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sheathing the shortly-stalked ovary. Dorsal sepul broadly ovate-oblong; the lateral 
pair triangular, all concave and  sub-acute. Petals broadly elliptic, obtuse, about as 
long as the sepals. Zip small, fleshy, very concave, broadly triangular (when flattened 
out) and 3-lobed; the side lobes triangular, acute, erect; the terminal lobe very short, 
truncate; the dise fleshy, smooth. Column very short, and with two large oblong nectar- 
secreting cells. Mentum urcevlate, Anther fleshy. Saunders’ Refug. Botan, t. 143; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 729. D. breviflorum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III, 14. 
D. buiboflorum, Fale. MSS. ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 729; Ic. Plant., t. 2028. 
Sikkim; common at elevations of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Pantling No. 40; 
in flower during August and September. N.-W. Himalaya, at Mussourie, Proudlock. 
Dehra Dun, Gamble. On Mahendragiri, Ganjam district, Gamble. Shan Hills, Burmah; 
Bot. Gard. Collectors. 
In the text accompanying the figure of B. bulboflorum in the Icones Plantarum Sir 
Joseph Hooker remarks:— 
* Additional specimens and drawings of this species received from Calcutta since its publication 
in the “Flora of British India" make me doubt whether it is sufficiently distinct from D. bicame- 
ratum. Mr. C. B. Clarke, from examination of fresh specimens in Sikkim, describes the column as 
very short with two produced spurs at the base. I have so described it in the “Flora of British 
India,” but on a careful examination of the column I am disposed to think that the lateral keels 
of the foot of the column have been taken for spurs, or may assume the form of spurs in living 
specimens." 
In our opinion Sir Joseph Hooker’s doubt is just, and D. bulboflorum is only a young 
state of this. | 
Pirate 56.—Dendrobium bicameratum, Lindl. А plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 а flower, 
2 floral bract, ovary, column and lip, in profile, 3 lip, 4 vertical section of the lip, 5 column, 
6 anther, seen from the side, 7 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
4. DENDROBIUM Сатнслвтп, Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. V, 727. 
Stems erect, more slender than а goose-quill, not swollen at the base, terete, 
many-leaved, 15 to 30 in. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, obliquely notched at the apex, 
Slightly narrowed at the base, sheathing, 4 or 5 in. long and :4 or “5 in. broad. 
Flowers *6 in. long, in fascicles of two from an internode; the stalked ovary very 
slender, “65 in. long. WSepals—the dorsal ovate-ianceolate, acute; the lateral lanceolate. 
Petals narrower than the sepals. Lip elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, almost flat. Column 
short, broad; its foot narrower, elongate; mentum stout, curved, shorter than the lateral 
sepals. Capsule ovoid, “6 in. long. 
Sikkim; in tropical valleys ascending to 2,500 feet; Pantling No. 114; in flower 
from April to September. 
The flowers are golden yellow, the lip marked with purple. 
Prarie 57.— Dendrobium Cathcartii, Hook. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1, front view of a 
flower, 2 front view of column with the anther im situ, З side view of apex of ovary, 
column and lip, 4 lip, 5 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
5. DENDROBIUM PYGMJEUM, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1999. 
Pseudo-bulls globular, “45 to °75 in. long, with scarious sheaths. Leaves two, 
terininal, caducous, linear-oblong, sub-acute, sessile, 1°5 to 22 іп. long. Racemes 
Ах». Кот. Bor. Garp, CALCUTTA, Vor, VIII. 
