PLATE 2028. 
DENDROBIUM BOLBOFLORUM, Fale. 
OrcHIDEX. Subtribe DENDROBIEA. 
D. (Breviflores) bolboflorum, Fale. mss. ex Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 729; 
caulibus elongatis v. subfasiformibus, ly oblongis V. oblongo-lanceo- 
late truncato subtrilobo, lobis (v. angulis) lateralibus acutis interme dio 
parvo late triangulari carunculato et pubescente, disco plica transversa 
utrinque instructo, columne pede 3-carinato. 
H: Sikkim Himalaya; Rungbee, alt, 3,000 feet. Clarke ; Darjeel- 
ing, ait. 7,000 feet, Gamble. 
Caules fasciculati, curvi v. flexuosi, internodiis 1-1} poll. ne 
cylindraceis v. me edio incrassatis et crassitie pennese anseri ine, no 
ris bis. ecco instructis. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, sbperinliay 
nervosa. Flores 4 poll. lati, flavo-virides, pedicellis brevibus, bracteis 
scariosis. Colwmna brevissima 
Clarke, from examination of fresh specimens in Sikkim, describes the 
column as very short with two produced spurs at _ _ I have so 
described it in the ‘ Flora of British India ;’ but on reful examina- 
tion of the column I am disposed to think that the hitaias keels of the 
foot of the column have been a for spurs, or may assume the 
form of spurs in living specimen e appearance of the callion the 
lip in the Rie eM fig. 3, is oedaue by the folds on the disk of that 
organ.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same with the lip removed. 3. Lip. All enlarged. 
