DENDROBIUM. 45 
notched; length 1'5 to 2*5 in., breadth :25 to :35 in. Racemes numerous, leaf-opposed 
axillary, slightly longer than the leaves, many-flowered, nodding. Flowers “5 in. across 
and about °65 in. long; floral bract lanceolate, minute, much shorter than the stalked 
ovary. JSepals—the dorsal lanceolate, acuminate; the lateral pair larger, faleate, with 
very broad bases, spreading only slightly. Petals linear, acute, lying parallel above the 
column. Lip shorter than the sepals, curved from the narrow base, sessile, broadly 
oblong-ovate when spread out, very concave, the side lobes narrow, elongate, pectinate- 
serrate; the middle lobe shorter than the side lobes, acute, much recurved, undulate, a 
mesial crest running along the disc from its base to the insertion of the terminal lobe. 
Column long, having its foot at a right angle; nectary lanceolate, large, shallow. 
Lip of anther minutely pectinate. Griff. Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 307; Lindl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ІП, 19; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 715; in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard., Cale., 
Vol VEE, &- 5, 4. 4. | 
Sikkim; at elevations of from 3,000 to 6,000 feet, common; Pantling No. 194. 
Khasia Hills, common; in flower during September and October. 
Specimens from the Khasia Hills are invariably smaller than those from Sikkim. 
The colour of the flowers is of various tints of green, the lip and column being 
slightly spotted with dull purple. 
Рглте 61.—Dendrobium erieflorum, Griff. А plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 а flower, 2 side view 
of bract, stalked ovary, column and lip, 3 lip seen from the front, 4 column and its foot, 5 anther, 
6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
8. DENDROBIUM DENUDANS, Don Prod. Fl. Nepal. 34. 
Stems terete; sub-erect, many-leaved, the lower leaves sometimes early deciduous, 
length 6 to 10 in. Leaves narrowly oblong, acute or sub-acute, sometimes obliquely 
notched, not narrowed to the sheathing base; length 2 to 4 in., breadth °4 to °9 
in. Racemes loaf-opposed, slender, decurved, longer than the leaves, many-flowered. 
Flowers “5 to "75 in. long; floral bract minute. Sepals subequal, not wide-spreading, 
linear, acuminate, faleate. Petals similar to the sepals, but smaller. Zip much shorter 
than the sepals, decurved from the. base, the lower part sub-quadrate (when spread 
' out) with two long narrow laciniate side lobes; the terminal lobe strongly recurved, 
serrate, crisped; the disc with an obscurely 3-lined smooth surface with a triangular 
apex ending at the terminal lobe. Column rather long, the margin of the clinandrium 
denticulate; foot of the column long, curved, stout, concave, hispid near its extremity, 
without nectary. Anther with its lower margin ciliolate. Wall. Cat. 2014 (ia part); 
Lindl, Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 84; in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 156 and 1844, 61; in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. III, 19; Hook. fil. Fl Br. Ind. V, 715. 
Sikkim, at elevations of 3,000 to 5,000 feet; Pantling No. 4. A common plant, 
in flower during September and October. Distributed westward to Kamaon. 
The flowers of this are pale green or whitish; the lip has a band of radiating 
red lines round its crisped or serrate edges, and the foot of the column is red. 
Piare 62.—Dendrohium denudans, Don. А plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, seen іп 
profile, 2 floral bract, stalked ovary, column and lip, see» in profile, 3 the lip, as seen frem аооге, 
4 column and its foot, 5 an empty anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
