Tab. 5430. 

 DENDROBIUM ciliatum. 



Fringe-lipped Detidrobium. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide.e. — Gtnandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5303.) 



Dexdrobium ciliatum; caule elongate* tereti striato articulato vaginato parce 

 folioso, foliis oblongis obtusis junioribus acutis, racemis subterminalibtis 

 axillaribusque cum pedunculo gracili erecto bracteato spitharoaeis raultifloris, 

 petalis sepalisque subconforraibus patentibus oblongo-spathulatis luteo- 

 viridibus, labello luteo purpureo-lineato cuneato-oblongo obsolete trilobo, 

 lobis lateralibus elongatis iucurvatis intermedio patente longe pulcherrime 

 fimbriato-ciliato, ciliis clavatis, calcare conico subobtuso columnar longi- 

 tudine. 



Dendrobicm ciliatum. Parish, in Hort. Low. 



A graceful and tall-growing species of Dendrobium, sent to us 

 by Messrs. Low, of the Clapton Nursery, in November, 1863. It 

 is one of the many interesting novelties discovered by the Rev. C. 

 S. P. Parish at Moulmeine; and we gladly adopt his name, so 

 aptly derived from the long, rather distant, clavate cilia, which 

 fringe the middle lobe of the labellum, and which, on more mi- 

 nute examination, are found to be a prolongation of the veins of 

 the labellum, of a very different character from real hairs. 



Few gentlemen occupy a better locality for botanical researches 

 than our reverend friend at Moulmeine, and few, we know, are 

 disposed to derive greater advantage from such a position. He 

 possesses, too, scientific knowledge, and great aptitude for drawing. 

 We have been favoured with many specimens from his talented 

 pencil, and amongst others of the magnified representation of 

 the flowers of the Dendrobium, which are of the greatest ser- 

 vice to the working botanist at home, who has often only dried 

 and withered specimens from which to draw up his characters. 

 Mr. Parish's labours among the Ferns have been as important as 

 among the Orchidaceous plants, and we confidently hope he will 



FEBRUARY 1ST, 1864. 



