742 CXLVIII. oiicniDK.K. (J. I). Hooker.) [Dviui roll urn. 



CHITTAGOKG, Roxburgh. AKRACAN, Benson. DISTRIU. Slum. 



Stems 1-2 ft. ; internodes f-l in., as broad at the nodes. Leaves 4-5 in., 

 membiauous. Flowers 2-2 in. diaui., variable in colour; pedicels 1-1 in. 

 Wallich's specimens of D. polyanthum are indeterminable; they are from Burma, and 

 quite like D. pendulum. I doubt if Liudlev's is the same plant. 

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125. D. Findlrfyanum, Par. & Beichl.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 149 ; in Gard. Ckrbn. 177, i. 334 ; stems flexuous, internodes long clavate, 

 leaves lanceolate, flowers 2 on a very short peduncle from the leafless stems 

 very long pedicelled pale lilac, lip yellow, sepals oblong-lanceolate subacute, 

 petals much broader, mentum subc3 r lindric, lip shortly clawed orbicular 

 from a short convolute base pubescent, tip acute. Sot. May. t. 6438; 

 Warner Orchid. Alb. ii. t. 92 ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 43. 



BUBMA ; in the confines of Siam, Findlay (Parish}. 



Slews 1-2 ft. ; internodes 1-2 - in., compressed, % in. broad above the middle. 

 Leaves 3-1 in., obtuse, acute or unequally notched. Floivers 3 in. diam., widely 

 spreading; pedicels 2-3 in.; bracts short. 



126. D. Falconer!, HooJc. Sot. Mag. t. 4944 ; stems slender much 

 branched pendulous, leaves small 1-3 in. narrow acute, flowers solitary on 

 the subleafless stems rose-cold, or white with purple tips, lip purple and 

 orange, sepals narrowly oblong acuminate, petals ovate-lanceolate, mentum 

 incurved, lip broadly ovate acute or acuminate from a short convolute base, 

 mouth undulate, margins recurved pubescent ciliate. Lindl. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1856, 692 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 1197 ; Beln. Hortic. 1874, t. 15 ; Floral 

 Mag. N. S. t. 226 ; ///. Hortic. N. S. t. 243 ; Linden, i. t. 4 ; Williams Orchid. 

 Alb. vi. t. 257 (var. gigantea) \ Veitch Man. Dendrob. 40; JKeiclib. f. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1876, 688, 689 (var. albidula); 1879, 76 (var. robustd). D. 

 Wardianum, var. assamica, Jennings Orchid, t. 2. 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA, alt. 4000 ft.; ASSAM, KHASIA Mrs., MUNNIPORE and 

 UPPER BURMA. 



Stems 2-3 ft., straggling; iuternodes J-f in., contracted in the middle, stiiuted. 

 Leaves 1-4 in. Flowers 2-44 i n - diam., colour variable ; pedicel 1-li '" ; bracts 

 large, membranous. The var. gigantea rather resembles D. Wardianum, which 

 may prove only a form. 



127. D. Wardianum, Warner Sel. Orchid, i. t. 19; stems stout 

 erect or pendulous, leaves 3-4 in. linear-lanceolate, flowers 1-2 on a very 

 short peduncle from the leafless stems white or tips purple, lip ochreous 

 with maroon blotches, sepals oblong acute, petals twice as broad, mentum 

 rounded, lip clawed, mouth orbicular or ovate subcordate densely pubes- 

 cent, margins recurved, base short convolute. ///. Hortic. xxxvii. t. 277 ; 

 Floral Mag. N. S. t. 212 (var. Lon-ii); Williams Orchid. Alb. iii. t. 113 

 (var. gigantea) ; Reichenbachia i. t. 9 ; Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1876, ii. 

 460 (var. Candida) ; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 83, with Jig. D. Falconeri, 

 var., Sot. Mag. t. 5058. 



ASSAM, the KHASIA MTS. and BURMA. 



Very near and perhaps only a form of Falconeri, from which it is difficult to 

 distinguish .some of the published drawings ; stem stouter, sometimes 1 in. diam., 

 not so nodose. I have referred to this the D. Falconeri, var., sepalis petalisque 

 obtusioribus, of Bot. Mag., which dillVrs from the typical Falconeri (t. 4944) in 

 the much stouter (though long and pendulous) stems,' larger leaves, broader more 

 obtuse sepals and petals, shorter lip with an orbicular limb, and much shorter 

 anther. 



