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ribus, sepalis lateralibus in calcare longo acuminato con- 

 natis, petalis sepalo supremo conformibus, labello infun- 

 dibulari cucullato integro dentato basi cum pede columnse 



accreto. Nepal. Flowers large, white. Lip yellow, 



with orange -coloured veins. A very fine species. 



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32. D. tridentiferum (Lindl. in Hooker's Journal of Botany, 

 vol. 3) ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis oblique emarginatis, 

 gemmis paleaceis, floribus geminis, sepalis lateralibus 

 ovatis carnosis obliquis, petalis lanceolato-oblongis acutis 

 membranaceis, labello carnoso trifido basi tuberculo car- 

 noso lineaque utrinque elevata acuto : lobis acutis latera- 

 libus antrorsum curvis intermedio ovato, cornu brevi 



obtuso. — —New Guinea. A broad-leaved species 



looking like D. biflorum to which it is nearly allied. It 

 has fleshy flowers as large as those of D. Pierardi. 



33. D. Luzonense ; foliis distichis anguste lanceolatis apice 

 oblique emarginatis, pedunculis brevibus 2-floris, labello 

 spathulato obtusissimo laciniis lateralibus obsoletis den- 



ticulatis. Luzon. A small-flowered plant, with 



very closely set distichous leaves. 



34. D.Cwwwm^Ammz (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t, 1756. D. h'ljio- 

 rum, Ach. Rich, sub Astrolab. t. 26) ; caulibus gracilibus 

 pendulis ramosis vaginis foliorum corneis transversim 

 corrugatis squamatis, foliis ovato-linearibus obtusiusculis, 

 pedunculis oppositifoliis bifloris foliis multo brevioribus, 

 sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis oblongis acutis latioribus, 

 labelli trilobi lobo intermedio subrotundo undulato basi 



5-lamellato lateralibus nanis acutis. New Zealand. 



Stems very slender, much branched. Flowers white. 



35. D. biflorum (^Epidendrum biflorum, Forst. ! Prodr. n. 318. 

 Dendrobium biflorum^ Swartz. act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. 

 Willd. no. 17- and no. 18) \ caule pendulo gracili tereti, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis planis, pedunculis 

 bifloris lateralibus e paleis corneis erumpentibus, sepalis 

 petalisque acuminatissimis, labello rhomboideo medio 

 bilaraellato trilobo lobis lateralibus acutis nanis inter- 

 medio deltoideo acuminato margine fimbriate. — — Society 



Islands. Leaves very narrow and grassy. Flowers 



very small, with setaceous points. 



36. D. calcarahim (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 219); 

 caulibus nigro-pubescentibus, foliis linearibus oblique 



