Den(li-uln'iun.] cxmn. ouciiiDEvE. (J. 1). Hooker.) 737 



\Vartier Orck. Alb. vii. t. 319; Veitcli Man. Dendrob. 58, with fig. ; Wain. 

 Ann. vi. 290. 



CEYLON ; in forests between Ratnapoora and Galle, Thwaites. 



Stems 1-2 ft., interm-des 1^-2 in., mott'ed. Leaves 2|-4 in., thin. Racemes 

 2-3 in.; rachis stout, flexuous ; bracts A in. ; flowers 3-t in. long, flattened dorsally, 

 not spreading widely ; d sk of lip dark purple or nviroon. 



108. X>. sphegidoglossum, Reiclib. f. in Bonpland. ii. 58; stems 

 rather slender grooved, leaves linear-oblong, flowers small in fe\v-fll. 

 racemes on the leafless stems white, sepals oblong acute lateral keeled, 

 petals broadly ovate acute erose, mentum short, lip cuneately obovate, 

 lobes subequal short rounded villons and ciliate with long gland -tipped 

 hairs. Walp. Ann. vi. 290. D. stuposum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 

 52, and 1844, 52. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-5000 ft. TENASSKRIM, Parish. 



Stems 6-10 in., internodes 1-1| in. Leaves 3-4 in., rather thin. Raceme - 

 fin.; bracts linear-oblong, obtuse ; flowers i in. long; pedicels capillary; lip white 

 with red veins and a yellow band. 



/3. Flowers solitary or 2-4 on a very short peduncle. 



109. X>. spathaceum, Lindl. in Jo urn. Linn. Soc. iii. 15 ; stems very 

 slender flexuous, leaves lanceolate obtuse, bracts lanceolate, flowers on the 

 leafless stems 1-2 on a short sheathed peduncle white, dorsal sepals linear- 

 oblong acute, lateral lanceolate from a broad base acuminate, petals 

 obovate-oblong obtuse, mentum rounded, lip oblong-lanceolate subacute 

 waved with 2 rounded lobes above the middle, disk between the lobes with 

 2 elongate calli. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; on rocks by the Lichen River, alt. 6-7093 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems 6-10 in ., terete, as thick as a crow-quil', internodes 1-1^ in.; roots fili- 

 form, long and matted. Leaves 3 in., tip obliquely 2-fid. Ftoiver odorous ; 

 pedicel \ in., slender; sheaths of peduncle - in., hyaline. Apparently a very 

 distinct species, with the habit of D. amcenum, of which it is perhaps a narrow-lipped 

 state. The bpecimeus are very scanty. 



110. D. heterocarpum, Wall, in Lindl. Gen. 4" Sp. Orchid. 78; 

 PI. As. Rar. ii. 84, t. 196; stems subclavate suberecb, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, flowers 1-3 on a very short peduncle from the leafless stem 

 white or straw-cold., lip yellow, sepals linear-oblong acute, petals 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, mentum large conical truncate, lip ovate- 

 lanceolate acute recurved, base with incurved sides, disk pubescent. 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 49 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4708 and 4^70 

 (var. HenshaUii) ; Fl. des Serres viii. t. 842 ; Jard. Fleur. iv. t. 386 ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1885, i. 472, fig. 84 B. D. aureum, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 

 77 ; in Bot. Beg. 1839, t. 20 (var. pallid d) ; Wight Ic. t. 1646 ; Veitch Man.. 

 Dendrob. 19 with Jig. ; Reichb.in Gard. Chron. 1880, 72 (var. pl\\l qtphiensfs) ; 

 Reich enbac.hia ii. t. 63. D. rhombeum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 17. 

 Dendrob. sp., Griff. Notul. iii. 304; Ic PL Asiat. t. 306. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards, ASSAM, the KHASIA and PATKOTE 

 Mis., BURMA, MALABAR, and CEYLON. DISTKIB. Java, Philippine Islands. 



Stems 9-18 in., ribbed ; internodes J-l^ in. Leaves 4-5 in., tip oblique and 

 subacute or emarginate. Flowers 2-2| in. diam., fragrant, often tinged with green ; 

 pedicels short; lip variable in colour, yellow, or white with a yellow di>k and ii rod 

 or purple blotches on the disk. 



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