DENDROBIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 285 



dish ovate lip , the base of wbich is roUed up into a sort of short stalk; while in D. 

 Pierardi ihe lip is rounded and very bluut, with its base rolled into a niuch longer 

 stalk which quite conceals ihe column. It is moreover remarkably incurved. 



29. DENDROBIUM CRETACEUM Lindl. B. R. 1847. 62: 



Foliis ianceolatis apice oblique emarginatis obtusiusculis; floribus so- 

 litariis (?), sepalis lineari-Ianceolatis patentissimis obtusiusculis; labello 

 subrotundo indiviso cucullalo fimbriato-dentato, ulrinque pubescente, 

 basi foveato et obsolete trilamellalo; mento brevi obtuso. 



Ind. or. at Mergui and Khasiya hills. Flores candidi, lineae labelli purpureae. — V. 



H. VIII. 818. - B. Mag. 4fi86. — Lem. III. fl. 334. 



30. DENDROBIUM EGERTONIAE Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847. t. 36. adn. 



Caule tereti erecto, basi ebulbi; foliis?, floribus binis-qualernis, sepalis 

 linearibus obtusis, petalis angustioribus, labello ovato obtuso unguicu- 

 Jato, parum unrjulato basi ciliato, superne margine laeviusculo, intus vil- 

 loso, columna antice glabra, basi bicamerata; anlhera pubescente, cal- 

 caris apice eluberculato. 



Crescit in India or.? — Near D. mesocblorum , but ihe flowers not '/2 size. The 

 sepals are pale pink outside , there is very little appenrance of a purple stain on the 

 tip of th petals and lip , and the middle of the lip is dull yellow , not green ; there is 

 moreover no tubercle at the back of the point of the spur, and the lip is not frin- 

 ged except on ils base. If it is less showy a species ihan D. mesochlorum , it is nol 

 on ihat account less valuable, for its flowers are delightfully scenled towards 

 evening. Obi. from Saharampore. — Paxt. Fl. G, L xyl. 44. 



31. DENDROBIUM MESOCHLORON Lindl. — Bot. Reg. 47. t. 36 adn. 



Caule tereti erecto basi ebulbi, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis; floribu.s 

 subquaternis, sepalis ovali linearibus obtusis; petalis angustioribus, la- 

 bello ovato obtuso unguiculato undulato fimbriato praesertim basi intus 

 villoso; columna antice glabra, basi bicamerata foveata; anthera pubes- 

 cente; calcaris apice a tergo gibboso. 



India Veitch. — Allied to D. crumenatum. — Flowers white , whh a violet spot at tbc 

 end of petals and lip, nnd wilh a green staln in the centre of the latter. — Paxt. 

 FI. 9. Xyl. 43. 



32. DENDROBIUM CREPIDATUM LindL — Paxt. L 63. N. 99. xyl. 45. 



Caulibus teretibus erectis, foliis floribus geminis , sep. oblongis 



obtusis firmis, labelio oblongo integro subsinualo obtuso laleribus 

 erectis intus levissime pubescente, basi utrinque plicato venoso, cornu 

 brevi obtuso. 



Flowers white , tipped with pink , deep yellow in tlie middle of the lip. Firm texture 

 of a Lycaste. Lip has form of old - fashioned slippers, which , v.ithout a hollow lor 

 ihe foot, were merely latched. 



33. DENDROBIUM TRANSPARENS Wall. Cat. n. 2008. — Bot. Reg. 1844. Misc. n. 62 (XXX). 

 Caulibus penduli^teretibus , foliis ovalo -lanceolatis acuminatis apice 



obliquis, floribus geminatis, sepalis acuminatis, petalis obtusis, sepalo 

 supremo majoribus, labello oblongo undulato ciliolato obtuso intus levis- 

 sime pubescente. 



Nepal. — Flowers pale rose- colour , with a lip of the same tint. Very like D. Pie- 

 rardi , from which it is distinguished by its leaves being longer and emarginate at the 

 apex , by the petals being obtuse and the labellum rauch less hairy, and pink , not 

 yellow. The stems are also shorter. — Paxt. Fl. G. I. p. 134. Tb. 27 : Nepal. Wall. Stem 

 formerly described as pendnlous. — Veitch imported it from Myrong, Garrow hills, 5300'. 



Huc: D. Henshalli Rchb. fil. Bonpl. IIL 226: 

 Aff. D. heterocarpo, labello ab ungue obcunealo subito dilalato ob- 



