Dendrolium.'] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 717 



TENASSEKIM, Wallich, Lobb, Parish. 



Stem 12 in. Leaves as long, rather coriaceous. Scape rather stout ; flowers 

 white ; sepals -- 1 in. long ; lip rather shorter, inserted above the base of the short 

 nientum. 



22. I>. pygrmeeum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1999 ; Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 85 ; 

 in Hot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 62 ; pseudobulbs tufted ovoid, leaves 2-3 linear, 

 scapes many terminal and lateral erect short dense-fld., bracts exceeding 

 the ovary, sepals lanceolate, lateral decurved, petals oblanceolate, mentum 

 long acute, lip obovate, side lobes narrow subacute, midlobe triangular 

 crisped, disk with a crenate fleshy ridge. D peguaaum, Lindl. in Jou.ru. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 19. 



SIKKOI HIMALAYA, at the foot of the hills, Gamble. PEGU, M'Lelland. TENAS- 

 BERIM, Parish. DISTRIB. ? Borneo. 



Pseudobulbs -l| iu., of several internodes. Leaves caducous. Scape with 

 raceme I in.; bracts nearly in.; sepals -| in., white or purplish; lip with purple 

 veins. Lindley in Gen. & Sp. Orchid, refers D. pusillum, Don, doubtfully to this, 

 and without a doubt in Bot. Reg., but I think incorrectly (see D. alpestre). 



23. D. panduratum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 19 ; pseudo- 

 bulbs ovoid, leaves subsolitary lanceolate acuminate, scape erect capillary 

 few-fld., bracts minute, sepals lanceolate acuminate, petals oblanceolate, 

 mentum long straight 'acute, lip panduriform, side lobes narrow acute, 

 midlobe short rounded crenulate. Thwaites Enum. 298 (excl. syn.). 



CEYLON; in the Central Province, ascending to 6000 ft., Thwaites. 



Pseudobulb ^ \ in. Leaf 12 in. Scapes 1-3 in. ; flowers ^ in. long, very 

 narrow, white tinged with purple ; mentum much longer than the dorsal sepal, lip 

 inserted much above its base. 



24. D. Diodon, Eeichb.f. in Linn tea xli. 89; pseudobulbs crowded, 

 leaves linear-oblong unequally notched coriaceous, scapes 1-2 terminal few- 

 fid., bracts ovate acuminate rather shorter than the pedicel/sepals lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, petals subfalcately linear-oblong, mentum obtuse 

 incurved notched, lip as long as the sepals, claw narrow dilating into a 

 nearly rounded reticulately nerved limb, side lobes -with short acute fronts, 

 midlobe broad crenate and crisped, disk with a depressed channelled ridge 

 with a notched tip. D. albidulum, Thwaites in Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 88. 



CEYLON ; at Hakgalle, Thwaites. 



Pseudobulbs ^ in., pyriform, of several internodes, at first enclosed in membra- 

 nous sheaths. Leaces 1-J in., base narrowed. Scape with the raceme 1-1 in.; 

 pedicels J in.; sepals as long, and lip? white. The specimens are few, and flowers 

 far advanced. 



25. D. nanum, Hoolc.f. Ic. PI. t. 1853; pseudobulbs ovoid, leaves 

 2-3 elliptic-lanceolate, scapes 1-2 terminal many-fid., bracts shorter than 

 the pedicels, sepals subeqnal, dorsal oblong-lanceolate obtuse, lateral ovate- 

 lanceolate decurved, petals linear-oblong obtuse, mentum incurved obtuse, 

 lip long-clawed limb suborbicular serrulate, side lobes small, midlobe 

 rounded disk with a broad depressed fleshy truncate ridge. 



MALABAR ; on the Bababoodan Hills, Law. 



Pseudobulbs ^ J in. Leaves 11^ in., obtuse or subacute. Scape and raceme 

 1J-3 in.; pedicel and ovary |-f iu. ; bracts lanceolate; flowers f in. diam., white? 

 lip glandular ?-serrate ; column very short. 



26. D. miserum, ReicJil.f. in Ganl. Cliron. 1869, 381; pseudobulbs 



