292 ORCHfDES. 



DENDROBIUM. 



Huc : Boi. Mag. 4013. 



63. DENDROBIUM BIFLORUM Sw. — Boi. Reg. XXI. 1836. t. 7. sub 1756. 



Caule pendulo gracili tereti, foliis lineari-lariceolatis acuminatis planis, 

 pedunculis bifloris lateralibus e paleis corneis erumpentibus, sepalis 

 petalisque acurainatissimis, iabelio rhomboideo medio bilamellato trilobo 

 lobis laleralibus acutis nanis, intermedio deltoideo acuminato margine 

 fimbriato. 



Otahaiti. •Matthews. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. — Epidd. biflorum Forst : Prodr. n. 318. 



Dendrobium biJlorura Sw. act Holm. 1800 p. 246. W. n. 17. n. 18. — Society Island. 



— Leaves very narrow and grassy. Flowers very small, wiih setaceous points. 



b. Caulis hispidus. 



64. DENDROBIUM LONGICORNU Lindl. (Wall. Cat. 1997.) Orch. 26. Bot. Reg. 1315. 

 Gard. Chronicle 184S. 785. 



65. DENDROBIUM JERDONIANUM R. Wight Ic. V. I. 1851. tb. 1644. — Erect . stems 

 jointed , thickening upwards , internodes abQut the length of the leaves , leaves ovato 

 lanceolate, succulent. forked at the ap^x ; raceme axillary, short. 2— 3 flowered : bracls 

 minute: flovsers long pedicelled . calcarate, lateral sepals much produced at the base, 

 posterior one and petals equal , all linear lanceolate. acute . lip sinuately undulated 

 on the margin, obovate , forming with tlie long base of ihe column a short cenical 

 spur. Flower deep orange colour . lip conforming, or a liltle redder. — Coorg Jungles. 

 Jerdon. Jyamally Hills. Aug. Sept. Specimina paulo diversa.) 



Huc : Dendrobitim villosidum Wall. in Paxt. Fl. G. II. p. 82. N. 348. Xyl. 176. — 



Orange coloured flowers, rough stems. Imported from Tiliicherry. Near Wallichs D. 



angulatum. 



Caule erecto nigro villoso, foliis linearibus acute et oblique bilobis, 



pedunculis bifloris, sepalis petalisque acuminatis recurvis obtusis, late- 



ralibus in menLum breve cornutum connatis, labello lineari- lanceolato 



trilobo 3 lamellato lobis lateralibus nanis. 



66. DENDROBIUM LOBBH Teijsm. et Binnendijk in Naturk. Tijdsch. Nederl. Ind. V. 1853. 



Caulibus foliosis teretibus erectis rufopilosis, foliis bifariis sessilibus 

 lanceolatis apice oblique-emarginatis acutiusculis, subtus lepidotis, flo- 

 ribus solitariis foliis suboppositis pendulis, phyllis perigonii externi li- 

 nearibus acutis, inlernis minoribus angustioribus recurvatis labello erecto 

 trilobo venis tribus elevatis lobo medio emarginato dentato, lobis late- 

 ralibus acutis. 



Th. Lobb ex Singapore misit, 



67. DENDROBIUM CONOSTALIX Rchb. fiL MSS. Huc ; Dendrobium calcaratum Lindl. - 

 Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1840 Misc. 219. 



Caulibus nigro-pubescentibus, foliis linearibus oblique bilobis , flori- 

 bus resupinatis, sepalis ovatis, lateralibus revolutis basi in cornu conicum 

 pedicelli longitudine productis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labelli linearis 

 carnosi laevis trilobi lacinia intermedia subrotunda marginibus incurvis 

 ungue cum columnae pede in calcar verum connato. 



A slender inconspicuous species allied to D. revohitura and biflorum , wilh green flo- 

 wers , growing in pairs opposite the lcaves. It was found ai Sincapore , by Mr. Cu- 

 ming. and flow. wilh Mss. Loddiges (n. l58). 



bb. Stachyobium Lindl.: inflorescentia racemosa. 



f Labellum indivisum planum. 



* Aurea. 



6«. DENDROBIUM FLAVESCENS Lindl. Orch. 48. - nnijchium - Blume Bijd. p. 325. 



