732 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE-E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Dendrobium. 



lip very shortly clawed obovate, side lobes very short acute, rnidlobe large 

 erose, claw naked, column with a tuft of hairs in front. 



INDIA? (Hort. Sailer). 



Very like D, cumulatum in habit, foliage, and inflorescence, but inentum shorter, 

 side lobes of lip smaller, its claw unarmed, and column bearded. Description from the 

 author. 



87. D. hymenanthum, Hook. f. ; flowers solitary ? on the leafing 

 stems very membranous, dorsal sepal ovate obtuse, lateral ovate-lanceolate 

 subacute and elliptic obtuse petals 7-nerved, inentum twice as long as the 

 dorsal sepal nearly straight obtuse, lip with a long slender channelled 

 claw and obovate denticulate limb which has two linear-oblong calli at its 

 base. 



PEEAK, alt. 3400 ft., on Gunong Batu Pateh, Wray. 



Stems 10-12 in., internodes 1 in. Leaves 3-4 by f-f in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, tip oblique. Flowers f in. diam., " white tinted with rose and 

 green," Wray ; column with recurved apical auricles that are 1-toothed on the 

 dorsal margin. 



88. D. ionopus, Eeichl-. f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 808; racemes 

 short, bracts minute, flowers yellow with red blotches, sepals and petals 

 triangular, mentum elongate falcate, claw of lip elongate thick keeled with 

 a flat retrorse tooth, limb dilated and 3-lobed, side lobes obtuse angled, 

 midlobe produced retuse emarginate, column trifid. Description from the 

 author, I. c. 



BURMA (Hort. Low}. 



89. D. Ferula, Reiclib.f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. xxi. 298 ; internodes 

 short green sheathed, flower 2-nate subterminal (of Pedilonium) sulphur 

 with orange veins, dorsal sepal and petals subequal ligulate acute, lateral 

 triangular, mentum oblong ^-lunate saccate elongate anteriorly, lip cuneate- 

 oblong lobulate and crenulate in front, with ^-lunate calli from the thickened 

 veins, column short unifalcate on each side. 



ASSAM {Hort. Day). Description from the author, 1. c. 



Sect. XI. DISTICHOPHYLL^B (see p. 711). 



90. 1>. revolutum, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. xxvi. (1840), Misc. 53 ; stem 

 stout, flowers solitary pedicelled, sepals and petals revolute, dorsal 



, sepal ovate subacute, petals narrower oblong-lanceolate, spur longer than 

 the ovate obtuse lateral sepals, mentum funnel-shaped nearly straight 

 subacute, lip broad, side lobes very small, midlobe rhomboidly suborbicular 

 emarginate, sides deflexed, disk 3-nerved. Sot. Mag. t. 6076 ; Paxt. Fl. 

 Gard. i. 63, fig. 42; Walp. Ann. vi. 291. D. uniflorum, Griff. Notul. iii. 

 305 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 303. 



TENASSERIM, Parish. SINGAPORE, Walker. MALACCA, on Mt. Ophir, Hullett, 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1610). 



Stem 12-18 in., internodes J in., deeply channelled. Leaves 1-2 in., linear- 

 oblong or oblong emarginate, back keeled, very variable in breadth, base cordate. 

 Flowers 1 in. diam., white with a brown lip; pedicel in. 



91. I>. bifarium, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2002 ; stem rather sle'nder, 

 flowers solitary sessile, dorsal sepal ovate subacute 5-nerved, petals 

 lanceolate 3-nerved and sepals erect, mentum longer than the ovate 



