Tas. 7985. 
DENDROBIUM BELLATULUM. 
Native of China. 
Nat. Ord. OncHipacra.—Tribe ErrpENDREA. 
Genus Denprosium, Swartz ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 498,) 
’ Denprozium (§ Formosaw—Nigro-hirsute) bellatulum; planta nana, ceespi- 
tosa, pseudobulbis florentibus }-2 poll. altis, fusiformibus longitudi- 
naliter rugoso-costatis 2-4-phyllis 1-3-floris foliisque primum plus 
minusve nigro-hirsutis, foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis 3-2 poll. 
longis apice oblique obtuseque bidentatis, floribus axillaribus cum pedi- 
cello quam foliis brevioribus 13-2 poll, diametro, sepalis petalisque albis, 
labello miniato, sepalis lateralibus elongato-triangularibus acutis, sepalo 
postico lanceolato, petalis spathulatis apice rotundatis apiculatis, labello- 
pandurato-trilobo lobis lateralibus rotundatis lobo intermedio latissime 
obcordato-bilobo disco medio obtuse 5-costato costis tuberculoso-verrucosis, 
mento saccato obtuso. 
D. bellatulum, Rolfe in Journ, Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xxxvi. (1903), p. 10; Oreh. 
Rev. vol. xi. (1903), p. 103; vol. xii. (1904), p. 185; Gard. Chron. 1904, 
vol. i. p. 258; 1904, vol. ii. p. 114, f. 47. . 
This charming little Dendrobium is closely. related to 
the recently figured D. Williamsoni, Reichb. f. (B. M. t. 
7974) in structural and vegetative characters, but it is very 
different in its dwarf habit. The species was based upon 
copious dried specimens, collected by Dr. A. Henry, in 
1898, at Mengtze, in the Province of Yunnan, at an eleva- 
tion of 5,000 ft. It was found in the forest to the south- 
east of Mengtze, growing on trees. In 1900, previous to 
the publication of the description of the species, Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons presented living plants to Kew, 
sent home by their collector, Mr. Wilson. It was subse- 
quently discovered by Mr. W. Micholitz, collector for 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, of St. Albans, at Lang Bian, 
Anam, at an elevation of 4,500 to 5,000 ft. The plant 
presented by Messrs. Veitch flowered some time ago, but 
not freely, and the plate was prepared from a more robust 
tuft presented by Messrs. Sander. It flowered in April, 
and although very pretty, it was evidently not at its best, 
nor equal to Dr. Henry’s wild specimens, in which the 
unexpanded flowers are an inch and a half long, and those 
flattened out are two inches and a half from the tip of the 
NovemMBeER Ist, 1904, 
