Tas. 5058, 
DENDROBIUM Faxconenrtr; var. sepalis petalisque 
obtusioribus. 
Dr. Falconer’s Dendrobium : with sepals and petals more obtuse. 
Nat. Ord. Onca1pE®.—GyYNANDRIA MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tan. 4755.) 
DEnpRosium (§ Dendromyce) Falconeri ; caulibus hie illic ramosis elongatis 
pendulis gracilibus striatis articulatis geniculis nodosis, foliis paucis parvis 
1-3 terminalibus linearibus, pedicellis solitariis unifloris, floribus amplis 
speciosis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis subtortilibus petalisque ovatis equi- 
longis patentibus apice purpureo-maculatis, labello cucullato, limbo vix Be 
trilobo ovato acuto undulato integerrimo ciliato, disco aurantiaco basi 
apiceque purpureis, calcare brevissimo. 
Denprosium Falconeri. ,Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4944. 
B; foliis minoribus, petalis sepalisque obtusioribus, maculis purpurascentibus 
minoribus. (Tas. Nosrr. 5055.) 
From the nursery of Messrs. Jackson, where it produced its 
beautiful and richly-marked flowers in March, 1858. It is one 
of the many East Indian or, more correctly speaking, Assam 
and Khasya Orchidee, sent to Europe by Mr. Simons, and 
which are now the grace and ornament of our stoves. Elegant 
as is our present plant, it cannot be considered as a species 
distinct from the D. Falconeri above quoted, but the flowers are 
smaller, the apices of the sepals and petals less acuminated, and 
- ‘aelog spots are all smaller and almost obsolete on the apex 
of the lip. 
Dein. Stems or pseudobulbs aggregated, singularly long and 
slender, articulated, jointed, the articulations very unequal in 
length, often contracted in the middle, leafy only towards the 
extremity. Leaves scarcely longer than one’s finger, subdistich- 
ous, oblongo-lanceolate, rather finely acuminated and unequally 
bifid at the apex, between membranaceous and coriaceous, 
rather long-sheathed at the base. Powers very handsome, sub- 
fasciculated at the joints of the long, pendent, leafless stems. 
JULY Ist, 1858. 
