Dendrobium—continued. 
ligulate, acute ; petals much larger, oblong, acute ; lip trifid, the 
side laciniw triangwar, rounded outside, the anterior one linear- 
ligulate, acute; inflorescence lax, more than lft. long. l. oblong- 
ligulate, acuminate. Stems cylindrical, attenuated, many-leaved. 
Sunda Islands, 1882. 
D. leucopterum (white-winged). 
D. linearifolium (linear-leaved). //. white ; upper sepals small, 
oblong, acute, the lateral ones having two mauve-purple lines ; 
petals very small, nearly rhombic ; lip cuneate-dilated, or blunt- 
retuse or trilobed at apex with rhombic side lobes and a retuse 
middle one, the side lobes veined purplish-mauve. /. linear, 
bidentate, more than 2in. long. Stem thin, slender, bearing 
numerous branches. Java, 1883. 
D. linguella (small-tongued). fl. probably rosy, the anterior 
part of the lip yellow, closely resembling those of D. adunecwm, 
but the lip is totally distinct in its double, lamellar appendages 
at the base, Malayan Archipelago, 1882. 
D. Loddigesii (Loddiges’). This is the correct name of the plan 
described on p, 457, Vol. L., as D. pulchellum. (B.i.5; L. B.C. 
1935.) 
D. Lowii pleiotrichum (several-haired). A variety wanting the 
red veins on the lip, and having short hairs on the basal lobes. 
1885. 
D. luteolum chlorocentrum (yellowish-spurred). fl. pale 
primrose, having greenish hairs on the disk of the lip. 1883, 
(G. CG. n.s., xix., p. 340.) 
D. Macfarlanei (Rey. S. M. Macfarlane’s). 4. 4in. to 5in. across ; 
sepals and petals white, the former lanceolate, the latter longer and 
broader, sub-rhomboidal, acuminate ; lip nearly as long as the 
petals, three-lobed, the side lobes white, with a large, purple spot 
at the anterior margin, the middle lobe white, purple at base, as 
is the ligulate, furrowed callus ; column white, bordered purple ; 
racemes ascending, nine to twelve or more-flowered. /. oblong, 
sub-acute, leathery, din. to 4in. or more in length. Stems erect, 
sub-cylindric, 5in. to 8in, high, usually two or three-leaved. 
Papua, 1882. (M. O. iii., p. 159.) 
D. macrophyllum Dayanum (Day’s). 
Borneo. 
D. m. giganteum (gigantic). fl. solitary or twin, 4in. in expanse ; 
sepals and petals rosy-mauve, tinted lilac, the eye (as well as the 
fringed lip) rosy-purple. Manilla, 1886, 
D. m. stenopterum (narrow-winged). In this variety the 
sepals and petals are ochreous-yellow, the outside being marked 
with dark reddish-brown spots ; the lip is yellow, with numerous 
dark brown dots on the outside and rather pale markings on the 
inside of the mid-lacinia, the side lacinize being marked with a 
few brown lines, and being narrow-triangular in shape instead 
of irregularly square. 
D. m. Veitchianum (Veitch’s). The correct name of the plant 
described on p. 455, Vol. I., as D. macrophyllum. 
D, marginatum (margined). 
D. melanodiscus (dark-disked). fl. resembling those of D. Ains- 
worthii ; sepals and petals marked purple at the top; lip having 
a poor purple spot at the top. 1887. Hybrid. 
D. melanophthalmum (dark-eyed). A synonym of D. crassinodi- 
Wardianum. 
D. mesochlorum (green-centred). fl. 1\in. across, in fascicles of 
two or three; sepals and petals white, tinted pale rose-purple 
towards the tip, the former linear-oblong, the latter oval-oblong ; 
lip white, with a large, yellowish-green disk, and a few purple 
streaks near the base, clawed, broadly oblong, rolled over the 
column in the form of a funnel. May. J. linear, acute, 4in. to 
5in. long. Stems slender, l5in. to 20in. long. India, 1847. 
(P. BF. G.i., p. 63.) 
D. micans (glittering). 1. about 3in. in diameter; sepals and 
petals mauve-purple, paler towards the base; lip white, with a 
maroon-purple disk, and a rose-purple blotch at apex. A hybrid 
between D, Wardianum and D, lituiflorwm. 
D. Moorei (Chas. Moore's). jl. pure white; sepals and petals 
linear-lanceolate ; lip similar but shorter, and with a small, 
triangular lobe on each side below the middle ; scapes filiform, 
bearing at their apex a raceme of six to ten flowers. Stems 
terete, 4in. to 6in. long, with three to five oval-oblong, leathery 
leaves at their apex. Lord Howe's Island, 1878. A dwarf, tufted 
species. 
D. moschatum Calceolaria (slipper-like). The correct name 
of the plant described on p. 452, Vol. I., as D. Caleeolaria. 
D. moulmeinense (Moulmein). A synonym of D. infundibulum. 
D. murrhiniacum (purplish). //., sepals and petals snow-white, 
tipped purple; lip with a large, purple, obcordate blotch at 
base of disk, some darker lateral stripes, and a light purple 
apex. A hybrid between D, nobile and D. Wardianum. 
D. nobile alba (white). A trifling variety, with very pale edges 
to the sepals, petals, and tip of the lip. 1884. 
D. n. Cooksonianum (Cookson’s) /!., middle area of the petals 
very deep purple, their tips with purple borders; bases of the 
petals hastate, thickened in the middle and velvety. 1885. A 
grand variety. 
A variety of D. ewosmum. 
A superior variety. 
A synonym of D. xanthophlebium. 
