Plate 105. 



DENDKOBIUM XANTHOPHLEBIUM 



Yellow-veined Bendrohhim. 



■ Gen. Char. Sepala membranaceaj erecta v. patontia; latem1il)us mnjoriLus obH(|ins^ cum bn5»i 

 producta columnaB connatis. Petala sepalo supremo sppplus majora, nunc minora, semper mem- 

 branacea. Lahellum cum pede columnaB articulatum v. connatum, semper sessile, indmsum vcl 

 trilobum^ saepius membranaceura, nunc appendiculatum. Cohamna semitores, bn?i longe prudurtu, 



Anthera bilocularis, FoUinia 4, per priria collaleralin. — IlerbeB rin^Jiyfrr, men^ 



raosi, speciosL Llndl. 



ifcro. Folia jdava^ ncepi 



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Dendrobium xanfhnplilchfnm ; caulibus crcctxs podalibns ct ultra nrtimlntis nngnlatis, apico prae- 



cipue foliosisj foliis linoari-lanceulatis, floribtis Intcralibus ^cniinntis iilliis, Bopalis Innrrn- 



latis, pptalis j)niilo lation'bns "brPTioribnSj Inbcno miguiculato HubpaiKbirlfoi ml (rilobo, Inbis 

 latcrnlibus ercctis intus ciunaburiuLs, Inbio mcJlo ynburbiculari uiKbilato, dJHCO cinnabariiio 



albomarginato. 

 Dendrobium xanthopblebinm. rai'ish. ms. Lhull. Orchldvloijii ofhifJin, hi Linn. Trnns. 



Dendrobium marg-inatum. Batcm. in But. Ma<i. suh t. 5154. 



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This very pretty BeniJrolhnn is a native of Moiilmoin, and was disrovcrcd by tbo 

 Rev. C. S. P. Parish and sent to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. in 18C3. It has flowered 

 in several collections, but nowhere in greater beanty fhnn in that of "Mr. llucker, \Nbo 

 furnished the specimens from whence the figure is taken. 



The absence of hairs on those stems that T first examined caused nie to overlook 

 the jkescription of the species given among th£ nigro-hirsaie section of the genus in Dr. 

 Lindley's Orcliidology of India, but the subsequent appearance of an abundant crop 

 of hair on tlie young growth led to a re-examination of the subject, and to the detee- 

 tion of the error, which I am glad to take tliis opportunity of correcting. I), aantho- 

 jphlehium is a very distinct and striking specif^s, and much moio rendily gnnvu than «:ome 

 others of its section. It flowers in the sjuing. 



DEsru, The sterns^ for they can scarcely be called ps('udobulb><, prow in chistci> n 

 foot and more long, are rather tlnck( r tlum a mvan's quill, jointed (the jfu'nts filightl) 

 sheathing), angled; the younijer ones bearing a few sparse lin(»ar-lanc€t;late hmf^ to- 

 wards their extremity. Flowprs, from the joints of the old stcm«;. also towards the 

 upper part, gencrnlly in pairs, from one short pcctiindr. Sep^h and pttcf^ pure white, 



