Tab. 5703. 



DENDROBIUM cumtjlatum. 

 Clustered-floivered Dendrobe. 



Nat. Ord. Okciiidej3. — Gynandbia Monanbiua. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 4755.) 



Dendeobium (Stacliyobium) cumulatum ; caulibus fascicuiatis elougatis 

 pendulis teretiusculis vaginis scariosis nodis exceptis tectis, foliiferis 

 brevioribus, foliis 3-4-pollicaribus lineari- v. elongato-oblongis acumi- 

 natis, racemia corymbiformibus densi-multifloris, racbi brevi pedicel- 

 lisque gracilibus rubro-purpureis, floribus 1 unc. latis roseo-purpureo 

 pallide tiuctis, sepalis petalisque subsequalibus oblongis obtusiusculis, 

 Jabello obovato-oblongo obtuso planiusculo glaberrimo, calcare labello 

 sequilongo crasso recto apice angustato obtuso. 



Dendbobium cumulatum. Lindl. in Gard. Ckron. 1855, p. 75(>. 



This very pretty species is another of Colonel Benson's 

 valuable Moulmeyne contributions. A comparison with the 

 Dendrobes contained in Dr. Lindley's Herbarium, now at Kew, 

 proves it to be his I), cumulatum, of which I find no figure 

 published, nor other description than that quoted as in the 

 ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' where it is stated that the specimens 

 were leafless, that their native country is unknown, that the 

 colour of the flower varies in depth, and that the lip is some- 

 times freckled with rose-coloured spots. Our plant differs 

 from one of Dr. lindley's varieties in the flowers being much 

 smaller, for he gives the dimensions as " two inches long," 

 but as he does not state in which direction this measurement 

 is taken, it is impossible to compare them ; in our specimens 

 they measure an inch and three-quarters from the tip of the 

 spur to the tip of the lip, and one inch across the sepal*. 

 Dr. Lindley further describes the tip of the spur (mentum) as 

 incurved and subacute, which is scarcely the case in our 

 specimens. 



The specimen here figured flowered in Kew in September. 

 1867. 



Desce. Stems tufted, pendulous, one to two feet long, 



^J'nn, Lst. 1868. 



