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DENDROBIUM aqueum. 

 Watery Dendrohium, 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace.e. § Malaxe.e. 

 DENDROBIUM. Swz. 



Sect. EuDENDROBixjM ; folus plmiis, JloHhus gemelUsy lahello triloba. 



D. aqueum ; foliis ovato-oblongis undulatis acuminatis, floribus patulis coruu 

 brevi obtuso, sepalis petalisque ovatis, labelli trilobi pubescentis lacinia 

 media ovata denticulata basi alte excavata lateralibus latioribus rotun- 

 datis margine auteriore serrulate. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 6. 



Among the crowd of Indian species belonging to this large 

 genus, or group of genera, the plant now figured seems to be 

 hitherto unknown to the Botanists of India. With the man- 

 ner of growth of D. Pierardi, its pale watery green flowers 

 are quite destitute of the attractive colours of that gay 

 species, and are entirely difi'erent in tlie structure of the lip, 

 which is furnished with a large cavity, almost a pouch, at the 

 base of the middle lobe, as is shewn at fig. 1. in the plate. It 

 is also a much stouter plant, with wavy leaves. 



The figure was made in November, 1842, in the nursery 

 of Messrs. Loddiges, who imported it from Bombay. 



This species may be grown in the same way as many other 

 Dendrobiums, potted in rough turfy peat, well mixed with 

 pieces of broken pots. For drainage, the pot should be nearly 

 half filled with potsherds, and the soil elevated one fourth the 

 height of the pot above its brim. Being thus potted, too 

 much water can scarcely be given during the growing season. 

 The house should be slightly shaded in sunny weather, taking 

 care to keep the temperature as near 80'' by day as possible, 

 and about 68" by night. In autumn, as the young shoots fee- 



