Tab. 5488. 



DENDROBIUM Parishii. 



Mr. Parish's Dendrobium. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide,e. — Gynandria Diandria. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5303.) 



Dendrobium Parishii; caulibus crassissimis subpendulis floriferis aphyllis 

 membranulis albidis indutis, foliis coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis erosis 

 cito deciduis, floribus geminatis aut ternatis racemum spurium formantibus 

 longe pedicellatis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, petalis paulo latioribas 

 unguiculatis ovatis obtusiusculis pedicello duplo brevioribus, labello indiviso 

 cucidlato apiculato fere orbiculari, limbo et margine pulvinato. Baieman. 



This new Dendrobium was sent (in 18G2) from Moulmein by 

 the Rev. C. S. P. Parish to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of the 

 Clapton Nursery, in whose establishment, as also in the collec- 

 tions of Mr. Rucker and Mr. Day, it has flowered beautifully 

 during the past season. At first sight it appears to bear a cer- 

 tain amount of resemblance to B. nobiie, but it is in reality per- 

 fectly distinct. Even when out of flower it is readily distinguished 

 by its thick, clumsy, leafless stems, which are bent downwards 

 in a stiff ungainly manner, while the stems of D. nobiie and 

 D. moniliforme hold themselves erect, and taper gracefully 

 towards the base. The flowering-season of these latter species 

 is likewise different, being confined to the winter months, whereas 

 D. Parishii blossoms in summer. 



A glance at the recent volumes of the ' Botanical Magazine ' 

 will show the large number of new and beautiful Orchids that 

 have been secured to the collections of this country through the 

 zeal and enterprise of Mr. Parish, whose eye seems to be ever 

 ready to detect any new forms amid the striking vegetation of 

 the rich country that is now the scene of his missionary labours. 

 It is, however, among the Dendrobia that his most remarkable 

 discoveries have been made, and I have therefore a peculiar 

 pleasure in associating his name with a new species of the beau- 

 tiful genus that owes so much to his diligent researches. — J. B. 



JANUARY 1st, 1865. 



