+ 
188 ORCHIDACEE. — [ Denprosrom 
is perhaps a cultivated one.” This evidently refers to the two scraps 
of D. crepidatum glued down on the same sheet with Falconer’s 
specimens of D. primulinum. There is also on the same sheet 
Falconer’s original ticket referring to the specimens of D. primulinum 
and bearing the manuscript name of D. petrocarpum. Both D. 
primulinum and D. crepidatum were found by Falconer, and they 
were no doubt cultivated in the Saharanpur Garden and sent thence 
to Kew under one name. The supposition that D. primulinum 
was ever found wild in Sikkim is probably an error. 
3. D. Pierardi, Roxb. in Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 9; Fl. Ind. iii, 483 ; 
F. B. I. V, 738; Prain Beng. Pl. 1009; K. & P. in Ann. R. Bot, 
Gard. Calc. viii, 51, t. 72 ; Duthie id. ix, pt. 2, 97. 
Stems slender, pendulous, 2-3 ft. long. Leaves sessile, 2-5 in. long, 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, caducous. Flowers 
about 14 in. across, solitary or 2-3 together, on very short minutely 
bracteate peduncles which proceed from the slightly swollen nodes 
of the leafless stems, rose-coloured or pale-purple, the lip yellow 
with purple radiating veins at the base. Sepals subequal, oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute. Petals elliptic, obtuse, as long as the sepals, 
but broader. Lip sub-orbicular (when spread out), without side- 
lobes, the claw very short, edges shortly ciliate on the apical half, 
basal portion convolute, upper surface pubescent. Column about 
équalling its foot in length the latter with a nectary at its extremity. 
Anther with a curved erose lip. Capsule about 2 in. long. 
Dehra Dun, on the banks of the Song river and in the adjacent forests 
(Gamble, Mackinnon). Flowers in May. Disrrip.: Outer ranges 
of the Kumaon Himalaya up to about 3,000 ft., extending eastwards 
to Nepal, Sikkim and the Khasia Hills; also in Assam, Bengal, Chota 
Nagpur and southwards to S. India and Tenasserim, and extending 
to China. 
4. D. Gamblei, King and Panil. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI, 
part 2, 584 ; Duthie in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix, part 2, 99, t. 99. 
,  Siems slender, pendulous, 1-2 ft. long, with short scarious sheaths at 
the nodes. Leaves sessile, up to 3 in. long, subfalcately ovate-lan- 
ceolate, subacuminate, thick, caducous; veins obscure. Peduneles 
solitary or in pairs from the nodes of the leafless stems; floral bract 
very small, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers about 14 in. across, 
inodorous. Sepals and petals subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, with 
reflexed tips, pale greenish-yellow, 5-nerved. Lip about ? in. long, 
