Tas, 7493. 
DENDROBIUM Loaovis, 
Native of the Malay Peninsula. 
Nat. Ord. Oncu1pEa.—Tribe EripEnpRrEA, 
Genus Denprosium, Sw. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 498.) 
DeEnpropium (Aporum) Leonis; caulibus coespitosis compressis foliosis, foliis 
persistentibus distichis equitantibus verticalibus late ovatis obtusis 
crasse coriaceis enerviis, vaginis brevibus membranaceis applanatis, 
floribus in apicibus ramorum solitariis, pedicellis brevibus bracteis 
scariosis demum laceris vaginatis, floribus ? poll. longis, sepalis lateralibus 
triangulari-rotundatis aureis basi fusco-sanguineo striolatis in mentum 
latum rotundatum cum columna confluentibus, dorsali multo minore ovato- 
rotundato, petalis ellipticis obtusis sepalum dorsale s«quantibus, labello 
lineari-oblongo recurvo integro ecristato, disco paullo incrassato sanguineo 
striato apice late rotundato incrassato hispidulo aureo, anthera vertice 
biloba. 
D. Leonis, Reichd. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. vol. vi. p. 280. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vol. v. p. 723; in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutt. vol. v. part I. p. 7, 
tab. 10. 
Aporum Leonis, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1840) Misc. p. 59. Griffith in Cale. 
Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. v. (1845) p. 368. 
A. indivisum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 2081; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. p. 70 (non 
Blume). 
The curious Orchid here figured was introduced from 
Singapore sixty years ago by the famous botanical collector 
Cuming, who sent it to Loddiges, under the local name of 
**Lion’s mouth,” given it from a fancied resemblance of 
the flower to the open mouth of that animal, the lip repre- 
senting its tongue. It had been previously found by Mr. 
Prince, who sent it to Dr. Wallich, then Superintendent of 
the Calcutta Gardens, with a rude drawing from which 
Dr. Lindley erroneously referred it to Aporwm indivisum 
of Blume. A. Leonis is probably common in the Malaya 
Peninsula, having been found in Perak, Malacca, Singa-— 
pore, and extending thence to Java. Mr. Ridley informs 
a by letter that the flowers are exquisitely scented of 
anilla. : 
The section Aporum, to which D. Leonis belongs, differs 
widely in habit from other Dendrobias, owing to the 
vertical direction (that is the lateral compression ) of the 
evergreen distichous leaves, the anatomical study of which 
SErremBeER Ist, 1896. 
