, —] have referred to this the D. Falconeri, var» sepalis P 944) in 
obtusioribus, of Bot. Mag., which differs from the typical Falconer o more 
the much stonter (though long and pendnlous) stems, larger leaves, ers s 
anther sepals and petals, shorter lip with an orbicular limb, and muc 
anther, 
