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DENDROBIUM aiireum; var. pallidum. 



Golden-flowered DendroUum ; pale variety. 



GYNANDRTA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Malaxide^e. 

 DENDROBIUM. Bot. Reg. vol. l.fol. 548. 



D.aureum; caulibus teretibus clavatis internodiis brevlbus, foliis lineari-oblongis 

 apice obliquis emarginatis, pedunculis subblfloris aggregatis lateralibus, se- 

 palls lineari-ovatis acuminatis obtusis, petalis latioribus ovatis acutis undu- 

 latis, labello ovali undulato obtusiusculo indiviso medio serrulate per axim 

 pubescente. 



D. aureum. Gen. 8f Sp. Orch. p. 78. 



A native of Ceylon, where it was first found by Mr. 

 Macrae growing upon trees, near Nuera Ellia, flowering in 

 January. It has since been frequently imported, and is 

 occasionally seen in the collections of this country. The 

 accompanying drawing was made in the Nursery of the 

 Messrs. Loddiges, in March 1838. 



The species varies with pale yellow and white flowers, 

 the latter being what is here represented. In botli varieties 

 the fragrance is remarkable, forming a something interme- 

 diate between violets and primroses. 



The materials from which it was first described were 

 very imperfect, and consequently various alterations and 

 emendations in the specific character have become necessary, 

 and are now made. 



The magnified figure represents the labelkim seen from 

 the inside. 



It is propagated in the same way, and requires precisely 

 the same treatment as D. crumenatum, described at t. 22 of 

 this volume. The side shoot with the roots represented in 

 the figure, if taken carefully off, would make an excellent 

 plant. 



