Plate 126. 



DENDEOBIUM PARISHII. 



Mr. Parish's Bendrodium 



' Gen. Char. {Vide su^ra, Plate 105.) 



Bendeobium Parishii; caulibus crassisgimis subpendulis floriferis apliyllis membranulis alLIdis in- 

 dutis, foliis coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis erosis cito deciduis, floribus gcminatis aut 

 ternatis racemum spurium formantibus longe pedicellatis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, 

 petalis paulo latioribus unguiculatis ovatis obtusiusculis pedicello duplo brevioribus, labello 

 indiviso cucullato apiculato fere orbicularis limbo et margine pulvinato. Bafcman. 



This new Dendrohimn was sent (in 1862) from Moulmcin by the Rev. C. S. P 



Parish to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of the Clapton Nursery, in whose cstablisliTuciit, 

 as also in the collections of Mr. Rucker and Mr. Day, it has iflowercd beautifully during 

 the past season (1865). At first it appears to bear a certain amount of resemblance to 

 D. nobile, but it is in reality perfectly distinct Even when out of flower it is readily 

 distinguished by its thick, clumsy, leafless stems, which are bent downwards in a stiff 

 ungainly manner, while the stems of D. nohile and B. moniliforme hold themselves 

 erect, and taper gracefully towards the base. The flowering-season of these latter 

 species is likewise different, being confined to the winter months, whereas T). Frrrhlni 

 blossoms in summer. 



A glance at the recent volumes of the ' Botanical Magazine ' will show the large 

 number of new and beautiful Orchids that have been secured to the collections of this 

 country through the zeal and enterprise of Mr. Parish, whose eye seems to be ever 

 ready to detect any new forms amid the striking vegetation of the rich country that is 

 now the scene of his clerical labours. It is, however, among the Dendrobia that his 

 most remarkable discoveries have been made, and there is therefore a peculiar pleasure 

 in associating his name with a new species of the beautiful genus that owes so much 

 to his diligent researches. 



Descr. Stems a foot or more long, extremely thick througliout their whole length, 

 bent downwards, covered, when young, with thin, white membranes, which full off the 

 second year. Leaves stiff" and leathery, from two to four inches long, blunt and usually 

 a little notched at the ends, foiling off the first year. Fhwers in twos or (more rnrcl} ) 

 in threes, produced freely on a short spurious raceme, along more tlian half tlio entire 



