Desmotrichum. | Orchidacee. 273 
For Denbrobium Sw. read: 
Stem branched  . ; : : ; . 3a. DESMOTRICHUM. 
Stem not branched ; : : : : . 4. DENDROBIUM. 
3a. DESMOTRICHUM Blume. 
Shrubby epiphytes, with pendulous branched stems, and 
the terminal internodes of each branch developed into an 
oblong flattened pseudobulb with one coriaceous leaf; fis. 
fugacious I-3 at a time from a tuft of bracts below the leaf; 
sepals and petals lanceolate; mentum short, conic; lip tri- 
lobed; mid-lobe long and dilated. —Sp. about 30. 
For Dendrobium Macraei Lindl. read: 
Desmotrichum fimbriatum Blume Bijdr. p. 329 (1825); 
Kranzl. Orchidacez in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV, 50, II, B. 21 p. 354 
(1910). Dendrobium Macraei Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p- 75 (1830). 
Hantane. 
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2. Dendrobium panduratum Lindl. 
Balangoda (A. N. Paine). 
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5. BULBOPHYLLUM Thouars. 
Lateral sep. flat. or nearly so; fl. small: 
Fls. solitary, yellowish-green with red spots. 1. B. CRASSIFOLIUM. 
-Fls. two or more: 
Fls. fascicled on the top of the sae 
Fls. orange or pinkish 2. B. PETIOLARE. 
Fls. greenish-yellow : 
Lateral sepals 4-5-nerved 3. B. MASKELIYENSE. 
Lateral sepals 3-nerved 4. B. TRICARINATUM. 
Fls. spicate; purplish . : 5. B. PURPUREUM. 
Lateral sep. concave; fl. large, dull purple 6. B. ELEGANS. 
3. B. maskeliyense Livera in Ann. Perad. X, p. 142 (1926). 
Roots fibrous, long. Pseudobulbs naked, o-2 in. diameter. 
Leaves on the apex of the pseudobulb, apex retuse unequal, 
“margins entire, surface shining above and dull below. 
Leaves tough, leathery 0-5 in. to 0-8 in. long, 0-2-0'3 in. 
broad. Scape 0-7-1 in. long. Bracts minute. Flowers about 
o-1 in. long. Dorsal sepal 0-2 in. long. Lateral sepals 0-2 in. 
long, broader than the dorsal sepal. Petals o-1r in. long, 
margins crisped. Column winged. Lip fleshy, folded back 
on the column, which is much shorter than the lip. 
Maskeliya (S. B. Stedman). Fl. August. 
Endemic. 
This description closely follows that of Livera, as the dried speci- 
mens are very poor. 
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