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DENDROBIUM MOSCHATUM. MuUSK-SMELLING 
DENDROBIUM. 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MOoNANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcnipe2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala membranacea, erecta vel patentia, lateralibus ma- 
joribus obliquis cum basi producta columne connatis. Pe- 
tala sepalo supremo sepils majora, nunc minora, semper 
membranacea. Labellum cum pede columna articulatum 
vel connatum, semper sessile, indivisum vel trilobum, sepi- 
is, membranaceum, nunc appendiculatum, Columna semi- 
teres, basi longé producta. Anthera bilocularis. Pollima 
4, per paria collateralia—Herbe epiphyte, nunc _caules- 
centes nunc rhizomata repente pseudo-bulbifero. Folia plana 
sepius venosa. Flores solitarii fasciculatz, vel racemose spe- 
cost. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Denprosium moschatum ; caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis 
oblongis seu oblongo-ovatis subcoriaceis levissime 
striatis, racemis lateralibus Jaxis 6—8-floris, bracteis 
brevibus oblongis obtusis, sepalis oblongis obtusis pa- 
tentissimis petalisque late ovatis obsolete tessellatis, 
labello unguiculato cochleariformi obtusissimo extus 
villoso. 
Denprosium moschatum. Wall. in Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Or- 
chid. p. 82. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 34. Wall. Pl. 
Ag Rar, 0.2. pee, E199. 
Epipenprum moschatum. Buchanan, apud Pymes, Ava, p- 
A78, cum Ic. Ses | 
Denprozium Calceolaria. Hook. Ex. Fl. v. 3. t. 184. 
first sight from the D. 
” above 
quoted, 
Different as this may appear at 
Calceolaria published by me in the “ Exotic Flora, 
VOL. XIV. I 
