. Tas. 5261, : 
DENDROBIUM  Huttit. 
Mr. Hill’s Dendrobium. 
Nat. Ord. Orcu1pE%.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char, (Vide supra, Tas: 4352.) 
Denprosium Hillii ; caulibus valde elongatis articulatis, articulis 3—4-unciali- 
bus teretibus plurisulcatis, foliis 4—6 ellipticis vel oblongis crasso-coriaceis 
atro-viridibus enerviis, racemo pendulo pedali et ultra 4 uncias lato, flori- 
bus numerosissimis sepalis e lata basi sensim subanguste attenuatis, petalis 
linearibus, labello oblongo transversim fusco-lineato, lobo medio orbiculari, 
disco subbicarinato. 
Many years ago, Mr. J. Smith assures me, living samples of 
this fine Dendrobium were sent from Moreton Bay to the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, with an opinion expressed that it might pos- 
sibly be the D. wadulatum of Brown’s Prodr. p. 332. I do not 
find that they ever flowered: but one thing is certain, that I 
possess in my herbarium a specimen of the true D. wndulatum 
of Mr. Brown, with the correct name in Mr. Cunningham’s 
handwriting ; and another specimen from Albany Island, from 
A. C. Gregory (see F. Mueller’s Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. fase. 4. 
p. 87); and also from Port Curtis, gathered by Mr. M ‘Gillivray 
during the voyage of the ‘ Rattlesnake’ (1847); it is a very dif- 
ferent species from that now under consideration. The D. un- 
dulatum has, as its name would imply, singularly undulated petals 
and sepals of very lurid colours, and sharp segments to the lobes 
of the lip, and it is aiso a native of Java. Dr. Lindley has shown » 
that his D. discolor, from the latter country, figured in Bot. 
Reg. for 1841, tab. 52, is identical with Mr. Brown’s D. wn- 
dulatum. 
Our present plant must then be considered a new species ; 
and as our living specimens were derived from the very zealous 
botanist and superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Moreton — 
Bay, Mr. Walter Hill, we gladly dedicate it to him. Even with- 
AUGUST IsT, 1861. 
