306 ORCHIDES. 



DENDROBIUM. 



acutis nervosis, racemis lateralibus mullifloris foliis longioribus: juniori- 

 bus strobiliformibus, bracteis oblongis plicatis recurvis pedicellis longio- 

 ribus, sepalis patentissimis ovatis obtusis, petalis conlormibus majori- 

 bus, jabello majore rhomboideo unguiculato serrulato retuso. 



Deiidrobmm densifiornm Wall. Cat. n. 2000. Lindl. in Pl. as. Rar. n. 40. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orch. P. 1. p. 90. 

 Perig. sulph. labello aureo. — Mart. 35 in Lord Fitzwilliaras Collect. at Wentworth. 

 Nepal Wallich. 



Bot. Reg. XXI. 1836. 1828. — Perig. luteum, labello medio croceo. — Comes near 

 to Koxb. Dend. clavatum (Hort. Eeng. p. 63.), but he adscribes bulbs to his plants, of 

 which ours is entirely destilute. In ihe Calcutt. garden the two plants maiatain that 

 character , allhough in oiher respects alike. 



137. DENDHOBIUM GRIFFITHIANUM Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXI. 1835. sub 1756. 

 Caulibus erectis elongatis clavatis sursum tetragonis apice diphyllis, 



foliis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis, racerais laxis flexuosis multifloris pen- 

 dulis e latere caulium nalis, bracfeis oblongis membranaceis pedicellis 

 4-plo brevioribus, petalis oblongis ciliolatis sepalis duplo latioribus, la- 

 tioribus, labello ovato pubescente denticulato subrepando, capsulis py- 

 riformibus angulatis. 



Reg. Burman. supra arbores W. Griffith (hab s. sp. comm. cel. Griffith). — A beauti- 



ful species with much ihe appearance of D. aggregatum. 



138. DENDROBIUM FARMERI Paxt. Mag. XV. — Bot. Mag. 4659. - Van Houtte Flore 

 des Serres Vll. 741. — Pescatorea I. t. 4. — Lem. Jard. i\. tab. 307. — Paxt. Fl. Gard. 



in. 104. 



Caulibus elongatis clavalis articulalis profunde sulcatis basi pseudo- 

 bulbosis apice foliosis, foliis 2 — 4 ovatis coriaceis striatis, racemis la- 

 teralibus multifloris pendulis, bracteis parvis ovalis concavis, sepalis 

 (alboflavescentibus roseo tinctis) late ovatis oblusis, petalis conformibus 

 (ejusdem coloris) majoribus, labello majore (pallide flavo disco luteo) 

 rhomboideoobtusissime unguiculato supra pubescente margine denticulato. 



Hook. — Sent by Dr. M. Clelland frora Calcutta Garden to W. G. Farmer Esq, after 



whom it was named. Very near D. chrysotoxucu. 



139. DENDHOBIUM PALPEBKAE Lindl. Lindl. Paxt. I. p. 45. n. 82. — Flowers white 

 with a lip stained wiih yellow. In the way of D. densiflerum , wilh the parfume of 

 distnnt haw thorn. Its stems arc niore slender than those of the species justnaraed; 

 flowers in loose racemes and white , with a deep yellow stain at the base of the lip, 

 wbich is not only covered with soft down . but is fringed near the base wiih long 

 hairs , like eye lashes. Thcse elevated lines pass along the middle and terrainaic 

 near the base in a 3 lobed lubercle for the purpose of receiving which the base of 

 the column is hollowed out into an oblong cavity. — Veitch. Nov. 1849. Journ. H. 

 S. V. 33. 



140. DENDROBIUM AGGREGATUM Roxb. - B. M. 3643 (XII. N. Ser.) 39. 

 Pseudobulbis caespilosis monopbyllis ovalis sulcatis stipilatis cuticulo 



cinereo vestitis, foliis oblongis emarginatis coriaceis nervosis, racemo 

 laterali cernuo multifloro fere duplo brevioribus, petalis ovatis sepalo 

 latioribus, labello subintegerrimo latiore, quam longo , basi concavo 

 pubescente. 



Demdrobium aggrpgatum Roxb. FI. Ind. V. 3. p. 477. — Lindl. Wall. Cat. B. 

 Reg. XX. 1835. 1695! 

 Perigonium sulphureum. Labcllum basi aureum. — The plant was received at the 

 Bol. Gard., Edinburgh frora Wentworlh the seat of Earl Filzwilliam in 1836, and flo- 

 wered in ihe beginning May 37. — Arracan on the norlhern border on the trunk of 

 Lageistroemia Reginae. Pierard. Banks of ihe ChappadoRes rivcr in the Golf of5lar- 

 laban. Wallich Bei. Reg. XX. 1835. 1695. 



