Dendrobinm. gvnandria monandkia. 487 



pink flower at each of the six or eight curvatures. Bracies, 

 one at the insertion ol' each pedicel, long- and tapering. Petals 

 five, of the exterior three the upper one is hinceolar, the pair 

 falcate and rather larger ; the interior two oval. Lip with a 

 pretty large obtuse horn, and broad, spreading, beautifully 

 coloured, obcordate lamina, which is rather shorter than the 

 petals. 



13. D. unceps. Willd. iv. 136. 



Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves distichous, equitant, fleshy, 

 broad-ensiforni. Peduncles from the sheaths of the leaves, 

 one-flowered. 



This interesting rather small species is found on trees in the 

 Delta of the Ganoes : in flower durino- the hot season. 



J 4. D. achiaciforme. li. 



Parasitic. Stem and brunches flat, thin, slender, two- 

 edged. Leaves stem-clasping, bifarious, scimitar-shaped. 

 Floicers suspended from the terminal joints of the then leaf- 

 less twigs. Lip one-lobed, crenulate. 



Herba supplex. Ruinph. Ainb. vi. p. HO. t. b\.f. 2. 



A native of Atnboyna, from thence sent to the Botanic gar- 

 den where it blossoms during the rains. 



Root of numerous, firm fibres, adhering firmly to the pa- 

 rent tree. Stems and branches a little drooping, or strao-- 

 gling, jointed, and smooth, at the base round, slender, of a 

 very firm texture; above enlarging considerably and be- 

 coming perfectly flat, indeed thin, with two sharp edges. 

 Leaves on the young shoots only, alternate, bifarious, sessile 

 on their permanent sheaths, acinaciform, or they may be call- 

 ed semi-lanceolate, pointed, firm, fleshy, smooth, veinless ; 

 from two to three inches long, and about half an inch broad. 

 Sheaths as long as the joints, and like them compressed. 

 Flowersfvom the joints of the leafless branches suspended on 

 their slender pedicel-like germs, very small, every part yel- 

 low, even the centre of the nectary. Brnctes several, minute. 



