744 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker) — (Dendrobium. 
stems stout, leaves linear-oblong, base cordate, racemes 5-12-fld., flowers wd 
large rosy or yellowish with crimson on the lip, sepals oblong acute, p 
much broader, mentum rounded, lip shortlv clawed orbicular-oblong, tip an 
sides densely glandular-villous, disk with 2 pectinate fringed hona 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1836, t. 10; in Journ. Linn. Sor. i. 18; Flor. des 
Serres vii. t. 698; TU. Hortic. 1864, t. 423; Warner Sel. Orchid. i. ig 
Veitch Man. Dendrob. 35, with fig. Dendrob. sp., Griff. Ic. Plant. Asiat. 309. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, J.D.H. UPPER Assam, Grifith. ARRACAN to TENAS- 
SERIM. i che sew 
Stems 3-4 ft., purple-spotted ; internodes 1-1} in. Leaves 4-6 in. 0 u^ A 
acute. Flowers 31-5 in. diam., on leafing and leafless stems; bracts small.— Var. 
Rossiana, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 796, is a large yellow-fld. var. 
132. D. tortile, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1847, 797, with fig. s a 
subfusiform compressed, leaves narrow retuse, racemes 3—6-fld. on lea re 
stems, flowers pale or rose-lilac. lip yellow, sepals and petals oblong te » 
late and twisted, mentum conical,lip subsaccate with a dilated or re di 
everted erose limb pubescent and ciliate. Bot. Mag. t. 4477; De oad 
Les Orchids 54, with fig. Veitch Man. Dendrob. 81; Walp. Ann. vi. 20% 
CHITTAGONG and BORMA to TENASSERIM, Lobb, &c. . 
Stems 6-12 in., $ in. broad, grooved and ribbed. Leaves 3-4 in. 
recurved. Flowers 3-3} in. diam.—Near primulinum and Pierardi, 
Veitch, with lip like Jituiforum. 
subcoriaceons, 
according 
** Mentum short. Lip calceolar (pyriform or hemispheric with inflexed 
margins). Flowers pink, coppery or yellow. 
133. D. Calceolaria, Carey in Hook. Exot. Flor. t. 184; stom Ane 
terete, leaves. ovate-oblong to -lanceolate, flowers 6-15 in an e oen 
raceme from the leafing stems large many white or pink purplish or ae e 
yellow, sepals elliptic-oblong, petals broader, mentum stout, lip cà p : 
pyriform or hemispheric with broadly incurved fimbriate margins. ‘catia 
Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 83; De Puydt Les Orchid. t. 15. D. mosconi, 
Wall. in Don Prodr. 34; Pl. As. Rar: ii. 83, t. 195; Lindl. l ^ 3837; 
Bot. Reg. 1844, Mise. 57; in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 8; Bot. Mag., 4. 975 
Part. Mag. ii. t. 241 (exel. syn. D. clavatum); Mauad. Bot. i: © py 
Hort. Parad. ii. t. 2; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 61; Warner Orc! ;n Bot. 
t. 165 var. (cuprea); Walp. Ann. vi. 296. D. cupreum, Herbert ai 315, 
LA 1779. Epidendrum moschatum, Ham. in Syme's Embassy, Y 
with fig. 
ds to 
TRoPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon, Strachey & Winterbottom, eastwar 
ASSAM and the KHASIA Mrs., and southwards to TENASSERIM. 
Stems 3-5 ft. ; internodes 1-1} in. Leaves 3-5 in., coriaceous, 
notched. Flowers 23-33 in. diam., odour musky or sweetish ; per fimbriate veins 
extraordinarily variable in colour, especi-lly the lip, which has 18 
within, and often 2 large purple blotches.—The name D. Calceolaria C anpublished 
the oldest.—The examination of a very extensive series of published an all referable 
drawings of this plant convinces me that the names quoted above, are rieties wou 
to our plant, wbich is so variable that to attempt a definition of its va 
be i npossible in this work, 
. t. 
_ 134. D. chrysocrepis, Parish 4 Reichb.f. jn Bot. Mag. © ate, 
Trans, Linn. Soc. xxx. 150; stems subclavate above, 
flowers on the leafless stems solitary or shortly pedancled go 
