Tab. 5441. 

 DENDROBIUM luteolum. 



Pale yellowislt-jloicered Dendrobium. 



Nat. Ord. Orciiideje. — Gynandria Monandria. 

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



Dendrobium luteolum ; caulibus erectis Miosis ramosis, foliis lanceolatis apice 

 obliquis acutis, racemis lateralibus 2-4-floris subsequalibus, sepalis ovato- 

 lanceolatis obtusis, lateralibus in raento longe producto incurvo comiatis, 

 petalis conforrnibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis inter- 

 medio majore oblongo convexo emarginato, disco tomentoso. Batem. 



Dendrobium luteolum. Bateman in Gard. Citron, for 1864, ^.269 a. 



The beauty of this Dendrobium has attracted much attention 

 at the Nursery of Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., at Clapton ; and 

 happily our valued friend Mr. Bateman has undertaken to de- 

 scribe it for the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' and has obligingly sent a 

 proof slip to us to accompany Mr. Fitch's figure. Native of Moul- 

 meine, and sent with many other fine things to Messrs. Low, of 

 Clapton, by the Rev. C. S. Parish. " With the exception of a few 

 reddish streaks on the lip, the flowers of this new Dendrobium 

 are of a uniform pale primrose tint; indeed, I should have 

 called it D. primulinum, if that name had not been already ap- 

 propriated to another and totally different species. The mentum 

 (or spur) is about the length of the ovary, and is curved inwards. ' 

 The flowers are about two inches across, and are remarkable for 

 their straight margins or edges, which are not waved or curled, 

 as in most Dendrobia ; they are borne in short lateral racemes 

 that come forth towards the upper (not the end) portion of the 

 stems. With me these racemes are two-flowered ; but in a 

 much finer specimen from Clapton, of which a drawing has been 

 prepared for the ' Botanical Magazine,' as many as four flowers 

 appeared together, and possibly this number may be exceeded 

 when the plant, which is of the easiest culture, has been longer 



APRIL 1st, 1864. 



