+ 
Tan. 3033. 
DENDROBIUM curRyYSoTOXxUM. « 
Golden-arched Dendrobium. 
Nat. Ord. OncnipE®.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4755.) 
DENnpRosium (§ Dendrocoryne) chrysotocum ; pseudobulbis angustis multicos- 
tatis 2-4-foliis, foliis oblongis horizontalibus coriaceis, racemis lateralibus 
laxis gracilibus arcuatim decurvis pseudobulbos eequantibus, bractea basilari 
parva spathacea floralibus minimis herbaceis, sepalis petalisque explanatis 
oblongis obtusissimis 'planis bis duplo latioribus, labello indiviso cucullato 
rotundato pubescente margine minutissime pectinato et fimbriato. Lindl. 
52 tage (§ Dendrocoryne) chrysotoxum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, sub t. 
9. ; 
The Dendrocoryne section of the fine East Indian genus Den- 
drobium forms, Dr. Lindley observes, “a peculiar group, best 
perhaps characterized by their having a fleshy, angular stem, 
_with two or more manifest articulations, one or more leaves at 
the upper end, and a lip not broken up into a tuft of hairs or 
fringes. They are, as it were, Bolbophylla passing into Dendro- 
bia. In the group thus limited are included D. densiflorum, 
Griffithii, aggregatum, tetragonum, Vettchianum, speciosum, and 
some others formerly placed in Desmotrichum, a species whose 
lip is broken up into a brush.” ; | 
Our plant here figured is certainly not among the least hand- | 
some in this lovely group, and was imported from India by 
Messrs. Henderson. It flowers with us in March, and is highly 
ornamental to the stove at that season. ag 
Drscr. Pseudobulbs long, clustered, clavate or rather spindle- 
shaped, jointed, with elongated joints, and clothed with a com- 
pact, whitish, membranaceous sheath, having about four, more 
or less spreading, oblong, acute, coriaceous, dark-green /eaves at 
the extremity. Peduncle \ateral, arising from the top of the 
pseudobulb, just below the leaves, rather short, bearing a shee 
fully drooping raceme of twelve or more, large, golden-yellow 
flowers ; almost a span long. There 1s @ deciduous, scariose, 
JUNE Ist, 1858. 
