12 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
PLATE 18. 
DENDROBIUM (Eudendrobium) NUTANS, Lindl. 
D. nutans; caulibus ccespitosis inferne attenuatis, superne crassiusculis foliosis, inter- 
nodis profunde sulcatis, foliis breviusculis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve acutis obtusis v. 
sub-bilobis pubescentibus, racemis brevibus axillaribus paucifloris, pedunculo . brevi basi 
vaginato, floribus nutantibus flavis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis, mento conico 
sepalis dimidio breviore, labello sepalis :equilongo lineari-lanceolato lobis lateralibus 
parvis rotundatis, epichilio hypochilio æquilongo concavo acuto marginibus undulatis 
incurvis, disco ö-nervi, columna Icngiuscula. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orchid. 90 et in Bot. 
Reg. 1844, Misc. 52. Thwaites Enum, Pl. Zeyl 298 (excl. syn. Jerdonianum), Hook. 
J. FL Brit. Ind. v. 134. D. villosulum, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orchid. 80, in part. 
HaB.—CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 4— 6,000 ft., Macraz, $c. NILGHIRI 
Нил, at Ootacamund (Jc. in Herb. Hort. Calcutta). 
Stems tufted, 6—10 in., sometimes rather swollen towards the middle, but hardly 
clavate. Leaves 2—21 by 1—1 in., spreading and recurved, rather coriaceous. Raceme 2—4- 
fid.; peduncle £ in., leaf-opposed ; pedicel with ovary 2 in.; bracts minute ; flower 2 in. 
long, narrow. Column rather long for the genus. Capsule sub-clavate, 2 in. long. 
Lindley describes the peduncles as subterminal, and the flowers as white tinged with green, pro- 
bably from a cultivated specimen; but in an excellent drawing made by Mrs, Walker in Ceylon, they 
are, as represented here, of а pale rather buff yellow. Thwaites has referred to this the Peninsular 
D. Jerdonianum, Wight (Ic. t. 1614), and no doubt the species are nearly allied, if not varieties of 
one; butin that the stems are much more robust, the leaves deeply acutely cleft at the broad apex, 
and the flowers larger. The drawing here reproduced is inscribed “D. J erdonianum, Wight, Ootaca- 
mund, $ in., fld. in H. B. C. Feb. 1863, T. A” The length of the column is remarkable, as noticed 
under D. pachyglossum (Plate XII). | 
i Fig. 1, flower; 2, the same with the sepals and petals removed; 3, lip; 4, anther; 5, pollinia; 6, capsule 
7, Ше same cut transversely :—all but figs. 6 and T enlarged. PA ut ^ 
PLATE 19. 
DENDROBIOM (Eudendrobium) CANDIDUM, Wall, 
D. candidum; caulibus coespitosis gracilibus erectis basi attenuatis, foliis lanceolatis 
acutis, floribus in caulibus aphyllis breviter racemosis albis, pedunculo brevi vaginato, 
bracteis majusculis ovatis concavis, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusis, mento brevi 
rotundato, labello sepalis breviore ovato-lanceolato obtuso basi cuneato lobis lateralibus 
angustis rotundatis, disco barbato callo elongato instructo. Wall. in Lindl. Bot, Reg. 1838, 
Mise. n. 94; Раш. Fl. Gard. 1. 63, f. 41; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 199. 
E Has.—Trorroat and SUB-TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon, alt. 3,000 ft., to Sikkim, 
ascending to alt. 7,000 ft, and Bhutan. Krasa Нила, Gibson. 
nn Stems tufted on а short stout creeping rhizome; internodes 1—1} in., striate; leafless 
га А жиі long fibrous remains of the leaf-sheaths at the nodes, Leaves 3—5 by $ in. 
spr 5 and recurved. Racemes at the nodes; peduncle 4—% in. rather stout; sheaths 
