300 ORCHIDES. 



DENDROBIUM. 



IVi' iiigh , at the end of which grow about 4 lanceolate leaves from the midsi of 

 which springs a raceme of yellowish flowers spotied with red. They seem unwilling 

 or unable to expand. 



103. DEiNDROBIUM CATENATUM LO. 41. - Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 62. pag. 60. — 

 Labello oblongo apice trilobo. 



This has regularly jointed stems , 5—6 inches high , small narrow leaves and flowers 

 with green sepals and white peials. I only know it from a Chinese drawing in ihe 

 possess of the Hort. Soc. 



104. DENDROBIU.M DENUDANS Don Prodr. fl. nep. 34. LO. 84. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838. 

 Misc. 156 (XXIV.) 



Labelli trilobi oblongi lobo medio eraarginato crispo, lateralibus ser- 

 ratis, disco bilamellato. 



Received by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire upon Mr. Gibson's reiurn from his 

 Indian mission, and having been sent subsequently imporied to othersflowered in se- 

 •veral coll. The finest specimens I have seen were sent by Mr. Bateman to Msr. Lod- 

 diges. Stems erect, 6" high , not very unlike a small staie of Dendrobium nobile, 

 and are covered by a profusion of nodding racemes of raiher small green and white 

 flowers. 



105. DENDROBUIM ALPESTRE Royle Illustr. t. 88. fig. 2. - Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 

 62. pag. 61. 



Caulibus brevissimis ovatis 3 — 4 phyllis, foliis lineari-oblongis, ra- 

 cemis 3 — 5 floris erectis, sepalis acuminatis, cornu brevi obtuso, pe- 

 talis minoribus, labelli trilobi lanceolati lobo medio acurainato crispo 

 basi angustato, lateralibus laceris, disco bilamellato. 



Himalaya. — Stems ad leaves only a few inches high. Flowers white , wiih a pur- 



plish lip. 



106. DENDROBIUM CUSPIDATDM LO. 43. 



107. DENDROBIUM GRAMINIFOLIUM Wight Ic. V. 1. 1649 (1851) : 



Rhizoma creeping, stems ascending, leafy, leaves sheathing at the 

 base, linear, lanceolate, acute: raceme terminal, slender, 4— 6 flowered, 

 flexuose, bracts much shorter than the pedicels, ovate, acute: flowers 

 calcarate, sepals and petals equal, acute, petals narrow, lanceolate; 

 lip cucullale, 3 lobed, lateral lobes small , blunt, middle orbicular cre- 

 nate , somewhat crisp on the margin; claw united with the prolonged 

 process of the column forming a conical spur. 

 Courtallum. Aug. Sept. — 4 — 8" high. Flw. white. 



108. DENDROBIUM RAMOSISSIMUM Wight Ic. V. 1. 1648 (1851) : 



Erect! ramous, lower part of the stem naked, smooth, dark shining 

 brownish-coloured, ramuli leafy: leaves narrow, hnear, Janceolate, 

 acute; racemes terminal, short, few flowered: flowers small: sepals 

 ovate, lanceolate, acute, broader than the lanceolate acute cntire petals: 

 lip oblong. obtuse, conlracled near the apex, forming a suborbicular 

 terminal lobe. 



Flowers yellow. — Coorg Jungles. Jerdon. — 18" — 2'. 



B. Cauiis apice tantum foiiatus. 

 §. 1. Caulis basi ima bulbosus, supra bulbum gracilis foliatus. 



109. DENDROBIUM PLANIBULBE Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXIX. 1843. Misc. 70. 



Caule compresso distiche folioso erecto basi ovali coraplanato, foliis 

 oblongis obtusis cmarginatis, pedunculo vaginato aphyllo, floribus ter- 



