284 ORCHIDES. 



DENDROBIOM. 



curred outwards and undulated; rich crirason in the middle, yellow at the edge, deep 

 rosecol. at the apex, covered wiih conspicuous pubescence every where exc. at ihe poinl. 

 Column is very short . flat , sloped forwards in front, convex at the back ; lermra. by 

 a peaked, purple, hairy anther. 

 Sert. 18. 1838. 



24. DENDROBIUM LLNAWIANUM Rchh. fiL MSS. Huc: .,D. moniliforme Sw." Lindl. B. 

 Reg. XVL 1830. 1314 et Hook. B. Wag. Ser. III. Vol. 1. 4153: 



Caulibus erectis clavalis raiuosis foliosis inlernodiis demum lumidis, 

 foliis distichis oblongis obtusis oblique emarginatis, floribus ex articulis 

 supremis caulium geminatis foiio longioribus, sepalis oblongis acutis, 

 petalisque ovalis striatis, disco elevato pubescente. 



Perigonium roseum , basi albidum, labeilum albidum apice intense kermesinum macu- 

 lis quibusdum kermesinis. 



Obs. De vero D. moniliformi Sw. I alio loco. 



25. DENDROBIUM TORTILE Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1847 p. 797 e. ic. — B. Mag. 4477. 

 Caulibus clavatis articulalis sulcatis vaginatis, foliis linearibus retusis 



subcoriaceis, pedunculo bifloro, sepalis oblongis acutinsculis undulatis 

 tortilibus (petalis conformibus), 2 lateralibus in calcar retusum decur- 

 rentibus, labello magno pubescenti villoso obovato-cochleariformi basi 

 intus pulvinalo. 



Perigonium albidum , labellum lilacinum et albidonavum. 



Obs. Planta obscuro obscurior est haec: Dendrobium lortile All. Cunningh. — Bof. 



Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 31. — On ihe upper branches of the loftes and trees of Flinder- 



sia australis , 100' high ; in shaded woods , Brisbane River , Moreton Bay. Oct. 1824. 



June 1828. New South Wales. — AIl. Cunningham. 



26. DENDROBIUM PULCHELLUM Roxb. LO. 35. — Bol. Cab. t. 1935. 



b. DEVONIANUM. Huc: Dendro6ium Deuonianum Paxt. Mag, L 169. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 

 1844. Misc. 62. 

 Caulibus pendulis , foliis ovalo lanceolalis acutis , pedunculis 2 — 3 floris, 

 sepalis oblongis acutis integris, petalis duplo lalioribus fimbriatis, labello 

 maxinjo cochleariformi margine plumoso. 



The King of Dendrobium: Khoseea Ilills of India. — S«pals rose - colour. Petals and 

 lip lemon - colour , tipped with purple , ihe latter with a broad yellow blotcb in ihe 

 middle. 



Deiidrobium Devonianum B. M. 4429. 

 Caulibus elongato-cylindraceis articulatis striatis proliferis, juniori- 

 bus foliiferis, foliis lineari lanceolalis disfichis submembranaceis acumi- 

 natis, floribus (5 — 6) aggregatis, sepalis lanceolatis integerrimis, petalis 

 ovatis acutis ciJiatis apice pnrpureo -maculatis, labello cucullato amplo 

 lalissime cordato pulcherrime plumoso fimbriato intus maculis 2 auran- 

 tiacis .apice emarginato purpureo, calcare brevissimo. 

 Huc: Van Houlte VII. tab. 647. — Lem. Jard, G. tab. 11. 



27. DENDROBIUM PIERARDI Roxb. LO. 79. N. 22. - Bot. Reg. XXI. 1836. 1756: Delta 

 of ihe Ganges on Mangoe Trecs. — The lip is rounded and very blunt , and ils basis 

 is roiled into a much longer stajk , which quile conceals ihe coiumn ; it is more ovcr 

 remarkably incurved. — Pendulous from trees. — Wighl Ic. Pl. Ind.Or. III. II. 908. 1844. 



var. latifoliiim : Van Houtie Flore des Serres IX. 955. 



28. DENDROBIUM CUCULLATUM Brown. — Bot. Reg. XXI. 1835 sub 1656 (huc B. R. 

 (548). - Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 62. 



Facie omnino D. Pierardi, sed labello subrolundo-ovato basi in un- 

 gnem brevem convoliito. 



E. Indies. — Extremely like D. Piernrdi , but it has larger flowers wiib a broad roun- 



