782 CXLVIII. oRCHIDEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) | [Monomeria. 
bliquely obtusely 2-fid, narrowed into the 4-6 in. petiole. Scape 12-18 in., 
duquel sheaths Y hort, distant ; raceme long; bracts 4 in.; flowers white «pecie 
with purple, about 1 in. long; lip orange-brown.— I find no character where y " 
distinguish M. Crabro; the analysis of the lip in the plate does not conform 
mine. Possibly the Nepal habitat is an error. 
15. DENDROCHILUM, Blume. 
. . -les ved. 
Epiphytes; rhizome creeping, scaly ; pseudobulbs narrow, 1-leave 
Leaf Ant. narrow, coriaceous. Pivape lateral, slender ; flowers small, to 
slender spikes or racemes. Sepals subequal, spreading; latera, aun "the 
the foot of the column. Petals smaller. Lip jointed on p» 00 pin 
column, subsessile, erecto-patent, oblong, base umbonate. Co une ch 
with lateral or terminal teeth or arms; anther 2-celled; pollinia , ovoid, 
bases cohering by a slight viscus.—Species 3-4, Indian and Malayan. 
1. D. pallididorum, Blume Bijd. 398, t. 52; leaf elliptic-oblong 
sepals linear obtuse 1-nerved, lip oblong obtuse, base M 34, , 
of column from above the middle. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. t. King's 
TENASSERIM, Parish, PERAK, ascending to 4000 ft., Scortechini, King 
Collector.—Di8TR1B. Java. . : tioled. 
Rhizome 2-4 ft., rigid.  Pseudobulbs 3 in., ovoid. Leaf 3-5 in., shortly DATE 
Scape slender, bracteate below the 3—4 in. raceme ; bracts shorter middle.—Perak 
ovate, acute; flowers 3-3 in. diam. ; sepals thickened beyond the no authentic 
specimens have smaller flowers than the Tenasserim. 1 have seen 
Javan ones. 
. jnear 
2. D. linearifolium, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; leaf narrowly e "x 
obtuse, sepals acuminate 3-nerved, lip oblong or obovate-oblong 
base 3-ridged, arms of column basal elongate. 
Perak, Scortechini ; on Batang Padong, alt. 4900 ft., Wray. | as long; 
Pseudobulbs Y in., curved. Leaf 11-2 in., petioled. Scape 1-2 m» cesh . sepals 
lax-fld. ; bracts lanceolate, equalling the ovary ; flowers 3 in. diam., gre : 
and subequal petals lanceolate. 
. liptic- 
3. D. bracteosum, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 24; loaf ef ip 
lanceolate or oblanceolate acute, sepals lanceolate acuminate rminal lo 
subpanduriform, base 9-ridged and with 2 recurved teeth, wont paris 
orbicular apiculate, arms of column subterminal erect acute. 
bracteosa, Wall. Cat. 7406. 
MALAY PENINSULA, Finlayson +, petiole 
. € ° . 1n. pe 
Rhizome short, stout, crinite ; pseudobulbs 3 in., slender. Leaf te-oblong 
short. Scape 3-8 in., slender, curved ; spike 3-7 in.; bracts lHinear-lanceolate- 
equalling the ovary, truncate, scarious ; flowers } in, diam. ; petals 
16. PANISEA, Lindl. ves 
Small tufted epiphytes ; pseudobulbs crowded, 2-leaved. Le palt and 
Scape lateral; flowers few, racemed ; bracts membranous, base. Lp 
petals subequal, narrow, erect; lateral sepals saccate at . claw sigma 
as long as the sepals, adnate to the base of the column; llinia 4, ovoid, 
Column slender, erect, 2-winged above; anther 2-celled; po 
free or subcoherent by a viscus. 
; += other species) 
Very near Celogyne (to which Bentham has referred Lindley's ot 
differing chiefly in the clawed lip. 
plaited. 
