Tas. 4944. 
DENDROBIUM Fatconert 
Dr. Falconer’s Dendrobium. 
Nat. Ord. Oncu1pE®.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TAB. 4755.) 
Drxprostum (§ Dendrocoryne) Falconeri; caulibus hic 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 eequilon- 
gis patentibus apice purpureo-maculatis, labello cucullato limbo vix trilobo 
ovato acuto undulato integerrimo ciliato disco aurantiaco basi apiceque pur- 
pureis, caleare brevissimo. 
The sample here figured is only part ‘of a stem, which was 
3-4 feet long, with upwards of sixty flowers upon it, and which 
continued twelve or fourteen days in perfection, was sent to us 
by George Reid, Esq., of Burnham, Somerset, with the remark 
that the plant was imported in April of the present year from 
the mountains of Bootan, elevation 4000 feet, under the name of 
Dendrobium Falconeri, and purchased at an auction in London. 
It certainly is among the most lovely of the genus, and very dis 
tinct from any species we know ; nearest akin to the Dendrobium 
Macarthie of our friend Thwaites (Bot. Mag. t. 4866).* 
Dr. Lindley considers the species to be entirely new, to belong 
to his section of the genus Dendrocoryne, and to come near D. 
fetragonum of All. Cunn. in Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 30, and 1841, 
Mise. 8. 
Duscr. Stem, rather than pseudobulb, long, slender, branched, 
pendulous, jointed, the joints contracted in the middle, and con- 
sequently nodose at their point of junction, striated. Leaves few, 
*In the description accompanying that plate it was carelessly omitted to be 
mentioned that both the drawing and description were sent by our excellent friend 
Mr. Thwaites, who is the author of the name. 
OCTOBER Ist, 1856. 
