8 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Stems tufted, 6—18 in. long, as thick as a crow-quill, green, narrowed towards 
the base, clothed below with long brown sheaths ; internodes about 1 in. Leaves 2—3 
in., 4 in. broad, straight, suberect, bright green, obtuse, or very obliquely truncate 
at the flattened apex, with a rather acute triangular point. Flowers few, fragrant, 
produced in the very long leafless apex of the stem, which is closely invested by two 
or more long appressed pale sheaths an inch long ; pedicel very short, issuing from a 
short annular sheath (? bract); perianth rather narrow, $ in. long from the tip 
of the dorsal sepal to that of the mentum, which is yellow; lip white with pink 
veins. 
In the Flora of British India I described this species from Lindley’s diagnosis and a very 
imperfect leafless specimen.. The fine drawing here reproduced enables me to amend the description ; 
it is inscribed “ Singapore; Е. i» H. В. C. 8-8-83.” 
Fig. 1, base, and 2, apex of leaf; 3, portion of stem and flower; 4, flower; 5, the same with the petals 
and sepals detached; 6 & 7, column and leaf:—all slightly enlarged, 
PLATE 12. 
- DENDROBIUM (Virgate) PacHYGLOSSUM, Reichb. کر‎ 
D. pachyglossum; . caulibus gracilibus ccespitosis, basi поп incrassatis, foliis 
angustissime lineari elongatis patenti-recurvis acuminatis, vaginis superioribus hirtulis, 
foribus axillaribus solitariis v. 2-nis brevissime pedicellatis pendulis fusco-luteis striatis, 
sepalis T-nerviis lateralibus oblongo- v. triangulari-ovatis, mento sepalis xquilongo 
btuso, petalis anguste oblanceolatis acuminatis, labello oblongo lobis lateralibus obscuris 
picem versus labelli insertis, terminali minuto retuso, disco 2-carinato. Parish et 
poss f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 149; Hook. f, Fl. Brit. Ind. у. 797. 
T Mes m at елде, Parish, SINGAPORE (Ic. in. Herb, Calcutta). 
Stem 6—10 in., rather flexuous, sheaths red-brown, lower inetrnodes 1—14 in. Leaves 
5 3—4 by із-і in. grass-like, bright-green, dorsally convex, channelled above. Flowers 
_ from the lower axils, nearly $ in. long; pedicel hardly any, with the ovary decurved, 
> reddish. Sepals and 3-nerved petals dull yellow with brown streaks along the nerves, 
_ Which are continued to the base of the mentum; lip as long as the sepals, thickish in 
exture, nearly straight, concave, dull pale yellow with a green tip, nerves faint. Column 
large for the genus, ‘stout, 3-toothed at the = 
ар The drawing here reproduced enables me to give 8 more complete description of this species than 
| that contained in the Flora of British India. It is inseribed “Singapore, 14-5-68. Fld. March 
— 1869.” Possibly this is an error due to transposition of labels, а very common occurrence in 
gardens; for the only other known habitat of the species is Жошы, whence I have seen specimens 
collected by Parish and accompanied by a drawing, which leaves no doubt of the identify of the 
sed Singapore plant with his. The great length of the column is remarkable, and shows an 
| with D. nutans we t. 18). 
| ° қ Я % the same غه‎ a тие ہی‎ ы io detached ; 3 column :-—all more or less enlarged. 
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