152 OrchidecB. [Dendrobium. 



On tree-trimks, principally cocoanuts, on the coast in the moist region; 

 common, but not improbably originally introduced from Malaya. Fl. 

 Dec; pure white, with the disk of the lip lemon-yellow. 



Burma, Andaman Is., Malaya, China. 



The 'White-dove Orchid' of the English residents; much grown for 

 its pretty and sweet-scented flowers. 



5. D. nutans, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 90 (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 298. C. P. 2357. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 734. Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutt. v. t. 18. 



Stem very slender, 6-12 in., as thick as a goose quill or less, 

 internodes §-i in., rather swollen in the middle, slender at the 

 base, 4-channelled, hispidulous with black hairs; 1. \\-2 in., 

 narrowly lanceolate, obtuse or shortly unequally bifid, stiff; 

 fl. about § in. long, in short leaf-opposed 2-4-fld. racemes, 

 pedicel with ov. f in.; bracts very small, ovate, acute; sep. 

 and pet. subequal, erect, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; mentum 

 half as long as the sep., obtuse ; lip. linear-oblong, under \ in. 

 long, side lobes small, obtuse, mid lobe elongate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, subacute, crisped, with three ridges on the disk; 

 fr. \-\ in., pedicel decurved, smooth. 



Montane zone, 4-6000 ft.; rather common. Hantane; Ambagamuwa ; 

 N. Eliya. Fl. Nov.-March, May; varies greatly in colour of flowers, 

 which are orange, dull yellow, pale pink, or greenish-white ; or white 

 with a pink lip and yellow pedicel, which is the prettiest form. 



Also in Southern India. D. Jfrdontamoit, Wight, Ic. t. 1644, of the 

 Nilgiris can hardly be distinguished, except by its more robust habit, 

 deeper cleft 1 , and much larger fl. 



6. H macrostachyum, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 78 (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 297. C. P. 3183. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 735. Wight, Ic. t. 1647. 



Stems many, crowded, very slender, leafing 1-2 ft. long, 

 flg. up to 4 ft., pendulous, leafless internodes ih in.; 1. sessile, 

 3-3^ in. long, distichous, spreading, oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, membranous; sheaths closely appresscd to the 

 stem; fl. 2-4, on a short curved ped., pedicel with ov. about 

 I in., slender, curved; bracts very small, ovate; sep. and pet. 

 subsimilar, about h in long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, sub- 

 tortuously spreading and recurved ; mentum narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, about half as long as the sep., obtuse; lip shorter 

 than the sep., side lobes small, rounded, convolute, mid lobe 

 quadrately ovate, acute, recurved, crenulate, strongly veined. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft.; common. Fl. June, July; very pale green 

 or yellow, tinged with pink, lip beautifully veined with pink ; faintly 

 scented. 



Also in Travancore. 



7. I>. beemog-lo&sum, TIiw. Euum. 429 (1864). C. P. 3842. 

 Fl. I'. Ir.d. V. 727. 



