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* DENDROBUIM donsinonim. 



Dcnse-floivered Dnulrubiu/n . 



C.YXANDllIA MOXAXDPJ.i. 



Nat. ord. Orciiidace.e, § Malaxide.i:. 

 DENDROBIUM.—Suprd, vol. 7 fol. .548. 



D. densijiorum ; caulibus articulatis clavatis pendulis aplce foliosis, foliis oblono-I'? 

 acutis nervosis, racemis latcralibiis multifloris foliis longioribus ; junioribus 

 strobiliformibus, bracteis oblongis plicatis recurvis pedicellis longioribus, 

 sepalis patentissimis ovatis obtusis, petalis conformibus majoribus, labello 

 majore rliomboideo unguiculato serrulate retuso. Lindl. Gen. ^ Sp. Orch. 

 p. 90. Wall. PL as. rar. no. 40. 



Planta piendula^ Icevis, ccespitosa, arhorum parasitica, pedalis-1-pedalis. 

 Radix constans Jibris numerosis, fasciculatis, teretibiis, indivisis. Caules 

 plures, rigidi, cylindraceo-clavati., lucidi, cetate Jiavicantes, maxima parte 

 nudi, sulcis aliquot profundis totidemqiie angulis obtusissimis notati, resti- 

 giis vaginariun remotis anmdati, extrorsiim digitum crassi, apice foliosi. 

 Folia valde approximata, patentia, alterna, ovato-oblonga, acuta, 5-pollicaria, 

 jirma, subcarnosa, lucida, plana, nervosa, basi contractu obsoletissime jJetio- 

 latd abientia in vaginas breves, adpressas, deciduas. Racemus magnus, soli- 

 tarius, laxe j)Gndidus, versus apicem caulis infra folia lateralis, peduncula- 

 tus, 6-S-pollicariSfOvato-oblongus, obtusus, mtiltifiorus ; novellus, longeante 

 expansionem, sessilis, ovatus, strobiliformis, 2-pollicaris, valdc regulariter 

 imbricatus bracteis adpressis, planis, alternantibus. Pcdunculus crassus^ 

 cylindricus, 2-3-pollicaris, bracteis sparsis, oblongis, recurvis, nervosis, mem- 

 branaceis, fer^ pollicaribus , persistentibus. Flores valde numerosi, majus- 

 culi, ftavi, approximati, nndique sparsi, patentissimi, insidentes pedicellis 

 teretibus, pollicaribus, suffultis bractea magnd, obovatu, nervosd, persistente. 

 Sepala oblonga, obtusa, sejnipollicaria ; lateralia parum majora, basiqne dila- 

 tatd infra basin columnce in calcar brevissimum, subcylindricum, obtusion 

 connata, uti petala ovata, subcequantia, patcntissima. LabcUum planutn, 

 patens, retusum, ciUato-dcnticulatum, supra pubescens, basi desinens in un- 

 guetn brevem, canaliculatujn. Colnmna brevis, conica, crassa, basi leviter 

 producta. Anthera ovata. Wallicb. 



* See folio 1249. 



