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Dendrobium cucullatum. Hooded 

 Dendrobium. 



Class and Order. 



Gynandria Monandria. 



Generic Character. 



Labellum ecalcaratum, articulatum cum apice processus 

 unguiformis, cujus lateribus petala antica adnata calcar amu- 

 lantia. Masses pollinis 4, parallel® : Brown in Hort. Kew. 

 5. p. 212. 



Specific Character. 



Dendrobium cucullatum; caulibus pendulis, foliis bifariis lan- 

 ceolatis aeuminatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis subbifloris, 

 labello indiviso circumscriptione ovato basi cucullato. 

 Brown Mss. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant which flowered in the 

 hot-house at Spring-Grove, the seat of Lady Banks, in March 

 last. We had not an opportunity of seeing the plant ourselves, 

 and are entirely indebted to the friendly assistance of Mr. Ro- 

 bert Brown for any intelligence we can give about it. It is 

 a Native of the East Indies, and was sent to this country by 

 the late Dr. Roxburgh ; among whose unpublished drawings 

 is the figure of at least a very nearly related species which he 

 calls Dendrobium Pierardi, having been sent, by Mons. Pie- 

 kard, to the Calcutta garden from Chittagong, where and of 

 various parts of the Delta of the Ganges it is a native. There 

 is however too much difference between our plant and Dr. 

 Roxburgh's figure to justify their being considered as the 

 same species. In his drawing the flowering stems are entirely 

 without leaves, the colour of the flower is a pale yellow, the 

 lip large and shovel shaped ; being dilated at the upper ex- 

 tremity into a flattish obovate form, slightly curled at the 



margin 



