Plate 185. 



DENDROBIUM LUTEOLUM. 



Pale yellowish-flowered Dendrohium 



Gen, Ghar. {Vide supra, Plate 102.) 



Dendeobium Inteolum; caulibus erectis foliosis ramosis, foHis lanccolatjs apicc obliqnii «-n*<, 



lateralibus 2-4.ilorlB sub^qualibns, scpalis ovato-lauceulut.s o btn... In.-.hb.'^^ ju 



racemis 



mento longe producto incurvo connatis, potalis couforuilb.is, labclli tnlnbi U 

 erectis rotundatis intermedio majore oblongo convexo emargmnto, disco to-nrnl 



3R0BIUM biteobim. Bateman in Gard. Cliron. for 18C4,;). 200 a. 



Iat<»wlibui 



This new BendroUum is a native of Moulmeino, and was sent with many 



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Tbe flowers 



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iicYY ^v.vM.,^j^v^, ,, r> n «J Pnnsh With thp rxr( ntion 



fine things to Messrs. Low, of ClaptoD, by the Rev. C. S. 1 ansh. >^ nn ^ ^ i 

 of a few reddish streaks on the lip, the flowers are of a uniform pa.- P^- -^m . 

 indeed, I should have called it J). primuUnun, if that name had no ';^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 propriated to another and totally different species. /he --^^^ (^J.^ in!^ 

 the length of the ovary, and is curved inwards.^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ 



across, and are remarkable for their straight ^^""r^^ ^,,^,3 ,^,,, . . fortl 

 curled, as ii. most Dendrohia; they are ^orne in shoit ate . ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



towards, the upper portion (not the end) of the steu.. ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^,^^^^^^ ^,^ 



months, and its pretty flowers are almost ^^^^^f .^ '^;; .^^^^^^^ ,f .ending up f.-H 

 a trick of pushing shoots from the sides or end of its stc ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 



growths from their base. When this occurs, the snoots ^_^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



they have thrown out any ^roots, and placed m the same p 

 which will in this way soon form a bushy sporimcn. 



Its nearest affinity is with D. rhnmhemv. 



f^ig. 1. Column and spnr. 2. Front view of the labellnm 



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