DENDROBIUM. 56 
Lateral sepals ovate, not  wide-spreading ; the dorsal narrower, blunt. Petals ovate- 
lanceolate, ciliolate. Lip shorter than the lateral sepals, oblong, clawed ; side lobes narrow, 
directed forwards, fringed, the disc between them much thickened and bearing on its surface 
three raised lines; terminal lobe flat, hispid, with. no central thickening or lines. 
Column short, broad ; its foot longer, and with a large nectary having its upper margin 
deeply bifid. 
Sikkim ; above Engo, atan elevation of about 4,000 feet; Pantling No. 172; in 
flower in June; also in the Teesta Valley at an elevation of 2,000 feet. | 
The flowers are of a golden yellow colour, the sepals and petals being broadly 
margined with purple. The apical lobe of the lip is spotted with red. Its nearest 
ally is probably D. stuposum, Lindl., which has, however, white flowers with no 
ridge on the dise and with a different column. 
Рілтв 76.— Dendrobium pauciflorum, King and Pantling. Pieces of a plant, of natural size. 
Fig. 1 a flower, seen from the side, 2 lip, 8 section of lip beiow the basal lobes, 4 floral bract, 
stalked ovary, column and its foot, seen from the side, 5 column with anther ій situ and mentum, 
6 anther, seen from the side, 7 pollinia; all enlarged. 
24, DENDROBIUM CHRYSANTHUM, Wall. Cat. 2012. 
Stems dark-green, except where covered by the scarious white-lined tubular sheaths, 
pendulous, 2 to 3 feet long, about half an inch thick near the middle, thinner at 
the base and apex. Leaves caducous, lanceolate, acuminate, the base rounded, sheathing; 
length 3 to 6'5 in., breadth 1 to 1:5 in. Flowers rather fleshy, 1°35 to 1°75 іп. 
in diameter, in fascicles of 2 to 4 from very short bracteolate peduncles from either 
leafy or leafless stems. Sepals subequal, broadly ovate, fleshy, keeled, concave, 
obtuse, the lateral pair slightly falcate. Petals ovate-orbicular, concave, entire or 
minutely erose, slightly longer than the sepals. Lip transversely orbicular-oblong or 
reniform (when flattened out), concave, tomentose towards the sub-fimbriate margin, 
abruptly clawed at the base. Column broad, concave, the foot with a transverse 
ridge towards the lower end, and below it a large nectary; the stigma emarginate 
at the lower edge. Mentum short, wide, blunt. Anther 3-ridged on the anterior 
surface, pollinia oblong. Capsule sub-ovoid or pyriform, grooved, 1:5 to 2 in. long. . 
Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 80; in Journ. Linn. Soc. III, 8; in Bot. Reg., t. 1299; 
Garten-flora, t. 446; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 28; Hook. fil Fl. Br. Ind. V, 747. 
D. Paztoni, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839 (Misc. 56); Fl. des Serres, VIL,. t. 725. 
= Sikkim; common at elevations from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. Pantling No. 10. 
Westward to Nepal and eastwards to Bhotan and the Khasia Hills; also in Burmah; 
flowering from July to October. 
The flowers are yellow, the lip having two dark sub-orbicular spots of brownish- 
purple. 
PLATE 77.— Dendrobium chrysanthum, Wall. Part of а flowering stem, of natural size. 
Fig. 6 capsule, of natural size; 1 lip, 2 a piece of the lip to show the villous upper surface, 3 
column and its foot, with the anther in situ, 4 anther, 5 pollinia; al enlarged. 
95. Пехрвовіом SULCATUM, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 65. 
Stems tufted, stout, compressed-clavate, from 74 to ‘6 in. broad in the upper part, 
thin towards the base, sulcate, erect, 6 to 12 in. long. Leaves coriaceous, strongly 
