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Denixohium— continued. 



with a sulphur lip, very large, freely produced. Sikkim. A fine 

 variety. Syn. D. cucullatum giganteum, 



D. profUsuza (profuse). fl,y sepals and petals yellowish-green, 

 with tine purple at the base inside, and purple dots on the 

 toothed petals, the sepals ligiilate, acute ; lip yellow, with a dark 

 spot in the middle, the blade paudurate, the anterior part very 

 broad, toothleted and wavy ; peduncles seven to nine-flowered. 

 /. deciduous. Philippine Islands. 1884. 



D. parpureum (purple), fl, bright purple, about |in. long, 

 cylinihuul, arranged in dense, spherical, sessile clusters, which 

 are produced from the nodes of the old, leafless, spindle-shaped 

 stems, of many years' duration, and usually 3ft. to 4ft long ; 

 bracts cordate. Moluccas. 



D. p, eandldulum (whitish), fl., tips of the sepals very bright 

 green ; ovary pure white, stalked. 1887. 



D. p. Moseleyi (Moseley's). Ji, white, tipped green, the tips 

 of the sepals and petals less pointed than in the type ; bracts 

 ovate, acumiuuto. Stums 9in. (? or more) long. Am Islands, 1884. 



D, rcvolutnm (revolute). Jl. .solitary, axillary, |in. long ; sepals 

 and petalH wliite, reflexed upwards, lanceolate, acute, nearly 

 equal; lip bright yellow-green, nearly quadrate, convex; disk 

 with three fmrows and red hands; bracts caducous. July. 

 I. numerous, distichous, lin. to 2in. long, oblong or 

 linear* or ovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, halfsim- 

 plexicaul. Stems tufted, 1ft. long. Pseudo-bulbs 

 none. Malay Teninsula, 1832. This species is not 

 very handsome (B. M. 6706.) 



D, rliodopterygium Emcrici (Emeric's). **A 



white liiu^ runs outside the mid-vein of the lateral 

 sepals. The dark transverse blotch on the anterior 

 area (►f the lip is intciTuptcd by un amethyst-colour 

 bar. The anterior, apicn!:ite border is pure white, 

 changing then to straw-colour." Reichenbach, from 

 whose ilescription above is copied, phiced this plant 

 ad a variety under D, polyphlebium, 



D. rhomtoeum (rhomboid). A synonym of Z>. aiircum, 



D. Rimannl (Kimann's). /. equalling those of a good 



If. tiptcw^umj disposed in terminal, somewhat zigzag 



racemes ; st'p;ils and petals > eilow, the former striped 



purple outside; lip white, with purple reticulations. 



I, oblonK, 5^111. lonsf, very coriaceous. Stems cylindric- 



fubiform, leafy above. Moluccas. 1883. A stately 

 species. 



D. rutriferum (shovel-bearing). rf., sepals rose, 

 triangular, blunt, the lateral ones extended into a 

 long pouch; pt'taU rose at the base, whitish at the 

 bhint end ; lip li^ulate-paiidurate, with inflexed 

 borders, thus saccate at apex, where the borders 

 are denticulate; rarhis rather short, covered \\ith a 

 c init;ite-umhellate inflorescence. Stem furrowed, as 

 thick as a Hoose quill. I'apua, 1887. (L. iii. 119.) 



D. Schnelderiannm (Schneider's). /. scented, the 

 iiepuls and the broader petals white, tinged lilac- 

 purple in the upper half; lip orauire. with an area 

 of light Velvet at b;ise, whei efrom dark reddish lines 

 emanate, a whitish area round this is washed with 

 light sulphur, the apex of the lip lilac-purple 

 Pseudo-bulbs 6in. hi^-h, 2in. thi<k, three-leaved. 



I8d7. A hybrid between i). Findlayamim and 

 D. (jun '' >t\. 



Dendrobium — continued. 



the sidelacinise oblique, oblong, truncate ; column white, minutely 

 spotted brown ; inflorescence eight-flowered. 1887. 



D* S. Rossianum (Ross'), ./f. white ; petals greenish ; lip and 

 sepals at length yellowish. 1888. 



D. sulcatum polyanthum (many-flowered). /. buff-yellow, the 

 lip orange, with two crimson blotches ; raceme sub-globose, about 

 fourteen-flowered ; peduncle erect from an upper axil, then 

 arching over. I. o . ate-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, seven- 

 nerved, sub-cordate at base, 3in. to 4iin. long. 1887. 



