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DENDROBIUM CATHCARTII, Hook. J. 
OrcHIDEZ. Subtribe DenpRoBIEZ. 
D. (Virgate) Cathcartii, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 728; caulibus 
elongatis foliosis, foliis li neari-lanceolatis apice insequaliter 2-fidis lobis 
obtusis, floribus binis supra-axillaribus, mento breyi incurvo, sepalo 
dorsali ‘ovato-lanceolato acuto, lateralibus e basi lata ovato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis, petalis oblongo- lanceolatis acutis, labello elliptico-oblongo 
v. lanceolato acuto integerrimo, columna breviuscula apice 2-cuspidata. 
Has. Sikkim Himalaya. (Ic. Cathcart et Ic. in Hort. Bot. Calcutt.) 
Caules 12-18 poll. longi, crassitie penne anatine v. anserine, inter- 
nodiis pollicaribus levibus striatis, infimis non incrassatis. Folia 
4-6 poll. longa, $-? poll. lata, multinervia, basi semi-amplexicaulia. 
Flores 4-2 poll. longi, aurei, pedunc culo brevissimo inserti, pedicello 
una cum ovario fere pollicari ; whe nervosa, nervis parallelis ; labellum 
sepalis paullo longius, basi angustatum, 3-nerve, nervo medio valido, 
lateralibus tenuibus marginem versus ramosis; colamna mento sub- 
nies va rie sub-2-cuspidata. 
direction in Sikkim, and now at Kew; nor should I have ventured to 
describe it on this alone, were it not confirmed by another figure in the 
noble collection of drawings belonging to the Calcutta Botanical Gar- 
dens, kindly lent by Dr. King. The species is probably most nearly 
allied to D. bambuscefolium of Tenasserim.—J. D, H. 
Fig. 1. Lateral sepal, petal, and column, 2. Dorsal sepal. 3. Lip. 4, Anther. 
4. Pollen. All enlarged. 
