726 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJE. (J. I). Hooker.) [Dendrolium* 



61. 1>. junceum, Li mil. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 11; stem very 

 slender except at the fusiform base branched above, leaves 2-3 in. very 

 slender pungent, flowers 2 at the ends of the branches in. long, meiitum 

 much longer than the linear- oblong very obtuse dorsal sepal broadly obtusely 

 conical, petals linear-oblong, tips rounded, side lobes of lip rounded, midlobe 

 orbicular emarginate, disk scabrid . ReiM.f, in GarcL Cliron. 1873,361; 

 Walp. Ann. vi. 281. 



SINGAPOEE (Hort. Loddiges). DISTEIB. Borneo. 



Stem 12-18 in.; fusiform base 4-5 by in. Flower greeii, lip purple 

 veined. 



62. D. subulatum, HooJc. f. ; stem slender flexuous, leaves ^ in. 

 recurved terete fleshy acute, flowers solitary at the nodes of the leafless 

 ends of the stems ^ in. long, bracts membranous convolute, dorsal sepal 

 and petals broadly oblong obtuse, mentum 3-4 times as long as the dorsal 

 sepal very stout slightly incurved obtuse, lip cuneately obovate, tip 

 obscurely emarginate. Podochilus bicolor, M iq. ChoLr, t. 22, f. 3. 



PERAK, Scortechini. DISTEIB. Java, Borneo. 



Very near D. acerosum, but smaller in all its parts, and with very different sepals 

 and petals. 



63. I>. acerosum, Li-ndl. in Sot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 86; stem rather 

 slender flexuous, leaves | in. recurved subacute fleshy, flowers solitary, 

 bracts 1 in. membranous convolute ovate-lanceolate, petals narrow acnte, 

 mentum twice as long as the dorsal sepal stout incurved obtuse, lip 

 narrowly cuneate, tip dilated retuse waved. Walp. Ann. vi. 281. Aporum 

 subteres, G-riff. in Cede. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 371. 



TENASSEEIM, Parish. SINGAPOBE, Sort. Loddiges. MALACCA, Griffith. 

 DISTEIB. Borneo. 



Stem 6-10 in., including the leafless ends. Flowers -1- in. long, pale rose-cold. 

 Griffith describes the flowers as racemose, but they are solitary in his specimens 

 (in Herb. Lindley). 



64. D. teres, Lindl. hi Bot. JZey. 1840, Misc. Ill ; stem almost 

 filiform, leaves 2-3 in. distant slender obtuse, bracts spathaceous, mentum 

 as long as the ovate-lanceolate acuminate dorsal sepal straight conical 



cuneate truncate serrulate cuspidate, 



slender, petals linear-lanceolate, lip ci 

 ridges 3 crested. Walp. Ami. vi. 281. 



SINGAPOEE, Hort. Loddiges. 



Stem 12-16 in. Leaves ? Flowers f in., fragrant, whitish, tip of the lip orange. 

 Described from scanty materials. 



Sect. VIII. VIRGAT.I: (see p. 711). 

 * Loicer nodes of stem not swollen. Mentum long or short. 



65. D. conostalix, Reichl.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 292 ; leaves suberect 

 linear unequally 2-fid, sheaths hispidulous, flowers small solitary or 2-nate 

 leaf-opposed greenish pendulous from a tubercle-like decurved bracteate 

 peduncle, sepals ovate, lateral revolute, petals narrower linear-oblong, 

 mentum longer than the triangular acute lateral sepals, lip linear-oblong 

 with 2 tooth-like spreading side lobes and a small orbicular thickened 

 midlobe. D. calcaratum, Lindl. in Bot. Rey. 1840, Misc. 89. 



SINGAPOEE and MALACCA, Cuming, Loll, Maingay (Kev; Distrib. 1606). 



