584 G. King & R. Pautling — New Indo-Malayan Orchids. [No. 3, 



bulbs 2 to 3 in. long, springing from the sides of stem, oblong, slightly 

 sigmoid, wrinkled. Leaf solitary from the apex of each pseudo-bulb, 

 narrowly oblong, blunt, entire, 3 to 3' 5 in. long and about '5 to "75 in. 

 broad. Floivers '75 in. across, solitary from a short minutely bracteate 

 pedicel from the apex* of the pseudo-bulb with the leaf. Sepals sub- 

 equal, oblong, sub-acute, the dorsal rather wider. Petals narrowly 

 oblong, acute, spreading and slightly reflexed like the sepals. Lip 

 longer than the sepals in general outline, oblong-obovate ; the side-lobes 

 narrow with acute apices ; the terminal lobe large, fleshy, sub-reniform, 

 divided at the apex into two broad lobules separated by a rather wide 

 blunt apical sinus, and the base of each lobule boldly undulate-crenulate; 

 the disc between the side-lobes with two ridges straight at the base 

 but much crisped and curved upwards. Column broad, its foot short, 

 both deeply concave. Clinandrium dentate ; lip of anther erose. 



Burma ; received at the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, from Mr. Peche, 

 of Moulmain; flowering in June. 



The petals and sepals are of a pale yellow colour, flushed with 

 brown outside. The basal half of the lip is pale yellow spotted with 

 brown ; the terminal half is deep yellow. This species belongs to the 

 Section Cadetia and is nearly allied to D. Macraei, Lindl., but differs 

 from that species in having shrunken sub-sigmoidal pseudo-bulbs, and 

 shorter leaves ; and in having the mid-lobe of the lip more fleshy and 

 the side lobes acute at the apex, while the face of the column and its 

 foot are deeply concave. The species in the Herbarium is probably 

 confused with D. Macraei. 



Dendeobium Gamblei, n. spec. Stems pendulous, slender, 18 to 

 24 in. long, with short scarious sheaths at the joints. Leaves unknown. 

 Floivers '75 in. across, in pairs from the joints of the leafless stem. 

 Sepals and petals subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, with reflexed tips; the 

 edges of the petals sub-uudulate. Lip broadly elliptic when flattened 

 out, not lobed, convolute throughout its entire length, the apex blunt, 

 the edtjes fimbriate-serrate, the base entire and narrowed into a long 

 claw ; the upper surface with a broad central band from base to apex, 

 glabrous and with two grooves in its basal half, densely villous in its 

 apical half. Column much broader than its elongated narrow foot, 

 with a lacinate nectary at its lower extremity ; mentum elongate, 

 slightly curved, spur-like. Lip of anther denticulate. 



Dehra Dun: Mr. J. S. Gamble, after whom it is named ; collected 

 only once ; in flower in July. 



The sepals and petals of this species are pale greenish-yellow; the 

 lip is pink except the villous band near its apex which is yellow. The 

 flowers are inodorous. The species belongs to the section Eudendro- 



