158 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



N.B. B. calceolaria (our plant) of Hooker is not D. calceolm of Eoxburgh — which latter 

 I believe to be I), moschatum. Hence, it is probable, much of the confusion.' 



D. Faemebi. 



Pseudo-bulbs 4-sided, club-shaped, tapering finely downwards, but again ex- 

 panding into a small swollen base. Leaves 2 to 4, near the top. Flowers in a loose 

 raceme. Sepals ovate obtuse, petals broader. Lip rounded, with a sinus near the 

 base on either side. General colour pale rose ; lip yellow, deepening towards the 

 centre. A most lovely Orchid. Freijuent throughout the Tenasscrim Provinces. 

 The true D. Funneri lasts in bloom a full month. There is an inferior variety with 

 weaker stems and smaller flowers, which fade in 3 or 4 days.^ The figure in Bot. 

 Mag. 4659 resembles (as far as the flowers are concerned) this inferior variety. 



D. Fakiieri, var. AUEEO-FLAvrar. 



This may be shortly described as the preceding, with golden yellow flowers. 

 It appears to be rare. I have only found it once, on Dauna-toung, having in vain 

 sought for it after its fii'st discovery. 



D. TOKTILE. 



To enable this species to be recognized, it may suffice to say that it has also 

 swollen pseudo bulbs tapering downwards; but instead of being square, they are 

 rather flattened. The flowers also are borne on the plant diiierently — not in a single 

 raceme, but in twos or threes on distinct foot-stalks. General colour lilac. Sepals 

 and petals much contorted. Frequent. Also a lovely Orchid. 



D. ALBOSAXGUINEUJI. 



Stems elongated, terete, about 1 foot long. Leaves 5 or 6 near the top* 

 Flower stalk from between the topmost leaves, erect, 6-7 flowered. Flowers 23- 

 inches across, creamy white. Lip same, but with some deep blood-red streaks near the 

 base. When out of flower, this species may be readily distinguished by the black 

 margins of the leaf-sheaths. Abundant in some places, but local. 



D. SENILE. 



A small species — about 6 inches high — with erect rigid stems, which are covered 

 with white hairs. Flowers yellow. Apparently rather rare. Shway-gyeen district. 



D. BoxALLn. 



Stems drooping, 1 foot or more, nodes moderately swollen at the top, tapeiing 

 downwards, dark brown when old, but pale while- still clothed in theii- young leaf- 



' It is often a ditficult tnsk to unraTel a tangled web wlucli a moment's carelessness has caused. 

 Sucli a tangle has gathered round llendi ohtum pumiUtm, 



I. Roxhurgh, VoL III. p. 479, under the head of this plant, jjives a correct description of it in the 

 first two paragraphs, or for .some four lines, but thereupon follows to the end a long description of 

 another and totally different plant. 



II. Some years ago I found two small Dendrohia, one of which had short swollen (turbinate?) 

 pseudo-bulbs (my No. 98), and agreed otherwise with Roxburgh's description. This accordingly was 

 considered to be D. punuhvn. The other (my Xo. 120), though almost exactly alike in the inflorescence, 

 had elongated quadrangular bulbs, and being clearly a distinct plant, I named it I), qundrai'gulart, 

 a name already appropriated, which I was not aware of at the time ! These (with drawings) were sent 

 home to Kew, where my second plant ( D. quaiirar,gulare) was designated 1>. pumilum. Happening 

 to be at Kew not long ago. I was shown an authentic specimen of V. piimi/t(i», and surely enough, it was 

 identical with my JJ. quadi annulare, and not with the other or turbinate species. 



III. In a recent description of some of mv t)rchids bv Rrof. Keichenbach published by the 

 Linnean Society (to which some tlgures are appended) the artist has actually combined in one my iko 

 drawings. The bulbs will be seen, on careful inspection, to be of two forms, which are those of two 

 distinct plants ! To this moment I do not know which of the two is really Roxburgh's plant, but I 

 incline to think it is that with swollen or "turbinate" bulbs, and not the ipiadrangular plant, though 

 this last is called D. pumilum in the Kew Herbarium. Occasiouallv (it is probable) among the numbers 

 of bundles of dried plants sent to Kew from all parts of the world, a specimen or a label may become 

 displaced. 



■^ This is B. palpthr(r, I.indley. 



