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Dendrobrium (Eudendrobium) tridentiferum ; Lindl. Sp. Dey 
foliis oblongo-lanceolatis oblique emarginatis, gemmis palea- 
ceis, floribus geminis, sepalis lateralibus ovatis carnosis ob- 
liquis, petalis lanceolato-oblongis acutis membranaceis, labello 
carnoso trifido basi tuberculo carnoso lineáque utrinque 
elevatà aucto, lobis acutis lateralibus antrorsum curvis inter- 
medio ovato, cornu brevi obtuso. 
A broad leaved species looking like D. biflorum to which 
it is nearly allied. It has fleshy flowers as large as those of 
D. Pierardi, but quite different in structure. 
Dendrobium Jjfalce ; Lindl. sp. n., caule tereti levigato, 
folio (solitario ?) coriaceo obovato acuto oblique emarginato, 
pedunculis longissimis rigidis nudis apice paucifloris, pedi- 
cellis racemosis erectis floribus triplo longioribus, petalis 
lanceolatis 3-nerviis membranaceis, labello unguiculato tri- 
partito supra unguem cristà duplici carnosà biloba undulata 
aucto, laciniis lateralibus linearibus obtusis falcatis inter- 
media subrotundá, cornu obtuso incurvo. 
This very singular plant exists in an imperfect state in the 
collection. Its habit is different from that of any Dendro- 
bium I am acquainted with; but since this genus presents 
great diversity of habit, I cannot attach importance to that 
circumstance in the absence of a more complete knowledge 
of the structure of the fructification. In my solitary speci- 
men the main stem is gone, and I have only a couple of rigid 
peduncles proceeding from a common point, with a surface 
like that of a small bamboo, and a foot and a half long. With 
them, but separate from them, is a remarkably PORO 
leaf, 6 inches long, and 2 inches broad in the widest part ; 
but how it fits on the stem there is no evidence to show. 
The flowers are inserted in a few-flowered raceme at the end — 
of the branches; they appear to have been purple, and some 
Pale colour, and are about as large as those of Aper 
anceps. At the base of the middle lobe of the lip are (wo 
parallel sharp-ridged fleshy tubercules which occupy the mid- 
dle of a short unguis belonging to the middle lobe. pe 
Vanda Hindsii; Lindl. sp. m. foliis distichis arcuatis 
