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The Dictionary of Gardening, 



Dendrobium — continued, 



D* cruentnni (blood-red), fl. whitish, with a strougly-marked, 

 cinnabar callus ; sepals triangular, acuminate, the lateral ones 

 with a nearly rectangular chin ; petals linear, acuminate ; lip 

 deeply trifld, the side lacinins falcate, erect, the middle one ovate, 

 apiculate ; column broader at the base than at the tridentate top. 

 I, oblong, obtuse, bilobed. Stems sulcate. 1884. (W. O. A. 174.) 



D. cucuUatum giganteum (gigantic). A synonym of D. pnmU' 



linum giganteutn. 



D. cumnlatuxn (crowded). /. rosy-purple, suffused white, lin. 

 in diameter, collected into crowded^ sub-globose corymbs : sepals 

 and petals oblong; lip obovate-oblong, longer and broader than 

 the petals, prolonged at base into a slightly curved, obtiise spur ; 

 rachis and pedicels deep red dish -purple. Autumn. /. oblong, 

 actiminate, 3in. to 4in. long. Stems tufted, slender, pendulous, 

 Uft. to 2ft. long. Moulmein, 1867. (B. M. 5705.) 



D. Curtlsll (Curtis'). /?. magenta-rose, produced in short racemes. 

 Stems tall, erect, slender, leafless ; younger shoots furnished with 

 lin ear- lanceolate leaves. Borneo, 1882. 



D. Cybele (Cybele). /., sepals and petals white, slightly tipped 

 witTi light rose-colour; lip nearly white, slightly suffused with 

 pale yellow, and having a large blotch of deep crimson-purple 

 at the base. 1887. A hybrid between D, Findlayanum and 

 D. nobile, 



D. oymbidioides (Cymbidium-like). jl. medium-sized, showy ; 

 sepals and petals ochreous-yellow, linear-oblong, spreading; lip 

 white, blotched purple near the base, much shorter than the 

 aepaU and petals, oblong-cordate, three-lobed, bearing on the 

 disk tubercles arranged in two or three lines or series, the side 

 lobes short, incurved, the terminal lobe ovate, obtuse; column 

 short; peduncles toruiinal, erect, loosely racemose, five to seven- 

 fldwered. Peeudo-bulbs ovate or oblong-ovate, angU d, bearing at 

 the summit two oblong, obtuse, coriaceous leaves, longer than the 

 pseudo- bulbs. Salak, Java, 1852. A rare species. (B. M. 4755.) 



D. dacty life rum (finger- bearing). Ji. ochreous-white ; sepals 

 lanceolate, longer than the petals; side lacinise of the lip long 

 and narrow, going out into angles, quite approximate to the thick, 

 square, emarginate, anterior blade. Upper parts of the stems 

 covered with old, thickish peduncles, the lower parts full of roots. 

 1884. 



D. D'Albertlsli (D'AIbertis'). /. odorous, distinctly spurred ; 

 sepals pure white; petals emerald-green. long, narrow, erect, 

 twisted: lip striped magenta-purple; racemes erect. Stems 

 s<iuare, tiipering. New Guinea. A dwarf species. (G. C. n. s 

 X., p. 217.) ' 



D. Dcarei (Col. Deare's). /. white, 2|in. in diameter, on whitish 

 pedicels ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, with recurved tips ; petals 

 oval, nearly three times as broad as the sepals; lip oblono- 

 obtuse, obscurely three-lobed. with a pale yellowish-green, trans- 

 verse zone between the base and the anterior margin ; peduncles 

 racemose. July and August. Stems robust, 2ft. to 3ft. long the 

 upper third clothed with sessile, oval-oblong leaves, 2in. long. 

 Phdippine Islands, 1882 (M. O. iii., p. 37 ; w! O, A. iii. 120.) 



D densiflorum Walkerianum (Walker's). /., racemes 2ft 

 ]'<v\ T ". oi^'' hfty.flowered. Stems 3ft. high. Moulmein. 



\\y . >*. U. 111. ^l.) 



