1299 



DENDROBIUM* chrysaTithum. 

 Golden- flowered Dendrobium. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchid e^t,. Tribus Malaxidece. * Dendrobieae Lindl. 

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



§ Caules undique foliosi, cylindracei, saspe penduli. Flores fusciculati 



V. solitarii. 



D. chrysanthum ; caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis contortis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, floribus ternatis inier folia nascentibus, sepalis carnosis 

 oblongis obtusis : venis extus tuberculatis, petalis obovatis retusis car- 

 nosis sepalo supremo latioribus, labello cucuUato denticulate retuso 

 obsolete trilobo. Lindl, Gen. et Sp. Orch. ined. 



D. chrysanthum. Wallich cat. no. 2012. 



Flores intense lutei, carnosi, extus tuberculis crcbris minuti ; petala 



tamen minus tuberculata. Labellum iyitils macula atrosanguined. Ibid. 



This beautiful species is a native of Nipal, whence it 

 was introduced into the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, by 

 Dr. Wallich, and by that zealous Botanist brought to 

 England in the year 1828. The plant from which the 

 accompanying figure was taken blossomed in a stove in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, in February 1829 : it had 

 been presented to that establishment by the Honourable 

 Court of Directors of the East India Company. 



It is difficult to conceive a plant at once more graceful 

 and beautiful than this ; its pendulous stems, w^hich hang 

 from the rugged, deep brown, moss-clad trunks of trees, 

 are clothed with lucid leaves of the most lively green, and 

 its flowers are of the richest and deepest yellow. At first 

 sight the species might be mistaken for D. fimbriatum, 

 but it will be found very different upon comparison. 



* See fol. 1239. 

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