ORCHIDACEjE 



(1842) Misc. p. 58 (1846), t. 15. The Gardeners' Chronicle (1886, 

 1 : 726) informs us that this species was originally introduced from 

 Manila, but I do not find any authoritative source which warrants 

 such a statement. Under t. G784 of the Botanical Magazine Sir 

 J. D. Hooker made the following significant statement: " It is a 

 remarkable fact that though first published forty years ago, the 

 native country of D. aduncum has hitherto been a mystery, Wal- 

 lich having sent it from India under the name it bears with no 

 further information." The species is figured in King & Pantling's 

 work on the Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya. I have not seen 

 any Philippine material referable to this species, and I doubt very 

 much if it has ever been found on the islands. 



5. Dendrobium albayense Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 7 : 14. 

 Luzon, Negros, Mindanao. 



6. Dendrobium aloefolium Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. 6 : 279. 

 Kranzlin refers D. Merrillii Ames to this species, but without 

 right. D. aloefolium has not been found in the Philippines. Cf. 

 Ames in Philippine Journal of Science 4 : 599. 



7. Dendrobium amethystoglossum Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 



(1872) 109; Hook.f in Bot. Mag. t. 5968. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, W. S. Lyon 157. Epiphyte, growing in 

 moss, 1400 meters altitude. Flowers milk white. Labellum deeply stained 

 with amethyst purple. Plant robust, forming clumps of 15 to 20 canes, 

 1 meter tall. 



8. Dendrobium aureum Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 77 (1830). 



D. heterocarpum Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 78. 



Luzon, Mindanao. 



Also tropical Himalaya, Malabar Coast, Ceylon, Burma, Java. 



9. Dendrobium auroroseum Reichb. f Bonpl. 5 : 56. I only 

 know this from the original description. J. J. Smith refers it to 



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