Dendrobium.] — cxtvit, oRcnuipkg, (J. D. Hooker.) 747 
sepals linear-oblong, petals much broader, mentum short, lip with a short 
convolute base and transversely oblong pubescent limb, margin recurved 
erose.- Lindl. in Part. Fl. Gard. ii. 104, fig. 189; Bot. Mag. t. 6993 ; 
Walp. Ann. vi. 293. 
TnoricAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon eastwards. Kasra HiLrs, alt. 5-6000 ft., 
ann, 
Stems 14-24 ft., as thick as the finger. Leaves 3-5 in., coriaceous. Racemes 
with membranous oblong tubular sheaths; flowers 2-2} in. diam., glossy ; petals 
suborbicular. Capsule 2 in., fusiform. 
142. D. binoculare, Reichs. f. in Gard. Chron. 1869, 785; stems 
slender, leaves lanceolate acuminate, racemes ascending, bracts very small, 
flowers small coppery orange with 2 maroon spots on the lip, sepals elliptic- 
oblong, petals obovate, lip clawed reniform pubescent plicately denticulate 
r crenate, disk concave. Veitch Man. Dendrob. 23. 
Prev ; hills east of Prome, Benson. . » 
A little known plant, differing, according to Veitch, from D. fuscatum (Gibsoni?) 
y its more slender stems, smaller leaves and flowers (4 in. diam.), and differently 
shaped lip. 
tt Stem terete (not clavate). Flowers solitary or 2-3. (See also D. 
aggregatum.) 
143. D. chrysanthum, Wall. Cat. 2012; stems pendulous, leaves 
lanceolate acuminate, flowers 2-4-nate on an obscure leaf-opposed peduncle 
fleshy yellow, lip with a blood-red spot, sepals broad concave, petals 
*riteular fimbriate, mentum broad crested, lip clawed orbicular from a 
Gatate base villous, margins toothed or subtimbriate, everted. Lind. 
jd Sp. Orchid. 80; in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 8; in Bot. Reg. t. 1299; 
a tent t. 446 ; Trans. Hort. Soc. Russ. 1864, t. 154; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 
- D. Paxtoni, Lindl. in Bot Reg. 1839, Misc. 56 (not of Paxt. Mag.) ; Fl. 
des Serres vii. t. 725. 
Gripa TOAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards, alt. 2-5000 ft. Kmasra Hirrs, 
7 
. 
Stems 5-7 ft., ribbed, leafy throughout; internodes short; sheaths large, 
cupular, Leaves 1-7 in., 5-nerved. Flowers 14-2 in. diam., waxy ; back of petals 
Subcristate ; pedicel with ovary 13-21 in.; bracts small, ovate, acute. Capsule 2 in, 
subclavate.—Jn Veitch’s Manual the flowers are described as 4—6 and racemose, but 
m the native specimens they are 2-4 and hardly racemed.—Vars. anophthalma, 
Roch, f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 44, has an unspotted lip, and microphthalma 
à ichb. 1. c. 1879, i. 369, has sepals without dorsal crests, petals subserrate or very 
Shortly fimbriate, ' 
14. D. in Gard. Chron. 1883, 624; stems 
short fusit? Harveyanum, Rcichb. f. in Gard. Chron 
tm, leaves 2-3 ovate-oblong, flowers 3 or more on a short lateral 
EN (yellow), sepals lanceolate acute, petals larger oblong fimbriate, 
um 
an, Dort 4g ese, lip orbieular concave papillose fringed. Veitch 
Barrrsg Bu ; . B 
ins RMA (Liverpool Hortic. Association). . 
as in D -9 in. or less, Flowers 2 in. diam., bright canary-yellow ; petals fimbriate 
` Brymerianum, but less so,—I have seen no specimens, 
MW D, ochreatum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7410; in Bot, Reg. under 
