Tab. 4153 

 DENDROBIUM moniliforme. 



Necklace-stemmed Dendrobium. 



Nat. Ord. OrchidEjE. — Gynandria Monandria. 



DENDROBIUM. Sw. (Vide supra Tab. 4013.) Lindl. Gen. et Sp. 



Orchid, p. 74. 



Dendrobium moniliforme; caulibus erectis clavatis ramosis foliosis inter- 

 nodiis demum tumidis, foliis distichis oblongis obtusis oblique emargi- 

 natis, floribus ex articulis supremis caulium geminatis folio longioribus, 

 sepalis oblongis acutis petalisque ovatis striatis, labello ovato reflexo 

 obscure trilobo basi attenuato margins serrulato, disco elevato pubes- 

 cente. 



Dendrobium moniliforme. Sw. Act. Holm. 1800, p. 245. Willd. Sp. PI. 

 p. 136. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 738. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1. 1314. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 83. 



Limodorum moniliforme. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1352. 



Fu Ran. Keempf. Amcen. Acad. t. 865. 



A native, it is said, of China and Japan, and first introduced 

 to Europe through the instrumentality of the Horticultural 

 Society. The plant from which our figure was taken was 

 sent by Dr. Wallich to the Royal Gardens of Kew. It pro- 

 duced its truly handsome blossoms in November, 1844, and 

 again in February, 1845, each time the flowers continuing 

 long in perfection. It is indeed one of the most lovely of our 

 Epiphytes. The specific name is not at first very apparent ; 

 but is considered to be derived from the tumid internodes of 

 the stem in age, giving the appearance of a necklace, some 

 traces of which may be observed in our figure. 



Descr. Stem erect, scarcely a foot high, branched and 

 rooting ; when young terete and striated ; when old strongly 

 articulated, losing the leaves, and then deeply furrowed, and 

 swollen at the internodes, the articulations partly sheathed by 

 the withered bases of the leaves. Flowers in pairs from the 

 articulations, or from the axils of the leaves, but the flowering 

 stems are frequently destitute of leaves. Germen very long, 