D. erythropogou (red-bearded). /. whitish-ochre and ochre 

 the keels on the mid-lines well-developed; petals oblong, undu- 

 lated ; side lacinue of hp white, edged crimson, much developed 

 blunt rectangular, the middle one obcordate, toothleted with 

 seven thick, crimson keels on the disk, the two outer ones having 



!H?J^f''^i"V*''".*u **"^ on each side; column nearly white, with two 

 scarlet spots at base. Sunda Islands, 1885. 



D.euosmum (richly-scented), fl, cream-coloured, marked purple 

 powerfully scented; tips of the middle sepal and of the petals 

 purple: lip with a rich purple disk and apex, and some pfi?pte 



D. e, lencopterum (white-winged). A beautiful hybrid raised 

 from the same capsule as D. euos^num, but the flowers are 

 a^rfc'hVSl^ m^^ petals, and the disk of thelipia o^ 



D. ©, roseum (rosy). fl„ sepals and petals toned with rose 

 pinple, which 13 of a much deeper shade at the apex ankal 

 blotch on the lip deeper than in tlie type. ^ ' ^ 



D« Farmori albiflorum (white-flowered). /T senak nnd nafoi. 



almost pure white; Jip orange, downy 'lndk(BH 



p. 321.) S\'S. D.F. album {RQ.bQS,) CiS. H. 1860, 



D. F. album (white). A synonym of D. F, albiflorum, 



®' if' ?",®^™ (golden) /. clear yellow, with an orange 

 yellow hp. freely produced in rich racemes. Moulmein 1883 t 

 charming variety, of dwarf habit. (W. O. A. iii. 99.) ' ^ 



D. formosum Berkeleyl (Berkeley's), ft srenti*.«« «,» 



D. I^iedrlckaianum (Fiieflricks'). ft. li,rht vellow «,it>, 

 dai-ker ,ello«r centre to the lip, where therVis T^7i purjie 



A synonym of Blfrenaria 



Seudrobiuiu — continued, 



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semicircular blotch, resembling those of D. aiireum in shape* 

 lip rolled around the column, oblong, full of asperities on the 

 dij^k, and with a clavate line in front of the base ; raceme four- 

 flowered, slender. Stem rather thick, much-furrowed. Siam 

 1887. 



D.fusca turn (fuscous), fl. deep orange-yellow, 2in. across; sepals 

 and petals oblong, somewhat incurved ; lip shorter, broadly 

 oblate, cucullate, with two crimson spots at base, downy, tlie 

 margins fringed ; racemes produced from the nodes of the leafless 

 stems, drooping, 4in. to 7in. long, sometimes tifteen-flowered, the 

 rachis zigzag, L lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4in. 

 to 6in. long. Stems fascicled, grooved, 2ft. to 3tt. long. Khasya 

 and «ikkini. (B. M. 6226.) 



D. Fytchianum roseum (rose-coloured). /. rose-coloured, 

 about lain, iu diatiiecer, having processes on the lip of a rich 

 purple. Birma, 1837, (W. O. A. 336.) 



D» Goldiei (Goldie's). fl, rich claret-purple ; sepals lanceolate, 

 \vith dark tessellations; petals whole-coloured, broader, oblong ; 

 lip whole-coloured, longer and narrower than in D. superbiens 

 (which this plant resembles), L longer and narrower. Stems 

 taller and slenderer. Torres Straits. (Gn. xiv., p. 244.) 



D.GriffithianumGuibertii(Guibert's). fl. larger and brighter- 

 coloured than in the type ; racemes longer. I. more coriaceous. 

 Stems less densely tufted and more abruptly attenuated below. 

 (I. H. ser. iii. 258 ; R. H. 1876, p. 431. under name of D. GuibertU.) 



D. Guibertii (Guiberfs). A variety of D, Grijjlthianum, 



D. Hanburyanuxn (Hanbury's). A synonym of D. Utuylorum, 



D. Harrlsonidd (Mrs. Harrison's). 



llarrisonice. 



