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floribus ternis patentibus, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis 

 lateralibus duplo latioribus, cornu rotundato, labello 

 unguiculato ovato concavo apiculato columnse arete 

 appresso intus villoso disco glabro, columna apice bialata 



sub stigmate villosa, anthera glanbulosa ^ast Indies. 



This is a beautiful species allied to D. Pierardi, 



near which it should perhaps be placed, rather than in 

 tbis division. The flowers are almost transparent, of 

 the most delicate pink, and nearly as large as in D. 

 moschatum. 



40. T). formosum (Roxb. fl. ind. 3. 485. L. p. 81. Wall. pi. 



as. rar. t. 39. Bot. Reg. 1839. t. 64); caulibus tereti- 

 bus pendulis pilosis, foliis distichis ovatis apice oblique 

 emarginatis obtusis, racemo brevi terminali 4-5-floro, 

 bracteis brevibus ovatis, (floribus maximis), sepalis 

 oblono-is acutis : lateralibus basi longe productis, petalis 

 duplo latioribus acutis, labello obovato dilatato retuso 



cum basi columnse in calcar obtusum connate. East 



Indies One of the finest of the genus, with very 



large white flowers in terminal racemes. 



41. D. rhombeum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. t. 17); caulibus 

 teretibus foliosis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, racemis brevi- 

 bus 4-floris, sepalis ovalibus obtusis, petalis duplo latiori- 

 bus ovatis, labello rhombeo undulato acuto medio pubes- 

 cente, columna utrinque tuberculata pone basin cornu 



deflexo aucta, anthera pubescente. — —Manilla This 



species has much general resemblance to D. aureum, 

 from which however it differs in having smaller blossoms, 

 a labellum without serratures, and the flowers in short 

 racemes instead of pairs. Here, as in some other cases, 

 the column is furnished, near the base, with a deflexed 

 horn lodged in a niche just above the insertion of the 

 lip. This is a remarkable process, whose nature requires 

 to be investigated. Is it the unguiculus of Blume ? 



42. D. Jimbriatum (Hooker. Exot. Fl. 71. Wall. Cat. no. 



2011. L. no. 38) ; caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis 

 ovato-lanceolatis, racemis lateralibus multifloris, sepalis 

 oblongis undulatis patentissimis, petalis majoribus undu- 

 latis ciliatis, labello indiviso rotundato convexo fimbriato, 



fimbriis laceris Nepal, Burma Flowers very 



deep yellow, sometimes stained with crimson at the base 

 of the lip. It has much the appearance of Dendrobium 



