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DENDROBIUM* moniliforme. 

 Necklace- stemmed Dendrobmm. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDIUA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide^. § Malaxidece. * Dendiobieae. 

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



Sect. Caules undique foliosi, versus apicem sensifn incrassati, unde 



clavati Jiunt. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. of Orchideous Plants, ined. 



D. moniliforme ; caulibus erectis clavatis ramosis : internodiis tumidis, foliis 

 oblongis oblique emarginatis obtusis, floribus geminatis foliis longioribus, 

 sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis venosis, labello cucullato acuto con- 

 form i. 



Fu Ran. Kcempf. amcen. t. 865. 



Epidendnim moniliforme. Linn. sp. pi. 1352. 



Dendrobium moniliforme. Sxoartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. Willd. 

 no. 19. 

 Caulis erectus, bipedalis, IcBvigatus, ramosus, internodiis tumidis, pallidr 



viridibus. Folia oblonga, subdisticha, apice oblique biloba, basibus amplexi- 



caulibus, brevibus, meinbranaceis. Flores gemini, pedunculo communi insi- 



dentes, e caule versus apicem erumpentes, dilute rosei, venis rubris picti. 



Bracteae oblongae, obttisa, rnembranacece, leviter pilosfp. Labelhnn maculis 



duabus luteis in fauce. 



A native of China and Japan, from the former of which 

 countries it was introduced several years since by the 

 Horticultural Society. 



The figure now given was obtained from a specimen 

 that flowered in the collection of William Cattley, Esq., 

 at Barnet, in November last. By this gentleman it has 

 been cultivated with great success, his plants having 

 attained the height of two feet, and being in a state of 

 the most vigorous health. In general it is unhealthy, 

 grows slowly, and never flowers. It is particularly dis- 



* See fol. 1239. 



