sepals narrow and curved; the petals being shorter than the sepals, slightly twisted © 
and spreading at the tips. The labellum is three-lobed, the lateral lobes being 
rounded with toothed edges, and the middle lobe broad and rounded with three 
raised lines on the disk. The sepals and petals are white, while the labellum is 
rose-pink with purple veins. It flowers in Autumn. Al. Bl. C2. D2. El (eb). 
F4. 
DENDROBIUM INFUNDIBULUM. Native of Burma. (Illustrated.) 
A handsome species with long (up to 2 feet) rather slender stems which are more 
or less thickly coated with short black hairs. The ovate-lanceolate leaves are 
about 34 inches long, and have hairy sheaths which envelop the stems. The large 
white flowers are produced on pedicels from the apex of the recently matured 
stems. The sepals are acutely ovate, while the petals are somewhat longer and 
rounded. The lip is large, spreading and wedge-shaped, and has a brilliant yellow 
or golden streak towards the throat. A2. Bl. C2. D2. El. (ea) Fl. 
Variety Jamesianum. Very similar to the type, but the marking on the labellum 
is cinnabar red. 
Variety ornatissimum has larger flowers than type. 
Variety carneopticum has the labellum suffused with flesh-pink while the middle 
line is narrower than in the type. 
DENDROBIUM INVOLUTUM. Native of Samoa, 
An interesting species with long (over 4 feet) terete, pendulous stems, brownish 
yellow in colour and clothed with numerous, greyish green leaves, obtusely ovate 
lanceolate in shape, and about 3 inches long. The racemes appear from the stems 
on the opposite side from the leaves, and carry two medium-sized flowers with 
lanceolate dorsal sepals and triangular lateral sepals, while the petals are narrow 
and pointed. The sepals and petals are incurved and twisted. The labellum is 
short and rhomboidal in form. Generally the colour is yellowish, but often salmon 
coloured. A4. B2. C2. D2. El (ea) F7. 
DENDROBIUM JAMESIANUM. 
A variety of D. infundibulum (q.v.). 
DENDROBIUM JAPONICUM. 
(Syn. D. monile q.v.) 
DENDROBIUM JOHANNIS. Native of Cape York Peninsula. 
A pretty species, but shy of flowering in cultivation outside its habitual latitude. 
The fusiform stems grow in clumps and attain a length of a foot or more and 
are roughly 2/5 of an inch in diameter in the middle. The few leaves they bear 
at the terminals are lanceolate, pointed and slightly notched at the apex. The 
racemes come from the axils of the leaves on the recently matured stems and 
occasionally from the lateral nodes of the older stems. They carry a dozen or 
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