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486 GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, Dendrobium. 
lindric, a little farrowed, and while young well clothed with 
short black hairs, which in time are rubbed off. Leaves bi- 
farious, rather remote, half stem-clasping, lanceolate, obtuse, 
or emarginate, smooth, firm and rather fleshy, from three to 
four inches long, by one or one and a half broad. Peduncles 
terminal, solitary, racemiform, from two to four-flowered, 
Flowers very large, pendulous, scarcely inferior to those of 
D. teres, expanding, three inches and a half, of a pure shining 
white, except the middle of the lip, which is yellow, sweetly 
though faintly fragrant. Corol; the exterior three petals 
lanceolate, acute and ribbed ; the interior two oval,and more 
faintly ribbed. Lip, its posterior portion, beyond the inser- 
tion of the whole flower on the germ, united its whole length 
with the base of the two lower exterior petals into a large 
conic horn, Lamina panduriform, with a retuse apex. Co- 
_ lumn, &c. as in the genus, and well described by Swartz, 
12. D. pulchellum. R. 
Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves bifarious, sessile, lanceolate, - 
obtuse, finely ribbed. Raceme lateral on the old leafless 
stems; lip with a large obtuse horn, and ebcordate, ciliate, 
ramentaceous lamina. ' 
Found indigenous on trees and in rocks in the forests of the 
Silhet hills, in flower in May and June, A very beautiful 
species, the flowers are considerably smaller than in D. for- 
mosum; but the colour more lively, 
Root of numerous, strong, pack-thread-like fibres, giicle 
fasten on trees or rocks. Stems many from the same tuft of 
roots, simple, nearly straight, furrowed, otherwise smooth and 
rather lucid, marked with the circular scars of the fallen 
leaves, about three feet long, and thicker than a ratan, while 
young well decorated with leaves, when old leafless, and 
then floriferous. Leaves alternate, sessile, rather remote, nat- 
row lanceolar, obtuse, finely ribbed ; fro: four to five inches 
long, by one broad. Racemes lateral, from the old leafless 
stems or branches, diverging, flexuose, with one large pale, 
