750 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE.E. (J. 1). Hooker.) [Dendrobium. 



lateral raceme (yellow), bracts minute, sepals small ovate obtuse spreading, 

 petals much broader ovate, base cuneate, mentum subglobose, lip shortly 

 clawed transversely oblong from a short subconvolute base, disk concave 

 pubescent, margin quite entire ciliolate. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7411 A ; in 

 Eot. Reg. t. 1695; Bot. Mag. t. 3643 ; Paxt. Mag. vi. t. 145 ; Veitch Man. 

 Dendrob. 15. D. Lindleyi, Steud. Nomenc. i. 490. D. Jenkinsii, Wall. 

 in Bot. Beg. 1839, t. 37 ; Warn. Sel. Orch. ii. t. 28 ; Veitch 1. c. 50 ; Walp. 

 1. c. 307. , 



ASSAM, Jenkins ; ARRACAN, MABTABAN, TENASSERIM and PERAK. DISTBIB. 

 S. China. 



Stems lj- 2 in., angled. Leaf 2-3 by 1 in. Raceme from the axil of a small 

 scale; flowers at first primrose, at length orangv, 1 in. diam.; column yellow. 

 Capsule 4 in., fusiform. A plant now flowering at Kew shows both aggregation utd 

 Jenkinsii in the same clump. 



153. D. chrysotoxum, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1847, under t. 19 and t. 36 ; 

 stems short grooved, leaves 2-8 oblong to lanceolate, tip 2-fid, flowers many 

 in lateral slender decurved racemes (golden, lip orange streaked or blotched 

 with red), sepals oblong obtuse, petals twice as large, mentum rounded, 

 lip orbicular pubescent, base convolute, margin pectinately fimbriate. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5053; III. Hortic. 1858, t. 164; 7 'eiteh Man. Dendrob. 29 ; 

 Benson in Gard. Chron. 1870, 796 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 305. D. suavissimum, 

 Rtichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1874, 406 ; Xen. Orchid, iii. 2, t. 202; Warn. 

 Orchid. All. t. 13. 



ARRACAN and BURMA, on the hills and plains. 



Stems 3-15 in., very variable, from subglobose to narrowly clavate. Leaves 

 3-4 in., coriaceous Racemes 6-9 in. ; flowers 2 in. diam D. suavissimum is regarded 

 by Veitch as a variety with shorter stouter stems and broader leaves. 



154. D. Farmer!, Paxt. Mag. xv. 241, with fig. ; Fl. Gard. iii. 104 ; 

 stems erect ciavate 4-5-grooved, leaves 2-4 elliptic or oblong, flowers many 

 in lax pendulous lateral racemes golden or pink with yellow lip, bracts 

 small, sepals ovate-oblong, petals much broader, mentnm rounded, lip 

 shortly clawed orbicular with lateral inflexed folds pubescent, margin erose. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4b'59 ; Fl. des Sevres vii. t. 741 ; Jard. F/eur. t. 307 ; 

 Pescatorea i. t. 4; Gartetijl. t. 595; Jennings Orchid, t. 24 ; Veitch Man. 

 Dendrob. 42, with Jig. D. densirlorum, var. Farmeri, Regel Gai'tenfl. t. 788. 



TROPICAL EASTERN HIMALAYA, and ASSAM to BUHMA. 



Stems 10-18 in., 4-angled, base slender. Leaves 4-8 in., coriaceous, striate. 

 Flowers 2 in. diam., variable in colour, sepals and petals usually pink or golden 

 yellow tinged with pink, disk ochreous. There are two principal varieties ; aureo- 

 jtava, Bot. Mag. t. 545L ; Williams Orchid. Alb. iii. t. 99; and albijlora, Belg. 

 Hortic. 1860, t. 21 ; Gartenfl. 1868, t. 595 ; Fl. des Serres 1882, t. 2461. 



155. D. palpebrae, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 33; stems clavate 

 4-angled, leaves 3-5 oblong-lanceolate acute, flowers in loose lateral racemes 

 (white or rose, disk of lip orange), bracts small, sepals oblong, petals broader 

 clawed ciliolate, mentum rounded, lip oblong softly downy, base shortly 

 clawed convolute and villously fringed. Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 48 ; Veitc/i 

 Man. Dendrob. 67. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; in the Tccsta Valley (Ic. in Nerb. Calcutt.}. BURMA, 

 Lobb, B<rbeley. 



^/IHS 7-9 in. Leaves 4-6 in. Flowers 1.^-2.1 in. diam., faintly fragrant. 

 Near D. densiflofunt, but bracts very different. Nearer JJ. (ir'iffithiutiuni, but 

 mentum short. 



