( 3970 ) 



Dendrobium macranthum. Large- 

 flowered Dendrobium. 



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C/ass cwd Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchideje. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala mem bran acea, erecta vel patentia, lateralibus ma- 

 joribus obliquis cum basi producta columnae connatis. 

 Petala sepalo supremo saepius majora nunc minora, semper 

 membranacea. Labellum cum pede columnae articulatum 

 vel connatum, semper sessile, indivisum vel trilobum, sae- 

 pius membranaceum, nunc appendiculatum. Columna 

 semiteres, basi longe producto. Anthera bilocularis. Pol- 

 linia 4, per paria collateralia. — Herbae epiphyta, nunc cau- 

 lescentes, nunc rhizomate repente pseudo-bulbifero. Folia 

 plana, scepius venosa. F lores solitariifasciculati, vel race- 

 mosi, speciosi. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Dendrobium macranthum; foliis ovato - oblongis obtusis 

 nervosisbasi subcordatis, sepalis lanceolatis lateralibus 

 basi productis, petalis oblongis acutis, labello pubes- 

 scente convoluto denticulato subunguiculato oyato 

 callo baseos elevato transverso obsolete trilobo. Lindl. 



Dendrobium macranthum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Misc. HMV, 

 p. 36. (sub nom. D. macrophylli;. 



No pencil can do justice to the beauty of the blossoms of 

 this charming plant, of which specimens and a drawing 

 were kindly "sent to me by Dillwyn ^welyn Esq of 

 Penllegar, in April of the present year 1842. I kn ow not 

 that it has flowered in any other collection, save thatri 



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