Tab. 8683. 

 DENDROBIUM Palpebral 



Burma. 



Orchidaceae. Tribe Epidendreae. 

 Dendrobium, Sivartz ; Bcnth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 498. 



Dendrobium Palpebrae, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. v. p. 33 (1850) ; 

 Paxt. Fl. Gard. vol. i. p. 48 ; Veitch, Man. Orch. pars iii. p. 67 ; 

 Hook./. Flor. Brit. Ind. vol. v. p. 750; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1896, pp. 73, 

 142 ; a D. Farmeri, Paxt., pseudobulbis gracilioribns, raeemis et pedi- 

 cellis brevioribus, floribus minoribus, sepalis petalisque albis, labello 

 prominenter ciliato differt. 



Herba epiphytica, 15-20 cm. alta. Pseudobulbi aggregati, elongati, snb- 

 graciles, sulcati, vaginis membanaceis vestiti, apice 2-3-phylli. Folia 

 lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, 7-10 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata. Bacemi sub- 

 erecti, 8-10 cm. longi, multiflori. Bracteae anguste oblongae, 6-7 mm. 

 longae. Pedicelli 1*5-2 cm. longi. Flores speciosi, albi, labelli disco 

 flavo vel aurantiaco. Sepala elliptico-oblonga, circiter 1 cm. longa. 

 Petala ovato-elliptica, sepalis latiora. Labellum breviter unguiculatum, 

 ovato-orbiculare, subacutum, basi pubescens, margine prominenter ciliato. 

 Columna lata, brevis ; pollinia ea generis. — Dendrobium Farmeri album, 

 Regel, Gartenfl. vol. xvii. p. 321, t. 595. — R. A. Rolfe. 



The Dendrobium here figured is a Burmese species 

 which has never been common in Orchid collections, 

 doubtless owing to the circumstance that it has rarely 

 been met with in the wild state. It was originally 

 received by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons from Moulmein 

 and flowered in their nursery for the first time in 

 November, 1849. It was shortly afterwards described 

 by Professor Lindley, whose name D. Palpebrae has 

 reference to the * eye-lash ' fringe of the lip. There is 

 proof that the species had been received at the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Calcutta, from Burma, by Dr. T. 

 Anderson, who has recorded its flowering there in 

 December, 1862. The original specimen obtained by 

 Messrs. Veitch appears to have been found by Mr. T. 

 Lobb ; the name of the collector who obtained the 

 Calcutta plant referred to is not recorded. There is also 

 evidence that Surgeon-Major Jerdon had a living plant 

 in his private collection in Madras, though neither the 



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