740 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_D<'n<lr<>l>ium. 



118. D. crepidatum, Lindl. in Pa.rt. Fl. Gard. i. 63, fig. 45; stems 

 stout erect, leaves linear-lanceolate acute, flowers 1-3-nate shortly peduncled 

 on the leafless stems long pedicelled white or pink, lip yellow, bracts small, 

 sepals oblong obtuse, petals more obovate, men turn short obtuse, lip 

 shortly clawed orbicular or broadlv obovate ret use pubescent or ciliolate, 

 margins waved. Sot. Mag. t. 4993, 5011 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 33. D. 

 Lawanum, Li-ndl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 10 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. /*7. 

 261. Dendrochilum roseum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. (1852) 291. 



ASSAM and the KHASIA MTS. (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt ). The SOUTHERN CONGAS 

 and CANARA, Dalzell, &c. 



Stems 6-18 in., loosely sheathed, striated greeu nnd white. Leaves 2-3 in., 

 subcoriaceous. Flower* 1 !- in. diam., waxy; pedicels purple; lip with a basal pit 

 and ridge across the claw. A specimen in Herb. Kew marked Garwhal Falconer is 

 perhaps a cultivated one. 



119. D. lituiflcrum, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1856, 372; stems 

 slender pendulous, leaves linear-lanceolate, flowers 1-5 on a short very 

 large-bracted peduncle from the naked stems purple or white with purple 

 and white lip, sepals linear-oblong subacute, petals broadly elliptic, 

 mentum short saccate, lip trumpet- shaped puberulous, mouth large or- 

 bicular, margins recurved. Sot. Mag. t. 6050; Warner Sef. Orchid, ii. 

 t. 3; Seiclib. f. Xen. Orcf.id. iii. 36, t. 214; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 54; 

 Gartenfl. t. 1086 (var. Favmeri). D. Hanburyanum, Reichb.f. in Bonpland, 

 iv. 329. 



ASSAM, RANGOON and BURMA, Griffith, &c. 



Stems 12-24 in. ; internodesl-l| in., very smooth. Leaves 3-4 in. long. Flowers 

 2 2-i in. di;un., variable in colouring; bracts 5 in., white, scarions ; tube of lip -| 

 fin., purple and white ; limb upcurved, deep purple within, with a broad whiie 

 ring within the purple margin. Var. Candida, K. f. in G. C. 1S80, 5. 586, has white 

 flowers with a pale yellow lip. Var. Freemanii, R. f. 1. c. 1887, 744, has short stift" 

 stem?, and purple sepals and petals. 



120. D. nobile, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 24 ; Serf. Orchid, t. 3 ; in 

 Sot. Beg. 1844, Mi sc. 48 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 12; stems erect com- 

 pressed, leaves oblong obliquely notched, flowers 2-4 subracemose on a 

 short peduncle from the leafing or leafless stems purple or white with 

 purple tips and lip, sepals linear-oblong obtuse, petals much broader, 

 mentum short broad, lip subsessile "broadly ovate-oblong pubescent, 

 margins recurved, baee shortly convolute. Part. Mag. vii. t. 7; Hartm. 

 Parad.iA. 11; Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. xvii. 366; Williams Orchid. 

 Alb. t. 214; Heichenbachia ii. t. 58 (var. Sandersiana) ; Vtitch Man. Den- 

 drob. 63, with Jig. and var. nobilius, 64. D. coorulescens, Wall, in Lindl. 

 Serf. Orchid, t. 18 ; Bot. Eey. 1. c. D. Lindleyanum, Griff. Notid. iii. 309 

 {exrl.Jig.)\ Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 13. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikldm, ascending to 5000 ft., J. D. H. ; Bhotan, Griffith. 

 The KHASIA MTS., Gibson, &c. DISTRIB. China. 



Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves 3-4 in., coriaceous, " persistent for 2 years," J'eitch. 

 Floivers 2i-3 in. diam., variable in colour, almost racemose ; bracts oblong, | in.-- 

 A multitude of varieties have been described, and of hybrids especially with /). 

 heterocarpum (see Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1884, 338, 445, 576, and Veitch Man. 

 Dendrob. 63). 



121. D. Parish!!, Prirhl.f. in Bot. Xfil. 1S63, 2:>7 ; Xn,.. Orch'nl. ii. 

 ll (l . t. 152; stems stout dectirved, leaves oblong-lanceolate, bracts rather 



