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8. Dendrobium crepidatum, LindL Fl. Br. Ind., p. 740. ; D. 

 Lawanum, Dalz. and Gibs., p. 261. 



Stems fleshy, forming erect tufts, about a foot high, surfaces loosely 

 sheathed and elegantly striated with green and white. 



Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, linear lanceolate, acute, falling away at 

 the end of the first season. Flowers in small clusters, from the joints 

 of the leafless stems, up to 1^ inch in diameter, of a waxy texture and 

 a shining rose colour, sepals oblong obtuse, petals almost obovate, spur 

 short and obtuse, lip yellow, side lobes short broadly obovate, pubescent 

 or ciliolate. 



Distribution. — Common on the Belgaum and Kanara Ghats especially on the 

 branches of trees overhanging ravines. It is also recorded from the Easterri 

 Himalayas, Assam and the Khasia Hills. 



Flowers during the hot weather. 



Dendrobium crepidatum, LindL, var. nov. avita. 



Differing from the type in the flower being composed of six abso- 

 lutely equal perianth segments, the side lobes of the lip forming short 

 ascending spurs on each side of the lower part of the column. The 

 midlobe of the lip is of exactly the same colour and texture as the sepals 



and petals. 



This is not an accidental variation, as some plants I have in cultivation 

 produce these flowers normally every year. 



Found throughout the Belgaum and Kanara Ghats in association with tho 

 type. 



5. BULBOPHYLLUM. 



Pseudobulbs cvoid arranged on a creeping stem. Leaf solitary 

 Raceme rising from the base of the pseudobulb. Flowers crowded 

 towards the apex, dorsal sepal short and broad, lateral sepals much 

 longer and narrower, petals very short, lip jointed on the foot of the 

 column, mobile, recurved, column short, with two awn-like teeth at the 

 top, anther 2-celled, pollima 4. 



1. BULBOPHYLLUM KILGHERRENSE, Wig7it. Fl. Br. Ind., V., 761. 



Pseudobulbs If inch long, ovoid, leaf 4 or 5 inches elliptic oblong, 

 base of raceme sheathed, peduncle and rachis up to 5 inches long 

 bracts lanceolate acute, sheathing the base of the ovary which they 

 slightly exceed in length, sepals dull yellow suffused with red at their 

 bases, dorsal short broadly ovate, lateral ovate oblong acute, petals half 

 as long as the dorsal sepal, triangular ovate acuminate, pale yellow, 

 lip yellow, side lobes short purple, midlobe triangular ovate yellew. 



