— 
Dewlrobium.] ^ cxtvut. omonrpgE. (J. D. Hooker.) ` 751 
156. D. capillipes, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1867, 997; Xen. 
Orchid. ii. 164, t. 169; stem very short fusiform, leaves 1—2 lanceolate 
acute, flowers 1-4 on a capillary lateral peduncle golden yellow, bracts 
small lanceolate, sepals small oblong-lanceolate, petals much broader, 
mentum short, lip with a convolute base and reniform retuse undulate 
limb. Veitch Man. Dendrob. 26. 
Burma ; on hills N. of Thayetmyo, Parish. 
Stem 2-6 in., 3-4-nodal. Leaves small, lanceolate. Lip with a deep orange 
blotch ; anther elongate, conico-pyramidal. 
Var. elegans, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, i. 743; stems taller, base of lip 
dark orange. 
157. D. senile, Parish § Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1865, 434; 
pseudobulb short subclavate and 2-3 leaves softly hairy, flowers lateral 
solitary or 2-nate long-pedicelled golden, bracts minute, sepals lanceolate 
acute, petals broader, mentum rounded, lip broadly ovate obscurely 3-lobed, 
side lobes rounded, midlobe ovate’ obtuse, disk puberulous, margins pte 
entire glabrous. Xen. Orchid. ii. 143, t. 155; Bot. Mag. t. 5520; Veitch 
Man. Dend rob, 74. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. . 
Stems 2-4 in. ; internodes 4—6, 1-1 in. Leaves 2-3 in., flat, subacute, subfalcate. 
Flowers 2 in, diam., ochreous between the side lobes of the lip. 
158. D. trigonopus, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 682; stem 
short and leaves at first and sheaths hispidulous, leaves 1-3 subterminal, 
peduncle 1-fld. (P always), lowers yellow, ovary trigonous, sepals ligulate 
acuminate, petals shorter broader, mentum obtuse, lip clawed dilated 3-fid, 
side lobes quadrate and semi-orbicular, midlobe denticulate, disk very rough. 
Burma (Hort. Low). 
Stem at length sulcate. Leaves oblong-ligulate. Flowers. larger than D. 
Cambridgeanum, as thick in texture as in Vanda tricolor. Lip yellow, with a 
TOW of red trangyerse lines superposed on each side of the disk between the side lobes, 
and a green area on the midlobe.—Descript. from the author. 
SPECIES UNKNOWN TO ME, AND AN ERRATUM. . 
D. ACROBATICUM, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron, 1871, 802 ; stems with stalked bulbs 
on the opposite sides, leaves oblong-ligulate, racemes lateral few-fid. at the top, 
flowers yellowish, sepals ligulate obtuse, petals oblong with a bigibbous callus at N ne 
ase within, lip rhombic obtuse-angled, claw with a transverse callus, disk minu ely 
velvety, column hatchet-shaped on each side.— TrwNASSERIM (Hort. Peiteh) —~ 
ichenbach says of this, ** Near D. polyanthum, Lindl." but Lindley's po y- 
anthum is a very doubtful plant and not Wallich’s. Of the growth he says, “ One 
Stilked bulb comes out of the side of the first, and the third very high up on the 
Opposite side,” : ias 
D. AvRANTI ; in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 98. _I regret having 
omitted to compare D. obrero. Rolfe (p. 748, No. 146), with Reichenbuch’s 
Previously published description of aurantiacum, of which ther» are no specimens at 
an ave now done so with Mr. Rolfe, and we are convinced that the name 
“eum must give place to aurantiacum, Reichb. f. D. 
D. CREPIDATON arif. Notul. iii. 319 (not of Lindl.). OF Griffith’s description 
Lindley rightly says, in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 21, “ It is so coufused aud self-contra- 
dictory that I have not been able to identify the species.” . 
f D. FLORIBUNDUM, Don Prodr. 34; stem few-leaved, leaves linear 
nely Serrulate, scape 6-12 in. longer than the leafing stems sheathe: 
var ee rel, sepals lingulate obtuse flat, base elongate, petals oval- 
. v, 
nerved very 
d many-fld., 
obiong, lip 
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