DENDROBIUM. 



ORGHIDES. 307 



141. DENDROUIUM COMPRESSUM Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. Misc. 76. — B. R. 

 XXX. 1844. 53. 



Caule obovalo compresso 2—6 phyllo, foliis ovalibus acutis striatis 

 basi dilatalis membranaceis amplexicaulibus, racemis subquadrifloris cer- 

 nuis, sepalis petalisque ovatis erectis, cornu elongato obtuso, labello 

 cuneato laevi per axin sulcato. 



YeMow nowers of middle size , singular compressed stems not more ihan 3 — 4 



incbes iong. 



§. 3. Caules seu pseudobulbi brevissimi. {Bolbodium Lindl.) 



1. 1. Labellum indivisum. 



142. DENDROBIUM JENKINSII Wall. — Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. 37. 



Pseudobulbis aggregalis oblongis tetragonis monophyllis, foliis ob- 

 longis coriaceis marginatis retusis, pedunculis subradicalibus unifloris 

 vel racemosis, sepalis ovatis obtusis petalis muHo minoribus, labello 

 cucullato rotundato basi parum producto limbo dilatato serrato villoso 

 emarginato. 



Dr. J. Wall. in litt. — „1 received it from Capt. Jenkins Nov. 36. He had obt. it at 

 Gualpara" VVallich. 



D. Jenkinsii. Label broader than long, repand, sliglhly 2 lobed, shaggy, ser- 



rated. 

 D. aggregatum. Label broader than long , scarcely wavy, undivided, downy 



only near the base. 

 D. densiflorum. Label cordate , repand , twolobed , reflexed at the point. 



serrated. 

 D. Griffilhiannm. Label ovatc, slightly hastate , serrated , downy, except 

 near the edges. 

 Perigonium lotum aureura. 



143. DENDROBIUM PYGMAEUM LO. 45. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Msc. 62. p. 62. — A 

 very smail plant , forming tufts. Very near D. microbulbon, but different in the 

 from of the lip; and the flowers are much smaller. 



Obs.: Non idem est: .,Dendrobium? jiygmaeum AII. Cunn. D. Caleyi Cunn. in Bot. 

 Mg. Comp. II. 377. On rocks in the Illawara districl. Flowers not known. New South 

 Wales." All. Cunninghara Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 32. — Note. Dend. pygmaeura 

 (A. C. Miss. c. 1824; has soraewhat longer . acute , smooth leaves ; but I posaess no 

 specimen in llower to describe it. If it be a Dendrobium it niay be called Caleyi. 

 Mr. Caley found it flrst in New Soulh Wales. 



144. DENDROBIUM PUSILLUM Lindl. Orch. 77. Desmotrichum pusillum Bl. Tab. t. 35. 



145. DENBROBIUM LAMELLATUM Lindl. I. c. Onychium lamellatum Bl. Tab. 10. 



146. DENDROBIUM SUBACAULE Reinw. (Noraen solum prius publici juris a Lindley 

 factura.) Dcscr. Conf. Conirib. to Indian Orchidology. 



147. DENDROBIUM PLICATILE Lindl. — (D. fmbrialum LO. 76.) — Bot. Reg. XXV. 

 1840. Misc. 7. — Manilla imp. Rollisson. It has solitary, ralher large flowers of a 

 duU yellow a litile tingrd wiih red , and a curious plaited labellura. The original 

 name of ihis plant being the same as that applied to a vcry dilferent species it has 

 become neccssary to substitute anoiher , which I have taken in allusion lo the very 

 conspicuous plicature of ihe label. 



2. 2. Labellum trilobum. 



148. DENDROBIUM MICROBULBON A. R. T. 8. — Ann. sc. nat. nov. ser. XL l&ll. p. 19. 

 Pseudobulbis aggregatis, parvulis, ovoideis, sulco transversali in 2 



parles divisis, apice acutiusculis, diphyllis; foliis oblongo - linearibus, 



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