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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Dendrobium—continued. 
Fic. 326. FLOWER OF DENDROBIUM AUREUM, 
D. bigibbum albo-marginatum (white-margined). A variety 
having whitish edges to the flowers. 1892. (L. vii., t. 517.) 
D. bracteosum (bracteate). jl. purple, with a yellow lip, 
marked reddish on the front margins, grouped in capitate masses ; 
sepals triangular, keeled, the spur about two-fifths the length 
of the free part of the lateral sepals, rather blunt ; petals 
narrower, oblong, acute; lip nearly spathulate, a little convex 
on the upper sides, much thicker at the base; bracts nearly 
as long as the flowers. New Guinea, 1886. (LL. ii. 74.) SYN. 
D. chrysolabrum. 
D. breviflorum (short-flowered), A synonym of D. bicameratwm. 
D. brisbanense (Brisbane). A synonym of D. gracilicaule. 
Fig. 327. FLOWER OF DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM. 
D. Brymerianum histrionicum (actor). /., lip having 
“sometimes a beard, sometimes none, like a comedian.” 
Autumn. A flower of the typical species is shown in Fig. 327. 
D. calamiforme (quill-like). A synonym of D. teretifolium. 
D. Calceolaria (Calceolaria-like). This is the correct name of 
D. moschatum. 
D. capillipes (hair-stemmed). jl. bright golden-yellow, in short 
racemes. ih. 6in. Moulmein. A curious species, resembling a 
pigmy form of D. albo-sanguineum. It succeeds on a block or in 
a basket. (R. X. O. ii. 169, f. 4-6.) 
D. cariniferum lateritium (brick-red). J, poke light 
pels petals white; lip brick-red, with a yellowish front lobe. 
D. c. Wattii is now classed as a species. 
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Dendrobium—continued. 
D. carnosum (fleshy). 1. lined with red, solitary ; limb of the 
lip emarginate. J. oblong, rather obtuse, fleshy, mucronate. 
Pseudo-bulbs two-leaved, oblong, suleate. Java. 
D. chloropterum (green-winged). /l., sepals and petals light 
green, streaked red outside, and with broken lines of darker 
colour inside ; lip pent reddish, with darker lines, the front lobe 
with a light yellowish border, the callus white ; column whitish ; 
peduncle loosely few-flowered . narrow-oblong, bilobed at apex. 
Pseudo-bulbs fusiform. New Guinea, 1815. (J. B. 1878, 196.) 
D. chrysanthum anophthalmum (eyeless). A distinct variety, 
ee no blotch on the lip, such as are seen in the type. 
D. chryseum (golden). jl. golden-yellow, almost orange, with a 
few faint crimson lines on the side lobes of the lip, solitary or in 
racemes of two or three; sepals oblong ; petals broadly elliptic, 
almost as broad again as the sepals; lip orbicular, pubescent, 
with a minutely fimbriated margin, obscurely three-lobed, the 
small side lobes rolled over the very short column; spur short, 
obtuse. 7. from the uppermost joints only, linear-lanceolate, 
3in. to 4in. long. Stems terete, erect, lft. to 2ft. high. Assam 
and Bhotan, 
D. chrysocephalum (golden-headed). /l. deep golden-yellow, 
otherwise closely resembling D. viridi-rosewm ; racemes densely 
many-flowered, capitate. Stems nearly terete, of a pleasing 
green. Habitat not recorded, 1892. 
D. chrysocrepis (golden slipper). . golden-yellow, with a 
deeper lip, 14in. in diameter, solitary on short, slender peduncles 
from old, leafless stems; dorsal sepal and petals similar, 
obovate, concave; lateral sepals ovate, more spreading; lip 
somewhat pear-shaped, ventricose, velvety, the inner surface 
densely clothed with reddish hairs. March. J. three or more, 
elliptic-lanceolate, pointed, 2in. to 3in. long. Stems slender, 6in. 
to 10in. long, dilated above into flattened, leafy pseudo-bulbs. 
Moulmein, 1871. (B. M. 6007.) 
D. chrysolabrum (yellow-lipped). A synonym of D. bracteoswm. 
D. chrysotis. The correct name is D. Hookerianwin. 
D. chrysotoxum suavissimum (very sweet-scented). 
correct name of D. suavissimum. 
D. ciliatum (ciliated). . lin. across, many in pseudo-terminal 
and lateral raceines; sepals and petals pale yellow, the former 
linear-oblong, the lateral two faleate, the petals linear, 
dilated at apex; lip deep yellow, streaked obliquely with 
reddish-brown from either side of the trilamellate disk, 
obscurely lobed, triangular, incurved at the sides, the anterior 
lobe yellow-ciliate. October and November. J. sessile, oval- 
oblong, gradually narrowing upwards, Sin. long, deciduous. 
Stems tufted, lft. to 14ft. or more in length. -Moulmein, 1863, 
(B. M. 5430; W. O. A. 454.) 
D. cceleste (celestial-blue). jl. described as “‘ dark blue, fleshy, 
with the ovary and spur pole sepals and petals ovate, sub- 
equal ; lip obovate, blunt. Philippines (?), 1897. 
D. Coelogyne (Ccelogyne-like). jl. very large; sepals and petals 
yellowish, mottled with red, the sepals 24in. long. acuminate ; 
the petals narrower ; lip deep dull purple, the side lobes narrow, 
the midlobe trapezoid-ovate. 7. broadly elliptic-oblong, notched, 
din. to 6in. long, very coriaceous. Pseudo-bulbs very stout, 14in. 
to 2in. long. oulmein, 1894. 
D. coerulescens (bluish). A variety of D. nobile. 
D. compressum (compressed), A synonym of C. lamellatum. 
D. cruentum (blood-red). (. whitish, with a strongly-marked 
cinnabar callus ; sepals triangular, acuminate, the lateral ones 
with a nearly rectangular chin; petals linear, acuminate; lip 
deeply trifid, the side laciniz falcate, er-ct, the middle one ovate, 
apiculate ; column broader at the base than at the tridentate top. 
Z. oblong, obtuse, bilobed. Stems suleate. Malaya, 1884. 
(W. O. A. 174.) 
D. crumenatum (pocket-like). i. white, lin. to 1sin. long, many 
on the leafless ends of the branches; mentum equalling the 
lateral sepals; lip having a primrose disk and sometimes pink 
veins. J. 2in. to 3in. long, oblong, obtuse, notched. Stem 2ft. to 
3ft. high, stout, fusiform at base. Tenasserim, &c., 1823. 
(B. M. 4013.) 
D. cucullatum is a variety of D. Pierardii. 
D. c. giganteum (gigantic). A synonym of D. primulinum 
giganteum. 
D. cucumerinum (Cucumber-like). jl., sepals and petals 
yellowish-white, streaked with reddish-yellow, about 4in. long; 
lip shorter. 7. terminal, fleshy, above lin. long, about as thick 
as the stem, ribbed, resembling alittle cucumber. Stems tufted, 
ed aa long. New South Wales, 1841. (B. M. 4619; B. R. 
1843, t. 37. 
D. cumulatum (crowded). jl. rosy-purple, suffused white, lin. 
in diameter, collected into crowded, sub-globose corymbs ; sepals 
and petals oblong; lip obovate-oblong, longer and broader than 
the petals, prolonged at base into a slightly curved, obtuse spur ; 
rachis and pedicels deep reddish-purple. Autumn. J. oblong, 
acuminate, Sin. to 4in. long. Stems tufted, slender, pendulous, 
14ft. to 2ft. long. Moulmein, 1867. (B. M. 5703.) 
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