Tas. 6784, 
DENDROBIUM apuncom. 
Native of China. 
Nat. Ord. OxcH1DExZ.—Tribe EPIDENDREZ. 
Genus Denprosium, Swartz; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 498.) 
Denpropium (Stachyobium) aduncum; caulibus elongatis gracilibus demum 
flexuosis pendulis, internodiis elongatis non incrassatis, foliis distichis elliptico- 
lanceolatis acutis v. acuminatis, vaginis internodiis equilongis, floribus solitariis 
v. in racemos paucifloros breves dispositis, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis 
acutisve pallide roseis, mento rotundato subinflexo, labello unguiculato albo 
subhemispherico apice in caudiculam brevem angustato intus villoso disco 
glaberrimo marginibus ciliatis, columna brevi crassa 2-alata sub stigmate 
villosa, anthera purpurea glandulosa antice barbata. 
D. aduncum, Wall. MSS. ex Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Mise. p. 58, No. 62, e¢ 
1846, t. 15; Walp. Ann. vol. vi. p. 295. 
Though the plant here figured differs from the D. 
aduncum figured and described by Lindley in having solitary 
instead of racemed flowers, the two plants so perfectly 
agree in habit, foliage, and every other particular, that I 
cannot doubt their identity. Nor is there any other species 
with which this can be confounded ; the shape of the lip, 
its fimbriation, the glandular purple anther and bearded 
column, are all very distinctive characters. Lindley says 
of it that it is in some respects allied to D. Pierardi, es 
pecially in its small pink flowers and manner of growth; 
but that it is more closely allied to D. moschatwm, of which 
it may be regarded as a feeble imitation; it is widely 
different from both, and is especially known by its half- 
transparent flowers of the most delicate texture and clearest 
tints. 
It is a remarkable fact that though first published forty 
years ago, the native country of D. aduncum has hitherto 
been a mystery, Wallich having sent it from India under 
the name it bears with no further information. This 
desideratum we can now supply, our specimen having been 
received from Mr. Charles Ford, superintendent of the 
NOVEMBER lst, 1884. 
