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1-2" lata, subtus pallidius vlrentia. Rumi pauiculte oppositi, in- 
terduin valde abbreviati. Calyces lluea vix lorigiores, CoroUa 
alba, circiter 4'" long^a ; laciniae acutatre, imperfecte ciliatae. An- 
therae ovali-sagittatje, partem tubi superiorum occupantes. Stylus 
linea brevior, capillaris, glnber. Stigma semiovatum, cx vertice 
truncato mucronatnm, -1-^'" latum, Squaraje hypogynce linearea, 
staminoides. perbreves, Fructus ignoti. ^" 
Planta I. frutescenti simillima, specifice ut videtm- divellenda 
petiulis longioribus, tbiiis subtus conspicuis reticulari-venosi.^, pe- 
dicellis brevioribus, calycis lobis minime deltoideisy corollse fauce 
minus dense barbata. 
Orchide^, . 
Dendrobium higihhiim^ 
Lindl. in Paxt. Flowerg. 1852, p. 25, fig. 245. 
Caulibus breviusculis pauciarticulatiscylindraceis apioem versus 
attenuatis et paucifoliatis, /0/2/5 lineari' v, ensato-lanccolatis char^ 
taceis, scapo terminali tenui longiuscuIo,^raccmo plurifloro rarius 
bifloro, pedicellis bracteolamlongesuperantibus, sppalis exter\ov\hus 
seniilanceolatis interiora cuneato-obovata iongitudine fequantibus 
basi calcar breve ohtnsum pone yihherem producentihus^ lahelli 
hrevifer itnguiculati lofns laterahbus hrevihus truncato-rotundafis^ 
lobo medio longiiiscule semilancfolafo, hibello centrum et basim 
versus minute pluriseriali-cristato atque roseo-tincto, columna brevi 
prseter apicem adnata. 
Ad flumen Liverpoo]'s Eiver ; B. Gulliver. 
Radices albge, filiformes, intricate ramos^e, fasciculum caulium 
sive pseudo-bulborum producentcs. Caules l|-o" longi, in basin 
minus quam in apicem attenuati, vaginis pallidis scarioso-mem- 
braneis lase obtecti. Folia 4-8" longa, 5-10'" lata, inter nervos 
5 longitudinales parallele striolata, sensim in apicem acutata. Scapi 
l^r longi, bracteis 2-3 arctis pallidis membraneis paucilinearibus 
cylindraceis ochreati. Bracteolae deltoideo-semilanceolata?, acumi- 
natae, membrane^e, circiter sesquilineam longse. Pedicelli |-|" 
longi, Sepala semipollicem paulo excedeutia, membranea ; ex- 
teriora acuminulata ; interiora (seu sensu Lindleyi petala) supra 
medium fere 3'" lata, pallescentia. Calcar basale cylindricum, T" 
longum V. paulo longius, obtusum, cui anteponit gibber semiovatus 
V. hemisphcericus e columnae basi ortus calcare conspicue brevior, 
Tota columna, additis genitaliis, vix 3"' longa. Pollinia clavato- 
cyllndracea, cerea. Labellum semipoUice vix brevius, membraneum ; 
cujus dimidium inferius fere obcordatum et pulchre purpureo- 
venosum ; dimidium superius trinervulatura, pr^eter baslm laeve. 
Capsulae clavato-obovat^E, semiunciales v, paulo longiores. 
I). tetragonum, observante Bowman, extendit ad capricomn. 
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