98 MALAXIDE. 
solitary or two or three together from very short minutely bracteate peduncles which 
proceed from the slightly swollen nodes of the leafless stems, rose-coloured or pale 
purple, the lip yellow with purple radiating lines at the base. Sepals subequal, oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute. Petals as long’ as the sepals but much broader, elliptic, blunt. 
Lip suborbicular (when spread out), without side lobes, the claw very short; edges 
shortly ciliate on the anterior half; posterior portion convolute, upper surface pubescent, 
Column and its foot about equal in length, the latter with a nectary at its extremity. 
Anther with a curved erose lip. Capsule 5 ст. long, clavate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 483; 
Lindl, Gen. and Sp. Orch. 79; іп Bot. Reg. t. 1756; Wall. Cat. 2007; Bot. 
Mag. t. 2584; Wight Ie. t. 908; Lodd. Bot. Сар, t. 750; Veitch Man. Dendrob. 69; 
Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 738; King % Pantl in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. viii, 51, 
plate 72. 
Eastern parts of Dehra Dun, in forests by the banks of the Song river, Gamble 
and Mackinnon ; flowering in May. Extends to Nepal, Sikkim and China; 15 is also found 
in Assam, in Bengal, and southwards to Tenasserim and S. India. 
| 6. DENDROBIUM AMCNUM Wall in Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 78 (exl syn. D. 
aphyllum). 
Stems slender, pendulous, up to 75 dm. long, slightly thickened at the nodes. 
Leaves 6'5 to 10 сш. long, oblong-lanceolate with an obliquely acute apex. Flowers 
about 9% em. across, 2 or 3 from very short bracteate peduncles springing from the 
nodes of leafless stems, Sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Petals larger, ovate. 
Zip equalling the sepals, oblong-obovate (when spread out), shortly clawed ; side lobes 
broad, rounded, convolute; terminal lobe orbicular with undulate edges, disk villous. 
Column broad at the apex; nectary large, its upper margin erose, and its lower with 
two calli, the centre occupied by a thickened line. Anther minutely papillose, Lindl. 
in Bot. Reg. 1844, 49; Journ. Linn. Soc, iii, 12; Bot. Mag. t. 6199; Reichb. f. in 
Gard. Chron. 1875, i, 305, figs. 57 and 58; 1881, ii, 625, fig. 126; Veitch Man. 
Dendrob. 17; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 738; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. 
Cale. viii, 49, plate, 69. D. mesochlorum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, under t. 36; Paxt. 
Fl: Gard. 1, 63, fig. 43. D. Egertoniæ Lindl. 1. c.; Paxt. l. с., fig. 44. 
Dehra Dun, Gambie; southern slopes of Mussoorie hills up to 5,000 feet, Falconer, 
Mackinnon; Garhwal, Duthie Nos. 25842 to 25848; Kumaon, Col. Davidson. Usually 
on trees May and June. It extends eastwards. to Sikkim, Bhutan, Sylhet and 
Burma. : 
The flowers of this beautiful species are violet-scented. The sepals and petals are white tipped 
with violet, the lip is white tinged with yellow and has a purple spot near the apex, and the lower 
portion of the columa and the mentum are violet-colured. 
7. DENDROBIUM TRANSPARENS Wall. Cat. 2008-1. 
Stems slender, erect, 3—6 dm. long, slightly thickened at the nodes. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, 7*5 to 10 em. long and up to 1% cm. broad, the apex oblique and acute. 
Flowers about 3°5 cm. across, in pairs from the nodes of the leafless stems; floral bract 
