Dendrobium.] OXLVIII. OROHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 719 



31. Z>. ciliatum, Parish in Bot. Mag. t. 5430; tall, leaves linear 

 unequally notched, scapes strict long terminal and axillary, racemes laxly 

 many- and large- fld., bracts minute, lateral sepals falcate decurved, petals 

 spathulate, mentum short conical obtuse, lip cuneately-oblong, side lobes 

 incurved, midlobe small ovate fimbriate with long clavate hairs on the 

 nerves. Veitch Man. Dendrob. 30. 



TENASSERIM, Parish. ARRACAN, Benson, (fid. Reichb.f.}. 



Stem 12-18 in., terete, leafy above. Leaves 3-4 by ^ in. Scape with the raceme 

 6-8 in., rather stout ; pedicels | in. ; flowers nearly 1 in. long, pale green ; lip 

 yellow-green ; dorsal sepal and petals erect ; side lobes of lip veined with red. In 

 stout habit and large flowers this is very unlike others of the section. 



ff Flowers rather large. Petals much broader than the dorsal sepals. 



32. Z>. chlorops, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 44 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, scapes terminal and axillary stout many-fld., flowers sub- 

 corymbose, lateral sepals oblong obtuse, petals twice as broad obovate, 

 mentum short conic incurved, lip flat, side lobes small rounded, midlobe 

 large subquadrate, disk hairy and with a channelled ridge. Dalz. Sf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 261; Wai p. Ann. vi. 299 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 27. D. bar- 

 batulum, Wight Ic. t. 910. Cymbidium ovatum, Willd. Sp. PL iv. i. 101 . 

 Rhecde Sort. Mai. xii. t. 7. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan to Malabar on the Ghats. 



Stems 12-18 in., sometimes very stout and | in. diam. ; internodes 11^ in., 

 terete. Leaves 1-4 in., caducous. Scapes 3-5 in.; bracts small; flowers white, 

 greenish or yellowish, f in. long, very variable in size and colour. 



33. D. barbatulum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2013 ; Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 

 84; inJourn. Linn. Soc. iii. 20; in Paxt. Fl. Gard. iii. 113, fig. 285 ; leaves 

 narrowly lanceolate acuminate, scapes stout terminal and lateral strict 

 many-fld., lateral sepals lanceolate falcate, dorsal narrow, petals much 

 larger elliptic-lanceolate, mentum conical acute, lip flat, side lobes small 

 short obtuse, midlobe much larger ovate acute, disk hairy. Sot. Mag. 

 t, 5918 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 261 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 21 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 299. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concau to Kurg. 



Stems 1015 in., tapering to the top ; internodes | 1 in., swollen. Leaves 3 

 4 in., caducous. Flowers in. diam., whitish; bracts minute. 



34. D. Fytcheanum, Batem. in Gard. Chron. 1864, 100, and 1863 

 1317 ; erect, leaves linear-lanceolate, racemes terminal and lateral many- 

 fld., sepals lanceolate acute, petals much larger rounded-obovate, mentum 

 long spur-like, lip subcordately obovate, side lobes minute incurved. 

 Veitch Man. Dendrob. 46; Berkeley in Gard. Chron. 1887, 209 (var. rosea). 

 D. barbatulum, Batem. in Bot. Mag. t. 5444. 



ARRACAN, RANGOON, and TENASSERIM, Parish, Berkeleij. 



Stem 12-18 in. Leaves 34 in., deciduous. Flowers 1^2 in. across, white or 

 rosy ; pedicels sheathed ; bracts small. 



** Stems long, copiously branched. Flowers small. 



35. D. herbaceum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. f&40, Misc. 69, and 1844, 

 Misc. 58 ; leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate caducous, racemes terminal very 

 short few-fld., sepals and petals linear-oblong obtuse 3-nerved, mentum very 



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