Tas. 4450. 
DENDROBIUM CampripGEANuM. 
Duke of Cambridge's Dendrobium. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDEM.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4352.) 
Denprosium Cambridgeanum ; caulibus pendulis articulatis foliosis, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis acutissimis carnosis striatis basi oblique sessilibus, pedunculis 
bifloris, sepalis (basi in cornu elongatis decurrentibus) petalisque conformi- 
bus oblongis acutis patentibus, labello cucullato unguiculato latissime sub- 
rotundato sinuato margine reflexo supra densissime villoso, anthera punctis 
elevatis rugosa. 
~ Denprosium Cambridgeanum, Pazton, Mag. of Bot. t.265. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
1841. Mise. n.171. 
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Drawn from a plant which flowered in the Orchideous house 
of the Royal Gardens, April 1849, derived from the collection of 
the late Rev. J. Clowes. It is a plant of great beauty, brought 
from India to Chatsworth by Mr. Gibson, collector for His Grace 
the Duke of Devonshire, in 1837, and honoured by a specific 
name after that of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. 
Dr. Lindley alludes to its affinity with D. Paztont, but that 1s 
characterized by “ petalis serrulatis,” and “ labello ovato ...... 
margine multifido-fimbriato ;” and to D. chrysanthum, which is 
described “labello denticulato retuso obsolete trilobo, and no 
notice is taken of any villosity. The prolonged spur is remark- : 
able. I cannot therefore but record it as a distinct species. 
Descr. An Zpiphyte, with jointed, pendulous stems, nearly as 
thick as the finger, the joints striated and clothed with sheaths 
of the leaves, streaked and spotted with red. Leaves broad, 
ovate-lanceolate, sharply acuminate, thick, fleshy, striated, the 
base very oblique and semicordate. From below the upper leaves 
the peduncle appears, very short, forked into two pedicels about 
two inches long and bearing two pendent, large, handsome 
flowers of a rich golden-colour. Sepals and petals uniform, much 
spreading, oblong, acute, faintly striated. Lip pendent, cucul- 
late, from a convolute claw suddenly expanding into a broad, 
JUNE Ist, 1849. 