D. Harveyanum (Harvey's). /. deep chrome-yellow, with two 

 orange blotches on the lip; chin short, emarginate; sepals tri-* 

 angular-lanceolate, acute ; petals oblong, acute, fringed ; lip 

 round, a little involved at base, with strong fringes, a rough 

 surface, and an obscure callus at base ; peduncle lateral, filiform, 

 four-flowered. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform, 6in. long. Birma, 1883. 



D.Hasselti(Hasselfs). fl. pale purple; dorsal sepal lanceolate, 

 the lateral ones connate in a sac; lip linear, acute. L rigid, 

 lanceolate, deeply and obliquely emarginate. Stems erect. 1885, 

 (I. H. 1885, 545.) 



D. Henshallli (Henshall's). A variety of D. aureum. 



D. hercoglossum (fence-lipped), /. similar to those of D. adun- 

 eumy but with a more oblique spur; sepals and petals delicate 

 mauve ; lip white, with a mauve-purple, recurved apex, the basal 

 part cup-shaped, hairy inside, separated from the front part by 

 a transverse fringe of hairs. Stems slender, bearing lateral 

 racemes at the top. Malacca, 1886. 



D. Hillii (HilPs). A variety of D. speciosuml 



D. Hookeriannm (Hooker's). The correct name of the plant 

 described on p. 452, Vol. I., as D. chrysoHs. (I. H. 1873, 155; 

 W. S. O. iii. 6.) 



D. Huttonii (Hutton's). /. white, bordered purple, solitary or 

 in fascicles of two or three from the uppermost joints; sepals 

 and petals oval-oblong ; lip obovate-oblong, with a deeper- 

 coloured border than on the sepals and petals. L sessile, hnear- 

 lanceolate, acute, 3in. long. Stems slender, erect, 20in, to 30in. 

 long, leafy along the upper half. Malayan Archipelago, 1868. 



D. Inauditum (incredible), fl. two, arising from the base of the 

 leaf ; sepals and petals pale yellowish, l^in. long, narrow lin ear - 

 lanceolate; lip pale ochreous, spotted brown, the side lobes 

 square, obtuse, the front one lanceolate, acuminate ; pedicels 

 (including the ovary) about Sin. long. L elliptic, obtuse. Pseudo- 



. bulbs tufted, fusiform -ovate, narrowed at apex into a slender, 

 brownish leaf-stalk Sin. to 4in. long. New Guinea, 1886. A 

 singular species. 



D. infundibulum cameo-pictuza (flesh-colour-painted). A 



variety liaving a flesh-coloured hue on the lip, and a thick 

 central line and a few streaks on the sides. 1885. 



I>. i. Jamesianum (James Veitch's). The correct name of 

 the plant desciibed on p. 454, Vol. I., as i>. Jamesianum, 



D. i. ornatissimum (very ornamental). /. large, waxy, having 

 brown stripes and spots on the lip instead of yellow. 1883. A. 

 grand variety. 



D.ionopusCpurple-spurred). fl, deep yellow ; sepals triangular, 

 the lateral ones elongating in a falcate chin ; lip marked with a 

 few purple and red blotches, and with a red hue along >he 

 thicker back of the falcate, spur-like extension of the disk; 

 raceme short. Birma (?), 1882. 



D. japonicum (Japanese), fl. white, speckled purple at base of 

 IJP, fragrant, l^in. in diameter, solitary or in pairs; sepals 

 oblong, acute; petals similar but broader; lip ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, reflexed. I. linear-lanceolate, acute, lin. to 2in. long, 

 deciduous. Stems tufted, 6in. to 12in. long, slender, attenuatea 



downwards. Southern Japan, 1860. (B. M. 5432.) 



^' Johannis semifuscum (half-fuscous), fl.. sepals yf]?^J 



petals brown ; lip yellow, with reddish-brown borders and lines 

 on the side lobes, 1833. 



D. leucolopbotuzn (white-haired), fl. white, resembling those 

 of D. barbatuluiii, but much larger ; chin small, acute ; sepaw 



