DENDROBIUM. 63 
1°75 to 4 in. long and *5 to "75 in. broad. Flowers about 1:5 in. across, purplish- 
brown; bracts at the base of the long-pedicelled ovary ovate-lanceolate, scarious, imbricate, 
varying in size. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals much narrower than the 
sepals, but about equal in length. Lip obovate-oblong, sessile, the basal lobes oblong, 
sub-faleate, obtuse, the disc between them with three parallel lamelle ; anterior lobe 
orbieular-ovate, entire or slightly undulate at the apex, its upper surface with a 
broad central smooth slightly thickened line and branching lateral nerves. Column 
narrow, wingless; the foot very long, blunt. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 712. Sarcopodium 
Juscescens, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. I, 155; Fol. Orchid., Sarcopodium 2. Bolbophyllum 
Juscescens, Reichb. fil in Walp. Ann. VI, 244. 
Sikkim-Himalaya ; at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet; Clarke, G. Gammie, 
Pantling No. 11; in flower in October. Khasia Hills; Griffith, Hooker, Clarke, Mann. 
Naga Hills; Prain. 
This species has smaller flowers than the last. The sepals and petals are of a dull 
greyish-brown colour, the lip paler and with a small central patch of yellow, the 
foot of the column being deep purple. 
Pirate 88.— Dendrobium fuscescens, Griff. Part of a Hla of natural size ; Fig. 1 floral bract, 
stalked ovary, column and lip, seen from the side, 2 lip, 8 column and its foot, 4 view of inside of an 
empty anther, 5 роШша; ай enlarged. 
36, DENDROBIUM AMPLUM, Lindl, in Wall. Cat. 2001; Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 74. 
Rhizome pendulous, “25 in. thick, woody, sheathed, bearing at distances of four or five 
inches ellipsoidal or -oblong pseudo-bulbs 1 to 2 in. long, half covered by large scarious 
sheaths. Leaves two, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, shortly petioled, 4 to 6 in. long, 
1:5 to nearly 2 іп; broad; petiole “5 to 1 in. Flowers 3'5 in. across; bracts at the 
base of the stalked ovary lange, loose, searious, often 1*5 in. long. Sepa/s lanceolate 
with broad bases, acuminate, the lateral pair slightly falcate. Petals linear, wide- 
spreading like the sepals. ip articulate, mobile, 3-lobed; the side lobes short, rounded; 
the middle lobe rhomboid, sub-acute, entire, with three parallel mesial ridges and 
strong branching nerves; the space between the side lobes (the disc) with three lamellae, 
the outer two having an erect tooth at their bases; the middle one shorter and toothless. 
Column straight; its. foot. at a right angle to itself, with thickened sides and a nectar- 
secreting depression just above the junction with the lip. Wall. Pl. As. Rar. I, 25, 
t. 29; Paxt. Mag. Bot., t. 121; Griff. Notul. III, 307; Ic. Pl. As., t. 304; Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. V, 711. Sarcopodium amplum, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. Lm 190; Fol. 
Orchid., Sarcopodium 1. Bolbophyllum amplum, Reichb. fil, in. Walp, Ann. VI, 244. 
Sikkim; at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet; Clarke, King, Pantling No. 946; in 
flower during October. Nepal; Wallich. Assam and the Khasia Hills. 
The sepals and petals are of a pale greenish-brown colour, profusely spotted and 
blotched with darker brown; the terminal lobe of the lip of а dark purple with bronze 
edges; the foot of the column is spotted with purple. 
Рглте 89.—Dendrobium amplum, Lindl. Part of a plant, of natural size, Fig. 1 longitudinal 
section of the basal half of the lip, showing one of the outer lamelle and the tooth-like process at 
its base, 2 column and its foot, 3 anther as seen from behind, 4 pollinia; a// enlarged. 
