484 GYNANDRiA MONANDRiA. DendroUum. 



of the anthers on the apex of the style. Lid or veil mitre- 

 shaped, eraarg-inate. 



8. D. purpureum. R. 



Parasitic. Stems simple, pendulous, in flower leafless; 

 leaves bifarious, lanceolate. Floioers numerous in dense 

 ovate heads. Lip linear, oblong, entire. 



An<yr8ecum purpureum. Rumph. Amh. vi. t. 50./*. 1. 



A native of the Moluccas, from thence introduced into the 

 Botanic garden, m here it blossoms in February and March. 



Root of numerous fleshy fibres, adhering in all directions 

 to the trunks and branches of trees, here it thrives best on the 

 mango tree. Stems perennial, several, pendulous or nearly 

 so ; for the first year or two fleshy, when old naked, marked 

 with the circular cicatrices of the fallen leaves ; they are then 

 somewhat rugose, longitudinally furrowed, and thickest to- 

 ward the middle; the general length three or four feet. 

 Leaves alternate, bifarious, sessile on their smooth, cylindric 

 sheaths, spreading, lanceolate, entire, of a slender texture, 

 and polished on both sides; from four to six inches long, and 

 about one broad. Bractes cordate, acute, one-flowered. 

 Flowers numerous, in dense, ovate, solitary heads, from the 

 cicatrices of the leafless stems, small and of a lively purple. 

 Corol five-petalled, &c. as in the genus, with a large obtuse 

 horn. Lip sub-cylindric, with ovate, rather pointed, entire 

 lamina. 



9. D. pendulum. R. 



Parasitic. Stems simple, pendulous, contracted at the 

 joints and base, when old leafless. Leaves on the young- 

 shoots, bifarious, linear. Flowers in pairs from the joints of 

 the old leafless stem, drooping ; petals sub-equal, lanceolate ; 

 lip sub-orbicular, short-clawed. Capsules clavate, obscure- 

 ly six-ribbed. 



Found growing on trees in the forests of Chittagong, in 

 flower during the hot season. It seems to approach the near- 



