DENDROBILM. 



ORCHIDES. 283 



b. ANOSMUM. Rclib. til. Huc: Dendrobium anosmum Liiull, — Bot. Reg. XXI. 1844. 

 Musc. 41. 



Facie omnino D. macropliylli et colore; sepalis ovato -lanceolatis» 

 petalis oblongis planis nec oblongo-lanceolatis uniiulatis, labello subro" 

 tundo acuto. 



Pbilippines. - Its app. is = D. macropbyllum . but 



1) its llowers are scenliess anrt have not tbe slrong small of rhubarl). 



2) ihej are smaller 



3) all ihe divisioiis of the flower are shorter, broader. ad evcn . instead of being 



undulated. 

 Whelher or not it is really a species, experience will show ; it is at all events a re- 

 markable variely. 



c. GIGANTEUM. Huc: Deiidrobium macrophyllum \ar. giganteum. Lindl. G. Chro nicle 1844. 

 219. — At the lasi meeling of Hort. Soc. MSS. Veitch produced a variety of ihis well 

 known species with flowers fourtimes as large as usual. From Conlinent. 



d. PURPUREO MARGINATUM. Huc : D. macrophyllum Lindl. var. purpureo marginatum. 

 De Vriese Illusir. tab. 17. 



23. DENDROBIUM NOBILE LO. 24. 



Caulibus teretihus acutis, foliis oblique emarginatis obtusis, floribus 



geminnlis, sepali.s ovalibus, petalis duplo majoribus undulalis, labello 



ovato subrotundo cucullalo villoso. 



China. — Flowers large , sbowy , vioiet , with a very dark purple stain in the inte- 

 rior of the lip. 



Lindl. Sert. t. 3: M. Reeves boughl it on ihe market at Macao. — Stems erect, 

 clustered , light green , a foot and more high, compressed, with deeply furrowed 

 joints about V^ of an inch. Leaves rather distichous. Peduncles axiliar. 2-3 flowe- 

 red. — Petals oblong , obtuse, rather wavy , very delicate and transparent. lue same 

 coiour as ihe sepols. — Lip rolled up , very shortly unguiculate , downy both inside 

 and outside, in lonn obovaie . with a dcep notch on each side separating it into three 

 obscure lobes , of which tbe iaterals are crisp at the edge . Ihe central one even roun- 

 ded obscurely cuspidaie in colour, deep bloodred in ihe tube, pale greenish yellow at 

 the edges and disk, tinged wiih purple at the end ; a linear downy space passes 

 upwards along ihe ccntre from the unguis still it loses itself in tbe disk. 



Huc: Dendrobium coerulescens L. Sert. n. 17. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 62, 

 Facie omnino D. nobilis, floribus nunc ternatis, petalis anguslioribus 



margine reflexis valde undulatis, labello ovali acuminato intus villoso. 

 E. Indies. — The peials and the lip principally distinguish it from D. nobile. Its 

 flowers are also smaller. 



Sert. n. 17.: Caule erecto carnoso tereti, foliis oblongis obtusis emarginalis sub- 

 undulatis , racemis horizonlalibus 2 — 3 floris foliis paulo brevioribus , periantliio ex- 

 planato, sepalis lineari - oblongis obtusis emarginaiis lateralibus basi paulo productis, 

 peialis latioribus oblongis apice recurvis, iabello ovali subundulato utrinque puBescente 

 apice conslricto plano glabro recurvo , anthera pubescente. 



Dendrobium coerulesccns Wall. MSS. — Sepals and petals have a delicate tinge of 

 very pale bluish liiac . on their back especially. Form more slender. Speciflcal dilTe- 

 rcnces ore furnished by ihe shape of ihe lip and sepals . boih of wbich are much. 

 narrower, than in Dendr. nobile and the former has quite a difl"erent ouiline. — 

 Nungklow , on the norlhern face of ihe Khoseea range of hills , where it grows upon 

 rocks and trimks of trees at an elevalion of4000' (30— 40 flw. !). — Sepals 1'/^ " long 

 '/4" wide, delicate bluish lilac. tinged with deeper purple at their end and slightly 

 pitted all over belween ihe veins as to acquire a somewhal tesselated appearence, not- 

 ched at ihe apex, Pet. coloured like the sepals, except that they are raiher darker» 

 and less tesfclaied. Lip oval , concave , sides rollcd round the column at the base, 



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