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in. long, narrowed to the base; length. 3:5 to 5 in., breadth "46 to 1:1 in. Racemes 
usually оп the leafy stems, lateral, pendulous, 7- to 12-flowered, 6 to 8 in. long; 
the peduncle with several sheathing bracts at the base. Flowers 2 to 3 in. across, 
yellow; floral bract minute. Sepals broadly oblong, blunt, entire. Petals broader than 
the sepals, the apices slightly emarginate, erose. Lip orbicular, undulate, fringed, the 
base shortly clawed. Column and its foot short, broad, the former with a sub-orbicular 
nectary near its lower end. Anther obliquely and bluntly conical; polinia compressed. 
Wall. Cat. 2011; Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 83 (not 76); Paxt. Mag. II, 172; Paxt. 
Fl. Gard. ІП, t. 84; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 42, with jfig.; Warner Select Orchids, Ser. 
2, t. 19; Walp. Ann. VI, 293; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 745.  Dendrob. sp. Griff. Notul. 
ПІ, 118. 
Sikkim; in tropical valleys ascending to 4,500 feet; common; Pantling No. 360. 
Westward to Kamaon and eastward to Bhotan, the Assam and Khasiá Hills, and to 
Chittagong and Upper Burmah; also in Perak. In flower from March to May. 
The flowers are of a brilliant yellow colour, and in this variety (oculata) there 
is a large orbicular patch of rich reddish-brown on the lip. The flower in the typical 
form has no such spot and must be therefore much less handsome. It does not occur 
in Sikkim. We have never seen a specimen of it living or dead, and are inclined to 
doubt its occurrence in the Eastern Himalaya. 
Prate 82.—Dendrobium fimbriatum, Lindl., var. oculata, Hook. А raceme and part of a stem, 
cf natural size; an. entire plant, much reduced in size. Fig. 1 base of the lip showing the short 
claw, 2 a portion of the edge of the lip showing the fimbriation, 3 column and its foot, the 
anther in situ, 4 anther, seen from the side, 5 pollinia; all enlarged. 
30. DENDROBIUM Hooxerianum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ІП, 8. 
Stems about as thick as a quill between the nodes, but much thicker ‘at the 
nodes, 6 to 8 feet. long, pendulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, the apex acute, slightly 
narrowed to the stem-clasping base; length 3 to 4 in, breadth :85 to 1°15 in. 
Racemes from the leafy stem, 4 to 6 in. long and 2- to 4-flowered, pendulous. Flowers 
3 to 4 in. in diameter; floral bract very short. Sepals subequal, elliptic-oblong, sub- 
acute, Petals broader, denticulate. Тір orbicular, the margin deeply fringed, the base 
slightly cuneate. Column short and broad; the  nectary at its lower end with two 
small calli below it. Mentum short, broad, rounded. Anther conical,. 3-lobed. Bot. Mag. 
6013; Reichb, fil in Gard. Chron. 1857, 616; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 49; Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. V, 745. D. chrysotis, Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron. 1870, 1311; Ш. Hortic. 
1873, t. 155; Warner Sel. Orchid. Ser. 3, t. 6. : 
Sikkim; at elevations of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Pantling No. 296; flowering 
in September. Assam and Khasia Hills. 
The flowers are of а rich golden-yellow, the lip having two oblique oval 
patches of dark purple on its dise. A variety without blotches on the lip is not 
uncommon. | 
Pirate 83.—Dendrobium Hookerianum, Lindl. Part of stem with leaves and raceme, of 
natural size. Fig. 1 column and its foot and the anther, 2 a piece of the "- to show the ios 
of its edge, З anther, as scen from the side, 4 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
Ах». Roy. Bor. Gard., Олісоттл, Vor. VIII, 
