Plate 197. 



DENDROBIUM DIXANTHUM. 



Bouhle-trnted yellow Bendrolium, 



i 



i 



-fld 



Gen. Char, [Vide siip-a^ Plate 102.) 



I 



Dendrobium dixanthumj caule erecto teretiusculo basi valde tenui stipitato sesquipedali, racemis 



brevibus lateralibus 2-5-floris ex caulibus vetustis, mento parvo obtusangulo, sepalis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, petalis oblongis acutis sublongioribus margine minute denticulatis, labello ab 

 ungue lato bastato subquadrato obtusangulo antrorsum dilatato, medio antice minute emargi- 

 nato, toto margine minute serrulate denticulate, cannula transversa per unguis basin, nervis 



istularum 

 dixantbum. Rclib.fil 



Bot. Mag. i. 5564. 



Moulmeyne, tliat inexhaustible mine of new Dendrobia, is the native country of this 



h 



pretty plant, which 



discovered in 1864 by the Kev. C. S. P. Parish, and 



Messrs. H. Low and Co., of Clapton. It grows rapidly and flowers freely (in the early 



summer) under ordinary treatment 



Unfortunately the leaves fall off the stems 



old 



and young alike — before the flowers hav 

 detracts materially. from their effect 



had time to expand 



3 



a 



cumstance that 



In Professor Reichenbach 



otherwise accurate description of the plant 



the 



The name is in allusion to the 



' Gardeners' Chronicle ' he speaks of the flowers as appearing singly on the side of the 

 old stems, a mistake which the examination of additional examples— produced at 

 Knypersley and elsewhere — has enabled me to correct, 

 two tints of yellow which are found in its blossoms. 



In the form of its leaves— which are grassy and very sharp-pointed 

 resembles D. aduncum, from which however it is otherwise entirely distinc 



species 



Descr. Stems upi 



•ly 



smooth, somewhat club-shaped 



half 



yard high 



lea 



grassy 



thr 



fou 



g, very 



sharp-pointed, fall 



off 



before any flowers appear 



Bacemes short, two- to five-flowered. Segals (which like 



petals are a pale yellow) lanceolate, sharp-pointed, forming at their b 



short 



entum or chin. Petals oblong, acute, less th 



ch long, a little wider than the 



y 



