312 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Dendrobium—continued. 
petals very small, nearly rhombic ; lip cuneate-dilated, or blunt- 
retuse or trilobed at apex with rhombie 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, 1383 
D. Linguella (small tongue). jl. probably rosy, the anterior 
art of the lip yellow, closely resembling those of D. aduncum, 
ut the lip is totally distinct in its double, lamellar appendages 
at the base. Malayan Archipelago, 1882. 
D. Loddigesii (Loddiges’). A synonym of D. pulchellum. (B. i. 5; 
L. B. C. 1935.) 
D. Lowii pleiotrichum (many-haired). A variety wanting the 
cere on the lip, and having short hairs on the basal lobes. 
D. luteolum chlorocentrum (yellowish-spwred). ji. pale 
primrose, having greenish hairs on the disk of the lip. 1883. 
(G. C. n. s., xix., p. 340.) 
D. MacCarthiz. A flower of this Cingalese species is shown 
in Fig. 333. 
Dendrobium—continued. 
D. macrophyllum (of Lindley). A synonym of D. superbum. 
D. macrostachyum (large-spiked). #. yellow, fragrant, lin. 
long, two or three on a short peduncle; sepals and petals 
recurved, sometimes tinged with pink; lip veined with purple. 
1. 3in. to 4in. long. Stems lft. to 2ft. long, pendulous, rather 
slender. Travancore, &c. (B. R. 1865.) 
D. marginatum (margined). A synonym of D. xanthophlebium. 
D. McGregorii (Sir Wm. McGregor’s). /l. three or four to a 
stalk ; sepals white, blotched with rose-purple; petals white, 
with a rose-purple line ; lip having two large, blood-purple side 
lobes and a yellow or orange, purple-veined, reniform middle 
lobe. J. two or three, oblong-lanceolate. A. 8in. Habitat not 
recorded. Perhaps not yet in cultivation. 
D. mesochlorum (green-centred). A synonym of D. amenum. 
D. Mettkeanum (Lieut. Mettke’s). /l. pale rose-coloured ; sepals 
and petals narrowed to thin, filiform tails ; lip also very narrow, 
with rounded side lobes and a lanceolate middle one.  /. linear, 
narrowed at base, bilobed. h.10in. Habitat not recorded, 1894. 
D. Mirbelianum (Mirbel’s). 
4. about a dozen in an erect 
Fic. 334. DENDROBIUM NOBILE. 
D. Macfarlanei (Rev. 8. M. Macfarlane’s), A synonym of 
D. Johnsone. 
D. Macrezei (Macrae’s). /l., sepals and petals ochre, spotted dark 
purple ; lip having 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. India, 1885. Syns. 
D. Flabellum (R. X. O. ii., t. 118), D. pardalinum. 
D. macranthum (large-flowered). A synonym of D. superbum. 
D. macrophyllum Dayanum (Day's). A superior variety. 
Borneo. 
D. m. giganteum (gigantic). 1. 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). jl., sepals and_petals 
ochreous-yellow, with dark reddish-brown spots outside; lip 
yellow, with numerous dark brown dots on the outside and 
rather pale markings on the inside of the mid-lacinia, the side 
lacinie marked witha few brown lines, and narrow-triangular 
instead of irregularly square. 
raceme more than lft. long; sepals and petals greenish-yellow, 
with darker lines, narrow, acute, the petals l4in. long; oblo: 
side lobes of the lip enclosing the column; greenish-yellow wit 
brown lines, the ovate, acute front lobe having a pale disk and 
the borders veined with brown. Jl. elliptic. Stems stout, 18in. to 
20in. long. New Guinea, 1890. (1. v., t. 215.) 
D. Moorei (Chas. Moore’s). . pure white; sepals and petols 
inear-lanceolate; lip similar but shorter, and with a small, 
‘riangular 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. The correct name is D. Calceolaria. 
D. moulmeinense (Moulmein). A synonym of D. infundibulum. 
D. niveum (snowy).* 7. snow-white with the exception of a few 
radiating light brown nerves on the base of the side lobes of the 
lip, and a few light green ones near the tooth on the disk, 44in. 
across when expanded. New Guinea, 1889. A distinct and 
beautiful species. 
