Eria.j CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 789 



Pseudobulbs -J-J in. [diam., smooth. Leaves not seen. Scape 2-2| in. ; spike 

 -f in. j bracts T ^ in., hyaline; sepals about as long. 



13. ZS. Dalzellii, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 47; pseudobulbs 

 clustered depressed, scape filiform, spike many-fld. secund, bracts lanceolate, 

 sepals 1-3-nerved, dorsal ovate-lanceolate, lateral falcately ovate or lanceo- 

 late subacute or acuminate, mentum short rounded, petals lanceolate 1-3- 

 nerved, lip small panduriform with 2 thickened nerves meeting near the 

 rounded tip. Dalz. fy Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 262 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 268. E. 

 microchilos, Lindl. I. c. ; Dalz. <fy Cribs. I. c. ; Walp. Ann. I. c. E. filiformis, 

 Reichl.f. 1. c. 268 (in part). Dendrobium microchilos, Dalz. in Hook. Kew 

 Journ. iii. (1851) 345. D. filiforme, Wight Ic. t. 1642 (central and left-hand 

 figs.}. 



DECCAN PENJNSULA; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards. 



Very variable. Pseudobulbs %-% in. diam. ieowesl-4 in., linear to oblanceolate, 

 tip rounded, apiculate. Scape with spike 1-3 in. ; flower yellow ; sepals -J in. loug, 

 lateral straight or falcate. 



VAR. fimbriala ; petals and in a less degree the lateral sepals fringed with 

 translucent gland-tipped hairs, r)endrobium fimbriatum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew 

 Journ. iv. (1852) 292. D. Dalzellii, HooTc. I. c. 



14. E. nana, A. Rich, in Ann. So. Nat. Ser. 2, xi. 19; leaves 2 

 elliptic-lanceolate, scape and spike short, flowers secund, sepals linear- 

 lanceolate 3-nerved, mentum short, petals linear acuminate, base 3-nerved, 

 lip half as long as the sepals, linear slightly contracted in the middle 3- 

 nerved, tip rounded crenulate. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 46 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 269. Dendrobium filiforme, Wight Ic. t. 1642 (lower right -hand Jig.). 



NILGHIHI HILLS on trees, Wight, Sir F. Adam. 



Closely allied to E. Dalzellii, but leaves more oblong, scape shorter, flowers twice 

 as large, and lip much narrower. An authentic specimen in Herb. Lindl. certifies 

 Wight's figure quoted above, and his specimens being the plant of A. Richard. Lip 

 not acute, as described by A. Richard and Lindley. 



15. XS. muscicola, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 47 ; leaves 2-3 

 petioled oblanceolate apiculate, scape and raceme longer than the leaves, 

 flowers very small, bracts ovate or lanceolate, sepals lanceolate finely 

 acuminate 1-3-nerved, lateral falcate, petals narrowly lanceolate 1-3- 

 nerved, mentum rounded, lip narrow lanceolate or slightly dilated in the 

 middle. Dendrobium muscicola, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 2017; Gen. 8f Sp. 

 Orchid, 75. 



NEPAL, Wallich. KHASIA Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. TENASSERIM, 

 Parish. CEYLON ; Centi al Province, alt. 5-7000 ft. , Gardner. 



Very like a small state of E. Dalzellii (with which Reichb. is disposed to unite it), 

 but the lip is never panduriform. There may be more than one species here. Wallich's 

 (imperfect) specimens are very small-flowered. I do not share Lindley's doubts 

 (Jouru. Lin. Soc. 1. c.) as to their being from Nepal, for the specimens bear (in his 

 own writing) the date of 1821, the year in which Wallich was in that country. In 

 Tenasscrim specimens the lip has very narrow side lobes about the middle, and an 

 obtuse tip. In the Ceylon ones the flowers are larger (sepals^ \-\ in.), and lip ovate- 

 lanceolate, subacute, margins waved. The Khasia ones are in fruit only, capsule 

 | in., pyriforni. 



Sect. IV. EKITJRA (see p. 785). 



16. E- paniculata, Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 32, t. 36; in 

 Bot. Reg. xxviii. 1842, Misc. 38; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 55; leaves 10- 



