Dendrobium."] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 721 



39. 1>. Wattii, Reichb. f. in Gard. Cliron. 1888, ii. 725 ; sheaths 

 sparsely pubescent, leaves linear, flowers on leafless stems subsolitary white, 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate keeled, petals broader than the sepals 

 elliptic-oblong acute, mentum corniform as long as the dorsal sepal straight 

 obtuse, side lobes of lip rounded, disk yellow, midlobe small oblong crisped 

 papillose, ovary terete. D. carinit'erum, var. Wattii, Hook.f. in Sot. Mag. 

 t. 6715. 



MUNNIPORE, Watt. 



Very near cariniferum, differing in the slenderer stems, narrower less coriaceous 

 leaves, larger flowers that are membranous when dry, and the terete ovary. 



40. D. Infundibulum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 16 ; sheaths 

 pubescent above, leaves oblong or lanceolate, flowers few together large 

 white, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals much larger broadly obovate, mentum 

 as long as the sepals funnel-shaped incurved, lip obovate-oblong toothed 

 white, disk golden, side lobes rounded incurved, midlobe large shortly 

 2-lobed. Bot. Mag. t. 5446 ; G-ard. Chron. 1862, 1194 ; III. Hortic. 1874, 

 t. 172 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 50. 



TENASSERIM; on Thoungyun, alt. 4-5000 ft., Lobb, Parish. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 3-5 in., deeply 2-fid. Floivers 3-4 in. diam. ; pedicels 

 1 J in. j bracts i in. Var. Jamesiana, Veitch 1. c. (D. Jamesianum, Eeichb. f. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1869/554; Williams Orchid. Alb. t. 221; Gartenfi. 1867, 549, f. 137; 

 Godef. Orchidoph. 1886, 189, with fig. Flor. $ Pomol. 1869, 187, with fig.), is 

 stouter, more rigid, side lobes of lip rough within, dull red. Var. ornatissima, 

 Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 656, has cinnabar markings ou the lip. 



41. D. formosum, Roxb. in Wall. Cat. 1998; Fl. Ind. iii. 485; 

 stout, sheaths pubescent, leaves oblong, flowers very large in terminal or 

 lateral racemes, sepals oblong-lanceolate acuminate, petals much larger 

 suborbicuiar cuspidate undulate, mentum half as long as the dorsal sepal 

 conical, lip broadly obovate entire, side lobes small rounded, midlobe 

 dilated retuse apiculate, disk golden with 2 tubercled ridges. Lindl. Gen. 



Sp. Orchid. 81 ; in Wall. PL As. Rar. 34, t. 39 ; in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 

 6, 1839, t. 64 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 16 ; Paxt. Mag. vi. p. 49, with fig. ; 

 Fl. des Serres, t. 226, t. 1633-4 (var. gigantea} ; Williams Orchid. Alb. vii. 

 t. 308 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 44, with fig. ; Ann. de Gand, 1848, t. 171. 

 D. Infundibulum, Reichb. f. in Gartenfi. t. 1253. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Nepal to Bhotan ; the KHASIA HILLS, ASSAM, and 

 southwards to TENASSERIM and the ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 



Stem 12-18 in., as thick as the little finger. Leaves 3-5 by 1 in., subamplexi- 

 caul. Flowers 3-5 in. diam.; bracts short, ovate. Var. Berkeleyi, Reichb. f. in 

 Flora 1882, 534 ; in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 110, 210, has smaller flowers, shorter 

 petals, and a narrower lip. Var. sulphurata, Hook, ex Reichb. f. 1. c. 1882, ii. 437, 

 has the throat of the lip sulphur-cold. Var. gigantea, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 

 1882, i. 369, f. 54, is a large state. 



42. D. Williamson!, Day fy Reichb. /. in Gard. Chron. 1869, 78 ; 

 sheaths and leaves puberulous, leaves oblong or lanceolate, flowers 1-2 on 

 a short bracteate peduncle, sepals lanceolate acuminate, dorsal ovate acute, 

 petals hardly broader oblanceolute, mentum funnel-shaped nearly as long 

 as the dorsal sepal, side lobes of lip rounded, midlobe orbicular ciliate, 

 disk obscurely 3-ridged. 



ASSAM, Williamson. KHASIA HILLS, Gallatly (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.). 

 Stem 6-8 in., stout, sometimes fusiform. Flowers yellowish without, white 

 within, except the yellow lip, which is often dashed with red within. 



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