Dendrobium. 35 



15. D. nobile Lindl. Gen. et Spec. Orch. (1830) 24; Seit. Orch. t. 3; Id. Bot. 

 Reg. (1844) Mise. 48; in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. 12; Paxton Mag. VII. t. 7; Hartm. 

 Paradis. Vindobon. I. t. 11; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 283; Reiehb. f. in Gard; 

 Chron. (XVII.) 366; Veitch, Man. Dendrob. 63 c. flg. xylogr.; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. V. 

 740; King et Pantl. in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. VIII. 51 t. 71. — D. coerulescens Wall, 

 in Lindl. Sert. Orch. t. 18. — D. Lindleyanum Griff. Notul. III. 309 et Lindl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. III. 13; Dict. Icon. Orch. Dendrob. PI. 1. — Caules aggregati, ad 50 cm 

 alti, subcompressi, interdum leviter fractiflexi et oblique nodosi. Folia ovato-lanceolata, 

 apice inaequali-bicuspidata, utrinque obtusa, 7 — 10 cm longa, 1—1,5 cm lata. Racemi 

 e caulibus aphyllis breves, bi- rarius triflori, bracteae minutae, pedicelli cum ovariis 

 4 — 5 cm longis supra curvati. Flores igitur nutantes. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata acuta, 

 lateralia mentum breve obtusum formantia. Petala ovato-oblonga, bene latiora, rnargine 

 leviter undulata. Labellum e basi convoluta obovato-oblongum, infra et supra velutinum. 

 Stelidia uncata, acuta, anthera antice serrulata, marginata. — Flores typici roseo-purpurei. 

 in centro pallidiores, labellum in fundo intensius purpureum, rnargine album. Flores 

 8 cm diam. textura satis firmi; variat autem color floruin quam maxime et varietates 

 infra enumeratae fere omnes non nisi coloribus distinguuntur. 



Von der Provinz des (östlichen) tropischen Himalaja ostwärts bis China, Provinz 

 Hupeh (Henry n. 2365!), Provinz Szechuen (Henry n. 3656!), und Formosa. In Sikkim 

 bis ca. 1700 m ansteigend (Hooker!), Bhootan (Griffith!), Khasia-Hügel (Gibson!) — 

 Von allen Sammlern häufig gefunden. — Exam. viv. eult. ! 



Varietates D. nobilis melius notae. 



Var. Ballianum O'ßrien in Gard. Chron. (1893) I. 322; Rolfe, Orch. Rev. I. (1893) 

 115; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 352; Sander, Orch. Guide 73; Biet. Icon. Orch. 

 Dendrob. t. 1 b. — Differt a typo sepalis petalisque niveis, labello luteo-albo v. albo, utrinque 

 roseo-notata, imo in fundo luteo. 



Var. Cooksonianum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (188 5) I. 692; Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 Dendrob. 64 c. xylogr.; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 352 c. xyl. ; Gardening World 

 IV. 353 c. xylogr.; Journ. of Hortic. XVI. 237 Fig. 29 et XX. 63 Fig. 10; Dict. Icon. 

 Orch. Dendrob. t. 1 a; Lindenia VIII. t. 340; Sander, Orch. Guide (Cooksoni) 73. — 

 D. Heathfieldianum hört. — Differt petalis ratione labelli coloratis, coneavis, rnargine 

 undulatis, coloribus splendidioribus quam in typo. — Est quasi forma labellis 3 eximia. 



Var. nobilius Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1882) I. 366; Williams, Orch. Alb. V. 

 t. 2 14 et Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 353; Veitch, Man. Dendrob. 64; Dict. Icon. Orch. 

 Dendrob. t. 1 e. : Sander, Orch, Guide "7 3. — Differt floribus majoribus quam in typo 

 (ad 8 cm diam.) sepalis petalisque excepta basi intense purpureis; labello magno, albo 

 antice roseo, intense purpureo in fundo. 



Var. Sanderianum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1888) I. 55 4 et in Reichenbachia 

 II. t. 58; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 354; Sander, Orch. Guide 74. — Praece- 

 denti affine, differt floribus haud ita magnis, coloribus etiam intensioribus, sepalis peta- 

 lisque latioribus, area alba labelli majore. 



Var. Tollianum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1884) I. 4 45; Veitch, Man. Dendrob. 

 64; Sander, Orch. Guide 74. — Est forma floribus semiclausis, ovario infra insertionem 

 sepalorum in discum trilobum evoluto, igitur forma semimonstrosa potius quam varietas. 

 Pedicelli ceterum magis tortuosi esse dieuntur. 



Var. Amesiae hört. Rolfe, Orch. Rev. I. (1893) 115. — Flores albi, medius 

 discus labelli atropurpureus. 



Var. albiflorum hört. — Praecedenti peraffine, sed llores minores. 



Var. Sehneiderianum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1884) I. 577. — Labellum 

 luteo-suffusum et macula intense purpurea in basi signatum. 



