302 ORCHIDES. 



DENDROBIUM. 



117. DENDROBIUM APPENDICULATUM Lindl. Orch. 76. Desmotrichum appendiculatum 

 Bl. Bjdr. 330. 



118. DENDROBIUM LONGICOLLE Lindl. - Bot. Reg. XXVI, 1840. Misc. 172. 

 Pseudobiilbo compresso in collum longissimum extenso, folio ob- 



loneo concavo, flore solitario, ovario fiiliformi cum pedicello articulato, 

 sepalis petalisque patenlibus a lata basi in acumen lineare atlenuatis, 

 cornu brevi conico, labello trilobo: lob. lateralibus nanis margine an- 

 teriore crispis , intermedio apice ovato plicato crispatoque sublobato, la- 

 mellis 2 crispis conni ventibus per axin. 



A singiilar Dendrobium belonging to the same seclion as D. amplura, which is remar- 

 kable for combining the habit of Bolbophyllum with the entire structure of ihe 

 former genus. The neck of the pseudobulb is nearlyS"' long ; the leaf 5"; the ovary 

 V/i". The (lower is pale straw colour , wilh the ends of the sepals and petals ta- 

 pering inio a fine purple point. Sent to Msr. Loddiges from Sincapore by Cuming. 



119. DENDROBIUM PUGIONIFORME Lindl. B. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 34. 



Caulibus repenlibus nodoso-articulatis radicalibus setoso-stipulatis, 

 foliis elliptico-lanceolatis apice atlenualis acutis carnosis infra fere con- 

 vexis carinatis laevibus nitenlibus, floribus (resupinatis) subsolitariis 

 axillaribus, perianthii foliolis oblongo-lanceoiatis acutis patentibus, la- 

 bello longitudinaliter tricarinalo, lobo intermedio dilalato undulato-cris- 

 pato apice acuto recurvato. 



Abeautiful epiphyte hanging loosely frora the stems of trees so as to swing freely to 

 the wind that sweeps through the forests oa the luramit of the best of mountains 

 bording the coast district of Illawara , on the west (lai 347^ S) and flowering in Au- 

 gust 1818. AII. Cunningh. 



Obs. This spec. approaches so near D. rigidum Br. prodr. (not of LO. 86. n. 51.) 

 that I have often viewed it as the same plant which was described by Mr. Brown , 

 from a flg. in the Banksian coll. It now appears to me distinct. Lindl. Hook. B. Journ. 

 m. 1841. 289: Toman Austral. 2 Decb. AU. Cunninghara. 



120. DENDROBfUM BIGIBBUM Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. G. IIL 1852. 25 c. xyl. 245. 



Caulibus elongatis apice 3 — 5 phyllis , racemis erectis elongatis dis- 

 sitifloris, petalis subrotundis sepalis duplo lationbus, labelli trilobi lobis 

 rotundatis medio crislato basi gibboso, sepalis lateralibus in calcar pro- 

 ductis. 



North West coasl of tropical New Hoiland. Lodd. ini. — Stems long, narrow, fusiform, 

 taperiny at the base , closely invested with dry light brown shealhes , near ihe end 

 they bear 3—6 long narrow, flrm, spreading acute leaves , each with flve ribs. The 

 raceme is erect , and consists of 3—4 flowers. Bracts small and scale like. Blossoras 

 rich purple , nearly of same colour as Bletia verecunda, — The lip originates in ihe 

 sinus above. — Tbe spur of the sepals is moveable, and projects oulwards at its 

 base in usual way , so that this flower has a kind of double chin. Nearly ailied to D. 

 Kingianum and elongalum. 



121. DENDROBIUM HYMENANTHUM Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. HL 222. 

 Labello flabellatoligulato apice obtuse acuto subdenticulato. 



Adest caulis pseudobulbosus tri — quadripollicaris biarticulalus epidermide citrina ; 

 forsan ex siccalione an;julatus . gracilis , apice diphyllus. Folia a basi angusta ob- 

 longoligulata apice obtuse acuta bilobula pollicaria, terliara pollicis lata , sicca ner- 

 vosa. Fascicuius bractearum lerminalis. Flos hyalinus in perulam obtusara elonga- 

 tus. Sepalum summura lanceum breve, sepala lateralia perulam efrormanlia, multo 

 longiora. Sepala lineari falcata. 2135 Cuming. Phil. 



122. DBNDROBIUM CARNQSUM Tejsm. ei Binncndik Naturk. Tijdsch. vor Nederl. hid. 

 Deel V. 1853, 