D. superbum Burkei (Burke's), fl. white, with two litrht 

 blush-rose cheeks on the base of the disk of the yellowish-white 

 lip. 1884. A fine variety. 



D« tetragonum (quadrangular). Jl, 3in. to 4in. across; sepals 

 yellow, spotted red, the dorsal one narrow-subulate, the lateral 

 ones lanceolate, much broader at the base than the dorsal one ; 

 petals white, streaked red, linear, shorter and narrower than the 

 sepals ; lip white, transversely barred red, broadly ovate, api- 

 culate, obscurely three-lobed, with two white lamellpe between 

 the side lobes ; raceme few-flowered. I. in pairs at the summit 

 of the stem, spreading, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate. Stems 

 pendulou^i, acutely four-angled. Sin. to 15in. or more in length, 

 attenuated to a slender footstalk which is pseudo-bulbous at 

 base. Australia. (B. M. 5956.) 



A synonym 



B. SchroedcrK Baron von Schrceder's). 



of />. detmijiorum, 



D. secundum niveum (snowy). /. white, with the exception of 

 an ur.inge tip to the hp. Stem shorter than in the common form 



^;,.fP^1?^^ i^P*"®^^*^^^^-. -^•' *^^^" ^«^y blunt-anjrled ; sepals 

 Rulp»mr. ligulate, acute, reflexed ; petals white to lightest ocW 



broader, acute, reflexed; lip shouldered at base. nearW square 

 and narrow, suddenly enlarged, the disk marked with a bio ch 

 and four hnea of brown; column light gr*»en, with some niinv^ 

 lines; inflorescence one-flonerod. Siam 1884 



Fig. 15. Dk.ndrobium XHYiiSiFLOKUM, showing Habit and 



detached Flower. 



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B. succioaum Bancroftianum 



^;J!K*®'**P^**?*™**™ grandlflorum (large-flowered) A 

 STOftls ami petals rose-purple at the tips, white at base; lip wjTh 

 a rar;;t>, purple blotch and a pale yellow zone. 1887. (M. O^ii 



D. Stratiotes (soldier).* Jl. of agooa size, very peculiar • senila 

 vory. «■ h . te, lunceoIatP n cm, i nate, rolled back ; petal" pale creen 

 ouger than the sepah., narrow - linear, twisted, S erect '• 

 Up crwHU-coloured. v.i.ied violet, three-lobed. the front Toh» 

 OTate, acute ; racen,es numerous. I. rather short, oblone Psemla 

 bulb, long. fu.s form Snnda Islands. 1886. A r.rnafkable and 

 luind--..ime species. (O. C. n. s., xxvi., p. 177 ; I. H. 6oi) ^ 



tliyrsifiorum (thyrse-flowered). The correct name of the 

 dant described on p. 453, Vol. I., as D. densidorurn albo-luteum, 

 >ee Fig. 15. 



D. t. Walkerianum (Walker's), fl. larger, racemes stronger, 

 and stemy longer, than in the type. (W. S. O. iii. 21.) 



D. Treacherianum (Treacher's). /. pale rose-red, two or three 

 1 *^ ^cape, sub-erect, upwards of IJin. long ; sepals narrow-lanceo- 

 late, the dorsal one straight, the lateral ones connate in a gibbosity 

 or spur striped with red; petals like the dorsal sepal ; lip darker 

 red and shorter than the petals, three-lobed. July. I. in pairs, 

 £in. to^ 4m. long, ^in. to fin. broad, linear-oblong. Pseudo-bulbs 

 brownish-green, stained red. Borneo, 1880. (B. M. 6591; 

 W. O. A. vi. 288.) 



^r.t^SOnopus (triangular-columned), ft. golden-yellow; sepals 

 Iigulate, acuriiinate, keeled on the middle; petals broader and 

 shorter; claw of the lip rather long, dilated into a broad lamina 

 whose lateral segments are nearly square ; column triangular- 

 pandurate. I. thick, paperv, dull green, rather rough, slightly 

 hirsute at back. Birma, 1887. 



D. Vannerianum (Vanner's). fl., sepals white, margined purple, 

 lanceolate; petals white, purple at apex, oblong, acuminate; np 

 white, marked purple, rhombic, the disk sulphur-coloured. 

 I lanceolate, more than 2in. long, iin. wide. 1887. A hybrid 

 between D.Japonicum and X>. FalconeH. 



D, Veitchianum (Veitch's). A synonym of D. macrophyllum. 

 D. vezabile (vexing), fl. light snip bur -ochre, partly white; 



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