CXXV. OTICIIIDACE^. G85 



Dendrobium nohile, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. (1830) p. 79. A native 

 of the Eastern Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, and China. Stems 

 tufted, 12-20 in. or more long. Leaves 3-4 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 obliquely emarginate. Flowers 2^-3 in. across, variable in color, 

 odorous. Several varieties of this plant have been described. Fl. B.I. v. 5, 

 p. 740 ; Bot. Eeg. (1844) Misc. p. 48 ; Veitch, Man. Orchid. PI. part 3 

 (1888) p. 63; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 474. 



Dendrobium Pansliii, Eeichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. (1863) p. 237. A native 

 of Upper Birma and Tenasserim. Stems thick, 1 ft. or more long. 

 Leaves 3-5 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers usually rose- 

 purple, I5-2 in. in diam. Lip with 2 maroon blotches. Fl. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 740; Bot. Mag. t. 5488 ; Veitch, Man. Orchid. PI. part 3 (1888) p. 68 ; 

 Woodr. Gard. in lud. ed. 5, p. 475. 



Dendrobium aqueum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1843) t. 54. A native of 

 the Nilghiris. Stems 12-20 in. long, decumbent, stoutish, yellowish- 

 green when young. Leaves 3-5 in. long, ovate-oblong, acute. Flowers 

 solitary or in pairs, cream-white except a yellowish disk on the lip. Lip 

 subrhomboid, obscurely 3-lobed. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 739: Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4640. Dendrobium album, Wight, Icon. 1. 1645 ; Veitch, Man. Orchid. 

 PL part 3 (1888) p. 18 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 473. 



Dendrobium Dalhousieanum, Wall. MSS. in Paxt. Mag. v, 11 (1844) 

 p. 145. A native of Sikkim, Assam, and Birma. Stems 3-4 ft. long, 

 spotted with purple when young. Leaves 4-6 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 deciduous. Flowers 4-5 in. across, pale-yellow, veined and tinted with 

 rose. Lip elliptic, concave, obscurely 3-lobed, with a large maroon- 

 purple blotch on each side near the base. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 743 ; Veitch, 

 Man. Orchid. PI. part 3 (1888) p. 35 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 

 p. 474. 



Dendrobium aggregatwn, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 477. A native 

 of Assam, Birma, and China. Pseudobulbs clustered, reaching 2 in. 

 long, 1-leaved. Flowers 1| in. in diam., primrose-yellow when first 

 expanded, changing in age to orange-yellow with a deeper color on the 

 lip. Lip transversely oblong, with a short claw and pubescent disk. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p." 749 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3643 ; Veitch, Man. Orchid. PI. 

 part 3 (1888) p. 15 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 472. 



Dendrobium Far'meri, Paxt. Mag. v. 15 (1849) p. 241. A native of the 

 tropical Eastern Himalayas, Assam, and Birma. Stems 10-18 in. long, 

 clavate, 4-angled. Leaves 2-4, near the summit of the stems, 6 in. long, 

 elliptic-oblong, persistent. Flowers 2 in. across, pale straw-yellow 

 tinted with rose. Lip suborbicular ; disk deep yellow. Fl. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 750; Bot. Mag. t. 4659 ; Veitch, Man. Orchid. PI. part 3 (1888) 

 p. 41 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 474. 



5. CIRRHOPETALUM, Lindl. 



Epiphytic herbs with usually a creeping rhizome but sometimes tufted. 

 Pseudobulbs 1 (rarely 2) -leaved. Leaves when solitary usually coria- 

 ceous and persistent, when geminate usually membranous and deciduous. 

 Flowers hi whorled umbels (in the Bombay species) on scapes rising from 



