Tas. 4659. 
DENDROBIUM Farmenri. 
Mr. Farmer's Dendrobium. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHIDER.—GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4352.) 
Denprosium Farmeri ; caulibus elongatis clavatis articulatis profunde sulcatis 
basi pseudobulbosis apice foliosis, foliis 2-4 ovatis coriaceis striatis, racemis 
lateralibus multifloris pendulis, bracteis parvis ovatis concavis, sepalis (albo- 
flavescentibus roseo-tinctis) late ovatis obtusis, petalis conformibus (ejus- 
demque coloris) majoribus, labello majore (pallide flavo disco luteo) rhom- 
boideo obtusissimo unguiculato lato supra pubescente margine denticulato. 
Denprosium Farmeri. Paxton, Mag. of Botany, v. 15. cum Ie. 
: A most delicate and lovely Dendrobium, sent in 1847 by Dr. 
Gas M‘Clelland, from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, to W. G. Farmer, 
Ee Esq., after whom it was named. Mr. Paxton observes, that “in 
| habit and appearance the plant very much resembles Dendrobium 
densiflorum’’ (see our Tab. 3418), “but the stems are more an- 
gular, and the flower-scape is less densely laden with bloom ; 
the flowers, too, are altogether different.” The flowers, how- 
ever, are more different in colour than they are in shape ; and if 
true to its other characters, there is no difficulty in distinguishing 
this species. In the stove of the Royal Gardens of Kew it flowers 
in May. = 
Diece. Our plant has elongated club-shaped stems, jointed 
and deeply sulcated, growing in clusters; at the base they swell 
out into a kind of pseudo-bulb, scarcely so large as a hazel-nut. 
The young stems bear from two to four spreading, ovate, corl- 
aceous or fleshy /eaves at the top, acute, striated ; the old stems 
throw out pendulous racemes from near the summit, which exceed 
the stems in length. //owers numerous, but rather lax. Bracteas 
small, ovate, concave. Sepals very patent, broad, ovate, obtuse, 
pale straw-colour, delicately tinged with rose. Petals of the 
JULY Ist, 1852, 
