290 ORCIIIDES. 



DENDROBIDM. 



51. DENDROBIUM LUZONENSE Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 62. p. 54. 



Foliis disticliis anguste lanceolatis apice oblique emarginatis, pedun- 

 culis brevibus bifloris, labello spathulato obtusissimo laciniis lateralibus 

 obsoletis denticulatis. 



Luzone. — A small flowered plant with very closely sei distichous leaves. 



55. DENDROBIUM TRIDENTIFERUM Lindl. in Voy. of the Feejee Islands is Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. of Bot. Vol. II. 43. p. 237. 



Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis oblique emarginatis, gemmis paleaceis, flori- 

 bus geminis, sepalis laleralibus ovatis carnosis obliqnis, petalis lanceo- 

 lato-oblongis acutis membranaceis, labello carnoso trifido, basi tuberculo 

 carnoso lineaque utrinque elevata aucto, lob. acutis, lateralibus an- 

 trorsum curvis, intermedio ovato, cornu brevi obtuso. 



A broad leaved species looking like D. biflorum , to which it is nearly allied. It has 

 fleshy flowers as large as those of D. Pierardi , but quile different in structure. — 

 Ncw Guinea , Hinds? (videtur ! sed non dicitur a L.) 



56. DENDROBIUM METACHILINUM Rchb. fil in Bonpl. IH. 222. 



Caule carnoso, foliis oblongoligulatis pergameneocarnosis apice in- 



aequalibus, flore illi Ddb. calcarati Lindl. haud absimili, labello ligulato- 



lineari marginibus infra cum pede gynostemii connatis, antice trilobo, 



lobis lateralibus minutis dentiformibus supra basin iobi medii ovato re- 



niformis positis, lobo medio carnoso papuloso marginibus lobulato. 



Caules foliis dejectis quasi serratonodosi, calamum columbinum crassi ; quadripolli- 



cares. Folia usque sesquipollicaria , tertiam pollicis lata. Flores illis D. calcarati 



aequalesj calcar tomcn ovario pedicellato duplo brevius. Labelli lobus niedius infra 



plano triangulo acuto antrorso nudus, limbatus, ceterura papulosus. Gynostemium 



apice breviter iricorne. 2037 Cuming. Phil. 



57. DENDROBIUM MAC CARTHL\E Hook. B. Mag. 4886. 1855. 



Caulibus pendiilis flagelliformibus teretibus striatis vefsus apicera 

 foliosis, nodis parce tumidis, racemis axillaribus 4 — 5 floris, floribus 

 magnis dilute purpureis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis petala multo iatiora 

 ovato lanceolata longitudine fere aequantibus , labello subtrilobato vel 

 sutrapeziformi apice rotundato retuso, foliis lanceolatis. 



Ceylon , sparingly in forests about Ratuapoora and lowards Galle ,,Wissah mel" 

 (Rainymonth flowers ..May flower". To Mrs. Mac Carthy . lady of Hon. C. T. Mac 

 Carlhy Esq. Col. Secrel. of ihe island.) 



58. DENDROBIUM SPHEGIDIGLOSSUM Rchb. fll. Bonplandia H. p. 88. 



Aff. D. Scopae: floribus racemosis , labello ecarinato lanceolato fla- 

 bellato apice trilobo, lobo medio calloso, lateraUbus ligulatis abbrevia- 

 tis, omnibus rite in subulas solulis. 



Caulis teretiusculus, sulcalus , foliorum vaginae arctae , racemi laterales pancillori, 

 basi arcle vaginali , bracteae ovatae acutae cucuHatae . ovaria pedicellata dimidio ae- 

 quantes , flores candidi , sepala oblonga acuta medio carinata, lateralia in calcar cla- 

 ▼atum exlensa , tepala oblongo cuneata acuta microscopice denliculata . labellum a 

 basi triangula canaliculata antice trilobum . lobi laterales anguste tiianguli , medius 

 lobus laiior ligulatus, in crines laxos crispulos solutus , lobi laterales margine ciliato 

 crispuli, additis quibusdam crinibus in ipsa labelli lamina. discus vcrriixius, lobi me- 

 dii apex callosus , asperulus, incrassalus. Gynostemium apice utrinque unicorne, 

 basi fovcatum , fovea apice linearis , dcin subito dilatata. Bluihen weiss , mit Stich 

 in's Rosafarbige : so gross wie dic dcs D. crepidatum, aber mehr dunnhautig. Von 

 llorrn Consul Schiller aus Ostindien cingefiihrt. 



Iluc referentlum , antiquius quidcin . sed false descriptum : 

 DENDROBIUM STUPOSUM Lindl. — Lindl. B. Rcg. 1838. XXIV. Misc. 94, 



