008. DENDROBIUM Preraror. (Roxb.) stems pendu- 
lous glabrous : leaves ovate-lanceolate acute: flowers in 
pairs, forming a spurious raceme : sepals acuminate mem- 
branaceous : petals larger than the upper sepal acuminate : 
lip SH cuculate somewhat truncated ciliated. Lind. 
Lop. 19. 
Pendulous from trees. The ignorance of the Trans- 
ferrer of the habit of this plant, had made him turn it 
upside down. 
909. DRENDpRoTBIM Herneanam. (Lindley) stem erect, 
flexuose,clavate,clothed with the lax sheaths ofthe leaves: 
leaves linear lanceolate, acute : racemes axillary, spreading, 
many flowered : bracteas, minute ovate : sepals and petals 
ovate lanceolate acute, about equal: lip three lobed, unit- 
ed with the base of the column;a longitudinal callosity 
on the disk ; lateral lobes acute, the middle one roundish, 
fleshy inciso erenate. Lind. L en 90. 
Epiphytieal on branches of treesin Malabar. ** The 
spreading many flowered peduncled racemes, combined 
with the figure of the lip are alone sufficient to distinguish 
this species” Lind. 
910. DENDROBIUM BARBATULUM. (Lindley) stems 
terete aphyllous : racemes lateral and terminal, wany 
flowered : sepals ovate acuminate ; petals obovate acute 
larger than the upper sepal: lip flat, obovate-obtuse, 
apeculate, entire, bearded at the base. Lind. l. c. p. 84. 
This seems to be a very handsome species, growing on 
trees, but of which little is yet known, the specimens from 
which it was taken up having been poor ones. The one 
fizured here was found in Malabar. The flowers are pale 
straw coloured. 
911. CyYMBIDIUM TRISTE. (Willd.) leaves terete: um- 
bels subsessile : sepals and petals connivent, fleshy, ob- 
long, cymbiform : lip oblong, about twice as broad as the 
sepals. Lind. l, c. p. 167. ^ 
This is a difficult plant to dry henee Dr. Lindley seems 
imperfectly acquainted with it, having only bad a bad 
worm eaten specimen to examine. 1 cannot understand, 
however, on what principle the racemes of this and one 
or two otter allied species are called umbels, they are 
short but distinctly racemose. Another peculiarity o 
some species of the section of the genus to which this be- 
longs is the form of the lip, a hollow inflated sack. 
919. Groporum DILATATUM. (R. Brown) scape short- 
er than the leaves, spike pendulous : flowers congested, lip 
subcalarate, dilated at the apex, crenulate. (Brown Hort. 
Kew. Lind. i. c. p. 175. 
This is a widely distributed plant. Rheede found it in 
Malabar, Roxburgh in the Circars, Blume in Java, 
Colonel Walker in Ceylon, and the plant here figured I 
found within a few miles of Coimbatore. i 
Kanathkoovoodoo, August 1843, in clefts of rock un- 
der tbe shade of bushes. i Hr S : 
The figures of the elaborate analysis seem all so plain 
as scarcely to require explanation with the exception 
of No. 13, which is a transverse section of a nearly full 
grown fruit. 
913. Europnia vinens. (K. Brown) leaves grass-like, 
linear- lanceolate, shorter than the branched scape : sepals 
and petals oblong obtuse narrower at the base, tessellated : 
lip three lobed bearded, lateral lobes shorter middle one, 
ovate obtuse with an erectish conical spur. Lind. l c. 
. 183. 
T This specimen was found with the preceding in clefts 
ofrock filled with vegetable earth in great abundance 
some of the specimens upwards of 3 feet bigh. 
914. ANIA LATIFOLIA. (Lindley) leaves oblong plicate 
shorter than the scape : lip unguiculate three lobed, co- 
hering with the elongated base of the column ; lateral 
lobes obtuse, shorter than the roundish ovate acute mid- 
dle one ; the claws furnished with three truncated Jamel. - 
læ terminating below the sinus of the lobes, that of the 
middle one 5 toothed, the lateral ones shorter. Lind. L 
ር p. 130, 
Not having the original drawing by me I am at present 
unable to give the station of this plant, but believe 
Pulney mountains. I suspect it is not the species des- 
cribed by Dr. Lindley, differing as it does so materially 
in the character of the lip and its lamellæ, neither do I 
feel quite certain that the structure of the anther case is 
the same as in his, but as I have not the specimens at 
hand to ascertain that point by examination. 1 am for 
the present compelled to leave the matter in a state of 
uncertaluty. 
915. VANDA sPATHULATA. (Sprengel) leaves ovate 
oblong obtuse, oblique, emarginate: racemes erect many 
flowered, much longer than the stem and leaves : sepals 
and petals oblong obtuse flat: two callosities in front of 
the base of the lip, limb rhomboid, incurved at the apex, 
crestate ` ovary six winged. Lind. L c. p. 216. 
A beautiful species growing on trees “the leaves and 
racemes often marked with blood coloured spots, flowers 
yellow spotless, base of the lip white within.” 
The specimen figured was gathered in Malabar. 
916. Vanda Roxgurenmm. (R. Brown) leaves oblique 
ly tridentate at the apex : racemes erect, longer than the 
leaves: sepals and petals oblong obovate undulated obtuse, 
middle lobe of the lip emarginate. Lind. L c. p 215. 
A splendid species, remarkable for its firely lessilated 
petals ; is found epiphytical on tress, especially the mango. 
The specimen figured was foundin Malabar. This is the 
Cybidmium tesseloides of Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
917. SaccoraBıum Wicuarraxum. (Lindley, (rides 
radicosum ? Rich.) leaves channeled, narrow, obtuse, 
fleshy, subequal at the apex: racemes erect ramous, long- 
or than the leaves: sepals and "petals ovate obtuse: lip 
with a cylindrical obtuse bent spur ; limb furnished at 
the base with a two lobed fleshy callosity, lateral lobes 
rounded: capsules three winge and three furrowed, 
Liud. I. c. p. 221. 
Epiphytical on branches of trees, this specimen grew is 
from the Pulney’s, flowers rose colored. 
The specimens from which the species was originally 
taken up, were far from good and the character is una- 
voidably imperfect, but sufficiently so to leave little room 
to doubt that this is the plant. 1 have quoted Richard 
(Annal des Sciences. Vol. 15) with a doubt though L 
believe unnecessarily his description and figure, agreeing 
so well with my plant. The erect not recumbent column 
and entire not 3 lobed lip of his plant show that it is not 
referable to Œrides at least as defined by Lindley. 
. 
918. CALANTHE EMARGINATA. (Lindley) leaves broad 
lanceolate: spike erect slightly pubescent : lip with two 
callosities, imb 3 lobed, middle one emarginate, spathu- 
late, the lateral ones minute : spur linear somewbat com- 
pressed equaling the ovary. Lind, Le 249 from Blume. 
Amblyglottis emarginate Blume. ; 
This plant does not seem hitherto to to have been 
found in India, the above character, which applies well, 
having been taken from a Java specimen. Flowers pur- 
plish blue or violet. 
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