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Dendrohium—continued. q 
D. n, elegans (elegant). //. larger and more symmetrical than in 
the ordinary forms; petals broader, white at the base; zone 
surrounding the maroon disk of the lip pale sulphur-yellow, the 
apical margin rose-purple. 
D. n. formosanum (Hormosi). /!. white, the petals and lip 
tipped with mauve-purple ; ovaries mauve. Formosa, 1883. One 
of the long-stemmed varieties. 
D.n. pallidifilorum (pale-flowered). 
linum. 
D. n. Sanderianum (Sanier's). /., sepals and petais purple, 
the latter white at base ; disk of lip covered by a dark blotch, 
which is surrounded by rosy-purple, except a small white area 
in front, veined purple, and with a white border to the superior 
part. 1684. 
D. n. Schneiderianum (Schneider's). A variety having a 
yellow hue over the lip, and a dark mauve-purple mark at its 
base. 1884, 
D. n, Tollianum (‘Toll’s). /l., petals bordered with purple, and 
spotted and streaked with purple on the disk and at the base. 
1884. A fine variety. 
D. nycteridoglossum (dark-lipped). . produced in fascicles 
on the upper and ultimately leafless part of the stem; sepals and 
petals green, striped very dark red; lip green, with a dark spot 
on the disk, broad, triangular side lobes, and a very short, retuse 
central lobe. Papua, 1886. 
D. Palpebre (eyelids). 7. French white, with an orange-yellow 
disk near the base of the lip, faintly scented like Hawthorn; 
sepals oblong, narrower than the oval petals; lip oblong, with a 
short, convolute claw, downy above, and with a fringe of long 
hairs near the base ; column yellowish; racemes loose, six to ten- 
flowered, produced from the joints immediately below the leaves. 
Late summer. /. oblong-lanceolate, acute. Stems clavate, four- 
angled, attenuated below, 7in. to 9in. long, with three to five 
leaves at their summit. Birma, 1849. 
D. pardalinum (leopard-spotted). /l., sepals and petals ochre, 
spotted dark purple; lip haying a very long stalk, with two long, 
wavy, plicate keels, the front lobe pentagonal, both sides running 
backwards, producing a sagittate appearance. Stem climbing, 
covered with narrow, ligulate, one-leaved pseudo-bulbs. 1885. 
D. Parthenium (Parthenium). fl. white, witha purple blotch at 
the base of the lip; sepals lanceolate-triangular, with obscure 
keels; petals oblong, obtuse, longer than the sepals; racemes 
two-flowered. /. 1ljin. long. Stems thin. Borneo, 1885, 
D. Paxtoni (Paxton’s), of Lindley. A synonym of D. chrysan- 
thum. 
D. percnanthum (black-spotted-flowered). l., sepals and petals 
pale yellow, the former triangular, the chin blunt, the petals 
oblong, obtuse, longer than the sepals; lip white, ligulate, trifid 
at apex, the mid-lobe and borders of the upper part yellow, the 
side lobes blunt-rhomboid, the keels brown and purple ; racemes 
numerous, Stems strong, shining. Moluccas, 1886. 
D. Phaleznopsis (Phalenopsis-like).* /l. about 2in. in diameter ; 
perianth spreading ; sepals pale pink, with reticulated nerves ; 
petals rose-red, much larger, rhomboid-orbicular, acute ; lip dark 
purplish-blood-red, the lateral lobes rounded, the middle one 
tongue-shaped ; racemes pendulous, loosely six to ten-flowered. 
September. J/. alternate, distichous, 6in. to 8in. long. Stems 
tufted, 1ft. to 14ft. high. North Australia and New Guinea. 
(B. M. 6817; G. C. n. s., xxvi., p. 556; W. O. A. iv. 187.) 
D. Pitcherianum (Pitcher’s). /l., sepals and petals pinkish-white, 
tipped purple, the petals having a broad, rosy mid-line from tip 
to base ; lip light sulphur, with purple apex ; disk with a callous, 
abrupt, whitish line in the middle, on either side of which are 
parallel, dark purple stripes. /. somewhat resembling those of 
D. nobile (which is supposed to be one of the parents of this 
hybrid, D. primulinum being believed to be the other). 
D. pogoniates (bearded). ft. small; sepals and petals 
yellowish, the former lanceolate, acute, the latter cuneate- 
oblong; lip orange, with a long mid-lobe, bearded. J. linear- 
lanceolate. Stems fusiform, lft. high. North Borneo, 1886. A 
miniature plant, of more botanical than horticultural interest. 
D. polycarpum (many-fruited), . yellowish, with purplish-red 
borders to the side laciniw; sepals ligulate-triangular ; petals 
longer, ligulate-spathulate; lip having roundish, angulate side 
laciniz, anda rounded, triangular, undulated central one ; racemes 
many-flowered, loose, Stems 3ft. long. Sunda Islands, 1883, 
D. polyphlebium (many-veined). /l., sepals and petals rosy ; 
lip rounded, shorter than the sepals, a little fringed at the 
border, full of stiff hairs at the anterior border, purple-veined, 
with a light brownish-purple area, Pseudo-bulbs 1ft. to Lift. 
long. 1887. Probably ahybrid. (W. O. A. vii. 299.) 
D. porphyrogastrum (purple-bellied). /l. 2in. to din, across ; 
sepals and petals pale rosy-mauve, similar and sub-equal, the 
petals a little more deeply coloured than the sepals; lip pale 
rose-purple and white, with a deep purple, spotted disk, the 
margin ciliolate, the spur short and funnel-shaped. A hybrid 
between D. Huttonii and D. Dathousieanum. 
D. primulinum giganteum (gigantic). /. white, tipped pink, 
A synonym of D. primu- 
