188 ORCHIDACEM. [ DENDROBIUMV 



is perhaps a cultivated one.'* This evidently refers to the two scraps 

 of D. crepidatum glued down on the same sheet with Falconer's 

 specimens of D. primulinum. There is also on the same sheet 

 Falconer's original ticket referring to the specimens of D. primulinum 

 and bearing the manuscript name of D. petrocarpum. Both D. 

 primulinum and D. crepidatum were found by Falconer, and they 

 were no doubt cultivated in the Saharanpur Garden and sent thence 

 to Kew under one name. The supposition that D. primulinum 

 was ever found wild in Sikkim is probably an error. 



3. D. Pierardl, Roxb. in Hook. Exot. FL t. 9 ; Fl. Ind. iii, 483 ; 

 F. B. I. V, 738 ; Prain Beng. PL 1009 ; K. & P. in Ann. E. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale, viii, 51, t. 72 ; Duthie id. ix, pt. 2, 97. 



Stems slender, pendulous, ,2-3 ft. long. Leaves sessile, 2-5 in. long, 

 lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, caducous. Flowers 

 about 1J in. across, solitary or 2-3 together, on very short minutely 

 bracteate peduncles which proceed from the slightly swollen nodes 

 of the leafless stems, rose-coloured or pale-purple, the lip yellow 

 with purple radiating veins at the base. Sepals subequal, oblong- 

 lanceolate, subacute. Petals elliptic, obtuse, as long as the sepals, 

 but broader. Lip sub-orbicular (when spread out), without side- 

 lobes, the claw very short, edges shortly ciliate on the apical half, 

 basal portion convolute, upper surface pubescent. Column about 

 equalling its foot in length the latter with a nectary at its extremity. 

 Anther with a curved erose lip. Capsule about 2 in. long. 



Dehra Dun, on the banks of the Song river and in the adjacent forests 

 (Gamble, Mackinnon). Flowers in May.. DISTRIB. : Outer ranges 

 of the Kumaon Himalaya up to about 3,000 ft., extending eastwards 

 to Nepal, Sikkim and the Khasia Hills ; also in Assam, Bengal, Chota 

 Nagpur and southwards to S. India and Tenasserim, and extending 

 to China. 



4. D. Gamble!, King and Pantl. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI, 

 part 2j 584 ; Duthie in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix, part 2, 99, t. 99. 



slender, pendulous, 1-2 ft. long, with short scarious sheaths at 

 the nodes. Leaves sessile, up to 3 in. long, subfalcately ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, subacuminate, thick, caducous ; veins obscure. Peduncles 

 solitary or in pairs from the nodes of the leafless stems ; floral bract 

 very small, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers about 1J in. across, 

 inodorous. Sepals and petals subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, with 

 reflexed tips, pale greenish-yellow, 5-nerved. Lip about f in. long,. 



