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Dendrobium—continued. i, 
D. Dalhousieanum is identical with D. pulchellum. 
D. Dearei (Col. Deare’s).* 1. white, 24in. in diameter, on whitish 
Dendrobium—continued. 
D. Curtisii (Curtis’). 7. magenta-rose, produced in short racemes. 
Stems tall, erect, slender, leafless ; younger shoots furnished with 
linear-lanceolate leaves. Borneo, 1882. 
Fic. 328. 
D. curviflorum (curved-flowered). 1. white, 1jin. long, axillary, 
solitary, with a faint pink suffusion on the back of the sepals and 
a yellow line down the centre of the lip terminating in a deep 
blotch in front. 7. 14in. to 1fin. long, lanceolate, fleshy. Stems 
terete, 6in. long. Himalayas, 1895. 
D. cymbidioides (Cymbidium-like). 1. medium-sized, showy ; 
sepals and petals ochreous-yellow, linear-oblong, spreading ; lip 
white, blotched purple near the base, much shorter than the 
sepals and petals, oblong-cordate, three-lobed, bearing on the 
disk tubercles arranged in two or three lines or series, the side 
lobes short, incurved, the terminal lobe ovate, obtuse ; cclumn 
short ; peduncles terminal, erect, loosely 
racemose, five- to seven-flowered. Pseudo- 
bulbs ovate or oblong-ovate, angled, bear- 
ing at the summit two oblong, obtuse, 
coriaceous leaves, longer than the pseudo- 
bulbs. Salak, Java, 1852. A rare species. 
(B. M. 4755; G. C. 1896, xix., p. 581, f. 90.) 
D. cymbiforme (boat-shaped). /l. straw- 
yellow, a little whiter on the petals, with 
about five purple stripes on each of the 
sepals and petals (which are about 4in. 
long), and similar lines at the apex of the 
flabellately-dilated lip; raceme axillary, 
two-flowered. April. /. oblong-lanceolate, 
2in. to 24in. long. Stems terete, slender, 
6in. to 12in. long. Sumatra, 1896. 
D. dactyliferum (finger-bearing). 7. 
ochreous-white ; sepals lanceolate, longer 
than the petals; side lacinie of the lip 
long and narrow, going out into angles, 
quite approximate to the thick, square, 
emarginate, anterior blade. Upper parts 
of the stems covered with old, thickish 
pedaneles, the lower parts full of roots. 
abitat unknown, 1884. 
D. D’Albertisii (D’Albertis’). 7. odorous, 
distinctly spurred; sepals pure white; 
petals emerald-green, long, narrow, erect, 
twisted; lip striped magenta-purple; 
racemes erect. Stems square, tapering. 
New Guinea. A dwarf species. (G. C. 
N. S., X., p. 217.) 
DENDROBIUM DEAREI. 
pedicels ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, with recurved tips ; petals 
oval, nearly three times as broad as 
“1 the sepals; lip oblong, obtuse, ob- 
scurely three-lobed, with a _ pale 
yellowish-green, transverse zone be- 
tween the base and the anterior mar- 
gin; peduncles racemose. July and 
August. Stems robust, 2ft. to 3ft. 
long, the upper part clothed with 
sessile, oval-oblong leave 2in. long. 
Philippine Islands, 1882. (M. O. 
iii., p. 37; W. O. A. iii. 120.) See 
Fig. 528. 
D. densiflorum albo-luteum. The 
correct name is D. thyrsiflorum. The 
typical D. densijlorwm is shown in 
Fig. 329. 
D. denudans (naked). fl. usually 
white with red veins on the lip, 
sometimes yellowish with a green lip, 
gin. to lin. long; sepals and petals 
slender; lip much shorter; raceme 
(with scape) 4in. to 6in. long, droop- 
ing, many-flowered. J. 3in. to 6in. 
long, caducous. Stems 4in. to 6in. 
long, sub-erect, clothed with broad 
sheaths. Sub-tropical and temperate 
Himalayas, 1897. (B. M. 7548.) 
D. dicuphum (doubly bent). 77. pink 
or purple, three or four in an erect 
raceme; sepals acuminate, seven to 
eight lines long; petals rather longer 
and broader; lip nearly as long, the 
disk having three raised longitudinal 
lines; peduncle 6in. to 12in. long. 
Z. few on the upper part of the stem, 
3in. to 6in. long. Stems 3in. to 4in. 
long or shortened into a conical 
pseudo-bulb. North Australia, 1895. 
Resembles a miniature D. Phale- 
nopsis. 
D. Diodon (two-toothed). A small- 
flowered, Cingalese s s, of more 
botanical than horticultural interest, 
in cultivation at Kew. 
D. discolor (versicoloured). A 
Synonym of D. undulatum. 
D. erythropogon (red-bearded). fl. whitish-ochre and ochre, 
the keels on the mid-lines well-developed; petals oblong, 
undulated; side lacinize of lip white, edged crimson, much 
developed, blunt, rectangular, the middle one obcordate, 
toothleted, with seven thick, crimson keels on the disk, the 
two outer ones having short, crimson keels on each side; 
column nearly white, with two scarlet spots at base. Sunda 
Islands, 1885. 
D. Fairfaxii (Fairfax’s). jl. white and green, purple on the lip; 
racemes terminal, 4in. long. Pseudo-bulbs Zin. to 4in. long. 
New Hebrides, 1889. A small plant. 
Fic. 329. DENDROBIUM DENSIFLORUM. 
