CXXT. OUCUIDACE.'E. 681 



V. 12 (1899) p. 518 ; Gammie, in Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. v. 16, part 4 (1905) 

 p. 566. Dendrohium nodosum, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) 

 p. 292. — Elo\A-ers : June-Aug. A^ern. Joivansi. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, CooJcc\; Koina Valley below Mahablcsh war, where it forms 

 large masses on the branches of trees, Cooke !, H. 31. Blrdwood. S. M. Country : 

 Rtlmgliat, on Janibnl trees, Dahdl ^- Gibson. Kanara : Sampkhand (N. Kanara), 

 Woodrow. — DiSTRiB. India (Sikkim, Khasia Hills, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Java. 



2. Dendrobium microbolbon, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 

 V. 15 (1841) p. 19, t. 8. A small epiphyte. Pseudobulbs small, i-f in. 

 long, ovoid, crowded, covered with a network of fibres formed by 

 decaying membranous sheaths. Leaves usually 2 from the top of the 

 pseudobulb, very soon falling, rather thick, 2-3 by 5-| in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute. Flowers 4-10, in racemes 1-3 in. long (including the 

 scape); bracts -^-^ in. long, lanceolate; pedicels and ovary together 

 I in. long in flower, slender. Sepals white ; lateral sepals \ in. long 

 by -jIq in. broad below the middle from where it is decurrent into the 

 mentum, falcately tapering to a subacute point ; dorsal sepal i by -^.^ ^^^m 

 lanceolate, obtuse, veined. Mentum {spur) stout, ■!■ in. loug, slightly 

 curved. Petals white, \ by jL in., oblauceolate, obtuse. Lip pink with 

 darker veins, \ in. long and as broad as long, suborbicular in outline, 

 3-lobed ; side lobes small, subacute ; midlobe about yV in. long, truncate 

 or slightly emarginate, crenulate, the disk with a pair of fleshy keels 

 each terminating in front in a short triangular point. Capsules large 

 for the size of the plant, \ in. long, broadly ellipsoid, smooth (not 

 ribbed), on a slender pedicel ^ in. long. PI. B. I. v. 5, p. 716; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 261; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 518; 

 Gammie, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 16, part 4 (1905) p. 567. Dendrohium 

 humile, Wight, Icon. v. 5, part 1 (1852) p. 5, t. 1643. D. crispum, Dalz. 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 111. — Plowers : Dec-Mar. 



Konkan: StocJcsl, Dalzelll; throughout the Ghats and Konkan, Gflwrne. Dkccan: 

 Mahableshwar, Cookel, Fairbank ex H. M. Birdwood ; Lanoli, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peiiinsula). 



3. Dendrobium Mabelse, Gammie, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 16, 

 part 4 (1905) p. 567. Pseudobulbs small, tufted, 2-jointed, ovoid, \ in. 

 long, or as much as 4- jointed and 1| in. long, clothed with a network of 

 fibres. Leaves 2, linear-oblong, reaching 3 in. loug, moderately firm. 

 Plowers 3-4 or more, in racemes which are longer than the leaves and 

 arising between them ; peduncle slender, bracteate at the base and 

 towards the middle ; pedicels including the ovary \ in. long. Sepals 

 white ; lateral sepals \ in. long from a broad base, subfalcate, acute ; 

 dorsal sepal rather more than i in. long by -^^^ in. broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate. Petals white, as long as the dorsal sepal, linear-spathulate. 

 Lip yellowish -green with faint rose -colored blotches and streaks 

 {Gammie), hiuged on the extremity of the foot of the column, sub- 

 orbicular in outline, i- in. long ; side lobes shallow, obtuse ; midlobe 

 suborbicular, jL jn. in diam., fringed with thick white hairs ; disk with 

 a channelled ridge which is free and 2-lobed at the end and extending as 

 far as the lateral lobes. — Plowers : Oct.-Dec. 



S. M. Country : Belgaum Ghats, Gammie ; Oastlerock, Bhiva ! ; Londa, Bhiva !— 

 Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



