712 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Dendrubium. 



3-lamellate between the side lobes. Wall. PL As. Rar. i. 25, t. 2l> ; 

 Paxt. Mag. t. 121; Griff. Notul. iii. 307; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 304. Sarco- 

 podium amplum, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 155; Fol. Orchid. 1. 

 Bolbophyllum amplum, Keichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 244. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards, ASSAM and the KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 4-5000 ft. 



Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., oblong. Leaves 4-6 in., often 2 in. broad; petiole |-1 in. 

 Flowers white to dull green and purple; sepals 1^ in. long; midlobe of lip daik 

 purple, variable in size and breadth. 



2. D. fuscescens, Griff. NoluL iii. 308 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 309 ; leaves 

 petioled elliptic or linear- or oblong-lanceolate, sepals ovate-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate, petals shorter very narrow, lip sessile, base lamellate, 

 side lobes oblong, midlobe larger orbicular-ovate acuminate. Sarcopodium 

 fuscescens, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 155 ; Fol. Orchid. 2. Bolbophyllum 

 fuscescens, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 244. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6500 ft., Clarke. KHASIA Mxs., alt. 4-5000 ft., 

 common. NAGA HILLS, alt. 6-7000 ft., Prain. 



Pseudobulbs- ovoid or ellipsoid, i-1-.j in. Leaves 2-4 in. Floivers purplish 

 brown; sepals 1-2 in. ; bracts large, sheathing. 



3. D. rotundatum, Sentli. in Gen. Plant, iii. 499; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong notched, scape shorter than the membranous bracts, sepals and 

 petals subequal erect ovate acute fleshy, lip sessile, base lamellate, side 

 lobes small rounded, midlobe largest. Fol. Orchid. 2. Bolbophyllum 

 rotundatum, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 244. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6-7000 ft., common. NAGA HILLS, Prain. 

 Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., ovoid or ellipsoid, sheathed. Leaves 4-6 in., sessile or 

 petioled. Flowers pale chesnut-brown. 



4. X>. Coelogryne, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1871, 136 ; leaves broadly 

 elliptic-oblong notched, flowers very large, sepals lanceolate acuminate, 

 petals narrower, side lobes of lip narrow, midlobe trapezoidly ovate. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs very stout, lj-2 in. long. Leaves 3-6 in., very coriaceous, sessile 

 or petioled. Flowers tlie largest of the section, yellowish mottled with red ; bracts 

 large, sheathing ; sepals 2 in. long ; lip deep dull purple. 



5. D. long-icolle, Lindl. in Sot. Beg. 1840, Misc. 172; pseudobulb 

 compressed long-necked, leaf linear-oblong obtuse concave, flower solitary, 

 sepals and petals narrowed from a broad base into purple filiform tips, 

 lip ovate, side lobes small, midlobe plaited crisped and lobulate, disk with 

 2 crisped lamellae. Walp. Ann. vi. 302. 



SINGAPOBE, Cuming (cult, in Hort. Loddiges}. 



The only specimen 1 have seen is in Lindley's Herbarium, and consists of a stem 

 as thick as a quill, composed of 2 internodes, each 3-4 in. long, a sessile leaf 5 by 

 I in., and a flower with subfalcate sepals and petals J in. long and three times the 

 length of the lip ; the ovary is 2 in. long, filiform and jointed on the peduncle, bracts 

 eheathiug as long as the ovary, and the pedicel and bract 1 in. The habit is not that 

 of a Cadetia. Only one leaf remains, but there appear to have been two. This is 

 possibly a several-fid . species. 



** Scape several-fid. 



6. D. perakense, Hook. f. ; pseudobulbs short, leaves lanceolate 



