CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 731 



late, stipes of anther long subulate. Near D. KuMii, Liiidl., of Java (Bot. Reg. 1847, 

 1. 17), which has broadly elliptic leave?. 



82. D. cumulatum, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1855, 756 ; stem rather 

 slender, racemes subcorymbose, dorsal sepal subacute, petals much broader 

 obovate or rounded obtuse erose, mentum as long- as the acute lateral 

 sepals subcylindric incurved, lip obovate- spathulate erosely toothed, claw 

 short -with a small tubercle above the base. Sot. Mag. t. 5703; Reichb.f. 

 in Gctrd. Chron. 1868, 6 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 34. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (Ic. in Herb. Calc.}. BHOTAN, Lister, TENASSERIM, Parish, 

 Benson. ? PERAK, Scorteckini. 



Stem 1-2 ft., rather slender, pendulous. Leaves 3-4 in., ohlong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Racemes 3-4 in. long and broad; flowers 1-1^ in. broad, more expanded 

 than in others of the section, rose-cold., vanilla-scented ; lip suffused with yellow, 

 very variable in breadth. 



YAR. Jenkinsii; petals orbicular-obovate, lip with an orbicular-oblong waved 

 limb speckled with red. D. Jenkinsii, T. Anders, mss. Assam (Ic. in Herb. 

 Calcutt.). 



83. D. sang-uinolentum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 73, 1843, 

 t. 6, 1844, Misc. 52; pendulous, flowers on leafless stems 3-5 on a short, 

 peduncle, bracts small, sepals ovate obtuse, petals orbicular-oblong, mentum 

 stout obtuse compressed, lip clawed, side lobes rounded, midlobe quadrate 

 retuse trapezoid or obreniform, claw with a retrorse spine. Veitch Man. 

 Dendrob. 72. 



PENANG (Ic. in Herb. Kew), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1615). 



Stem 2-3 ft., sulcate ; sheaths purplish. Leaves 2-8 in., ovate or lanceolate, 

 red beneath. Peduncle \-% in.; pedicels f in.; flowers 1 in. diam., yellow with 

 violet tips and a red blotch on the lip; mentum as long as the sepals. The Ceylon 

 habitat usually given is an error. An anomalous Pedilonium ; perhaps a ~Eudend.ro- 

 biuin near D. RucTceri. 



84. D. kentrochilum, Hook. f. ; stem subclavate, flowers axillary 

 2-nate, bracts minute, lateral sepals ovate-oblong, petals suborbicular 

 obtuse, mentum very stout, lip clawed rhombic-obovate obscurely sub- 

 equally 3-lobed, claw with a strong spine. 



PERAK ; in the Balang Padung Valley, Wray. 



Stem elongate, iuternodes -.\ | in. Leaves 5-6 by Ij-lJ in., coriaceous, oblong, 

 obtuse. Flowers 1 in. diam., white, not veined ; mentum as long as the broadly 

 obovate dorsal sepal. Like the Bornean D. pictuni (Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1862, 

 548), but the leaves and sepals are obtuse, flowers white, and lip much broader. 



85. D. meg aceras, Hook. f. ; stem terete, racemes very short 3-5- 

 fld., bracts minute, dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong obtuse, petals as large 

 obovate 7-nerved, mentum very long stout, lip membranous clawed 

 cuneate with lacerate shoulders and a small orbicular crenate midlobe, 

 claw with a lamella on the disk. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1613). 



Stem 2 ft., stout. Leaves 3-4 in., rather membranous, lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Peduncle and racfiis of raceme together .V in. ; bracts recurved ; flowers 1-| in. long, 

 " dull yellowish green, spur pinkish " (Ufaingay). 



86. D. rhodocentrum, Reiclib. f. in Gard. Chron. 1872,426; stem 

 stout, racemes subcorymbose, dorsal sepal linear-oblong, petals much 

 broader erose, mentum as long as the acuminate lateral sepals conical, 



