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DENDROBIUM AGGREGATUM. CLOSE-FLOW- 
- ERED DENDROBIUM. 
KKK KEK KEKE KKK EEE KEE EK 
Class and Order. 
GynanpDRiA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OnrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala membranacea, erecta vel patentia, lateralibus ma- 
joribus obliquis cum basi producta columnez connatis. 
Petala sepalo supremo seepius majora, nunc minora, semper 
membranacea. Labellum cum pede columnz articulatum 
vel connatum, semper sessile, indivisum vel trilobum, 
sepius membranaceum, nunc appendiculatum. Columna 
semiteres, basi longe producta. Anthera bilocularis. Pol- 
linia 4, per paria collateralia—Herbe epiphyte, nune cau- 
lescentes, nunc rhizomate repente pseudo-bulbifero. Folia 
plana, sepius venosa. Flores solttaru fasciculati vel race- 
mosi speciost. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Denprogium aggregatum; pseudo-bulbis cespitosis mono- 
phyllis ovatis sulcatis stipitatis cuticulo cinereo vesti- 
tis, foliis oblongis emarginatis coriaceis nervosis, ra- 
cemo laterali cernuo multifloro fere duplo brevioribus, 
petalis ovatis sepalo latioribus, labello subintegerrimo 
latiore quam longo basi concavo pubescente. 
Denprogium aggregatum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 477. 
Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Bot. Reg. t. 1695. 
The plant was received at the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, from Wentworth, the seat of Earl Firzwix1am, in 
1836, and flowered in the beginning of May, 1837. It is 
handsome ; but its blossoms quickly expand, and they pro- 
bably last but a short while, in which case, they will be £ 
much yo 
