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The whole plant turns black in drying. 
4. D. Goindu ; floribus tetrameris, stam. 16, foliis ovato-oblongis basi 
truncato-rotundatis apice obtusiusculis glabris breve (2 lin.) petio- 
latis, floribus masculis ternis in pedunculo axillari petiolum æquante, 
floribus foemineis axillaribus solitariis. à 
Calyx masc. 4-partitus, foliolis rotundatis glabris corollæ tubo duplo 
brevioribus. Corolla 5 lin. longa, glabra, urceolata, limbi segmentis 
4 rotundatis tubo ventricoso paulo brevioribus. Stamina 16, fila- 
mentis brevissimis geminatis, antheris subulato-acuminatis. Ovarii 
rudimentum carnosum, apice 4-fidum, lobis acutis dentiformibus. 
Calyx foem. basi bibracteolatus. Stylus brevissimus ; stigmata 4, 
apice leviter bifida. Fructus globosus, cerasi magnitudine.— Crescit 
in montibus Syhadree ; fl. Aprili—Junio. 
D. montane, Roxb., affinis, sed differt calycis lobis obtusis, racemis 
petiolum nunquam superantibus, paucifloris. 
Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEJE. 
ERIA. 
E. uniflora; pseudo-bulbis sphæricis depressis apice diphyllis, foliis 
oblongis planis basi angustatis complicatis, scapo gracili foliorum 
longitudine apice unifloro, sepalis lateralibus falcatis acutis, sepalo 
supremo petalisque subæqualibus linearibus acutis, labello petalis 
breviore, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis lunatis purpureo-marginatis 
lobo intermedio lineari obtuso intus longitudinaliter bicristato.—F1. 
temp. pluviali. 
This pretty species grows in clusters on the bark of the Mango and 
other trees; the flower is white and very large for the size of the plant, 
iz., two inches across. The pollinia are eight in number, wedge- - 
shaped, and united by threads at their narrow end; the leaves are one - 
and a half to two inches long, and the scape about the same length, - 
and furnished at its base with a keeled obtuse linear sheath. 
DENDROBIUM. (Sp. Pseudo-bulbose.) 
D. crispum (nobis) ; foliis serotinis paucis lineari-lanceolatis subcompli- 
catis, floribus racemosis 6—10, ovario florem æquante basi bractea — 
parva scariosa suffulto, sepalis petalis brevioribus supremo lineari- 
lanceolato obtusiuseulo lateralibus subfalcatis, petalis spathulatis, 
labello sepalis breviore 3-lobato, lobis 2 erectis acutis, i 
