286 ORCniDES. 



DENDROBIUM. 



tiisangulo hastalo anlrorsum oblon.co obtuso subtilius et rarius velutino, 

 petalis angustioribus , niento breviori. 



Blulhen so gross , wie die des D. heterocarpum , weiss ; Lippe mit rosafarbipen Adern. 



zwei violettpurpiirne Flecken beiderseits der Milte , vorn gelbweiss, — Cullur des 



Hrn. Luddemann in Hrn. Pescaiore's Garien. 

 Huc : B. Mag. 4663. Lem. J. Fl. tb. 68. 



34. DENDROniUM .AMOKNUM Wall. LO. 21. — LimodorMm op/iv»Hm Roxb. Corom. L 1.41. 

 — Cijmbidium aph>/llum W. sp. f. 4. — Bot. Reg. XXXI. 1844. Misc. 62. 



Stems clouded with duskybrown when in blossom. Dr. Wallich remarks in bisMSS., 

 ihat its delicate iragrance is exquisiie, not unlike that of Olea fragrans. 

 Caulibus pendulis gracilibus nebulosis, floriferis aphyllis; foliis lanceo- 

 lalis acutis; floribus genninalis racemum spnriiim lormantibus longe pe- 

 dunculatis divaricatis; sepalis oblongis obtusis; petalis obtusis sepalo 

 supremo paulo majoribus: labelli cucullali limbo ovato obtuso crenulato 

 leviter ciliato , disco villoso. 



Flowers of a delicate white, with obtuse segments, each of which is beautifully tin- 

 ged at its apex with violet. Lip cucullatc marked internally lowards the base with 

 greenish yellow. 



35. DENDROBTUM MACROSTACHYUM (Lind.) Wighl Ic. V. I. 1851. 1647. 



Stems terete, pendulous : leaves oblong, acute, flat: flowers paired, 

 fragrant, forming a spurious raceme: sepals linear oblon?, acute, the 

 upper sepal larger: lip unguiculate, limb somewbat fiddle sbaped, 

 silky to the tooch, middle lobe elongated, acuminate, flat. 



Ceylon. July. — Flowers greenish yellow, lip and points of sepals and petals tip- 

 ped wilh pink. — Mrss. Walker. 



36. DENDROBIUM GEMELLUM LO. n. 28. - Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 62. — Bot. Reg. 

 XXVI. 1840. Misc. 192. — Pedilonum biflorum Blume p. 322. 



Foliis membranaceis lanceolatis acuminatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis 

 subbifloris, labello ovali acuto apice subcrispo, lamellis tribus serru- 

 latus inconspicuis. 



Sincapora, Cuming 158. Java. — A longstemmed grassy -leaved plant, with small 

 pale yellowish green flowers , growing in pairs from short rigid twovalved truncated 

 compressed spalhes, placed opposite the leaves. In ihis respect it is like D. biflorum, 

 of -^hich it has all the habit . but ihe lip is perfectly entire and threelobed. 



37. DENDROBIUM CANDIDDM Wall. MSS. — Bot. Reg. XXIV. 1838. ftlisc. 54. — Paxt. 

 Fl. G. l 43. 



Caulibus erectis flexuosis teretibus , fol. ovato lanceolatis apice obli- 



quis obtusis, pedunculis axillaribus erectis bifloris. sepalis patiilis, late- 



ralibus basi parum produclis, pet, conformibus, labello ovalo-lanceolato 



obtuso medio barbalo supra basin calloso lateribus ereclis cucullatis. 



Duke of Devonshire sent flowers ; — Mr. Paxton a sketch. Found by Mr. Gibson, his 



Gracens collector in India, at Nungclow, on the norlh side of ihe Khoosea Hills, gro- 



wing on rocks , sand , and decayed irees. The flowers, which are pure white . are 



tnost exnuisitely scented The huliit is that of 0. nohile; thnt is to say , erect, not 



pendulous. as is D. Pierardi and that race. The stems are aboul, high , and lose 



the principal part of their leaves before flowering. 



38. DENDROBIUM NUTANS LO, n, 73. 



39. DENDROBIUM FOLIOSUM Ad, Brogn. in Duperr. Voy. t. 41. 



40. DENDROBIUM ALBOSANGUINEUM Lindl. — L. P. Fl. G. II. t. 57. p. 93. 



Caulibus rrassis erectis, floribus gcminis nulanlibus, btacleis herba- 

 ceis squamaelormibus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, lateralibus inraenlum 



