THE: ORCHID REV-LEW. 
VoL. XXX. ] AUGUST, 1922. [No. 350 
NOTES. 
DENDROBIUM AM@NUM.—It is not often that an Orchid can be said to 
be violet-scented. D. amcenum has this character, and consequently appears 
worthy of wider consideration. It is a native of the North Western 
Himalaya, and bears flowers having the sepals and petals white, tipped with 
violet, the lip white, tinged with yellow and with a purple spot. 
L#LIA HARPOPHYLLA.—At one time this species was frequently to be 
seen in collections, its many-flowered spikes of orange vermilion making a 
pleasing contrast to the mauve colour of the larger flowering species of the 
labiata section. It is a native of Southern Brazil, and has slender, terete 
stems about a foot in height, the leaves lanceolate, acute, and dark green. 
Several hybrids have been raised from it, but they are by no means so 
sought after as the species itself is at the present time. 
DENDROBIUM PRIMULINUM.—This species has on several occasions been 
described as a native of the lower Himalayan zone in Nepaul and Sikkim, 
but some doubt having been expressed concerning the accuracy of this 
statement, so far as the locality Sikkim is concerned, the following note by 
the Mr. J. F. Duthie (Orch. N .-W. Himalaya, p. 97) is of interest: “ There 
has been considerable misconception in regard to the distribution of this 
species. Under D. crepidatum in the Fl. Br. Ind, v. 740, Sir Joseph 
Hooker remarks, ‘ A specimen in Hort. Kew, marked Garhwal, Falconer, is 
perhaps a cultivated one.’ This evidently refers to the two specimens of 
D. crepidatum glued down on the same sheet with Falconer’s specimens of 
D. primulinum, and all of them named D. cretaceum on the Kew Distrib. 
ticket No. 1005 by Reichenbach f. subsequently. There is also on the same 
sheet an original ticket of Falconer’s, referring to the specimens of D. 
primulinum, and bearing the manuscript name of ‘D. petrocarpum.’ Both 
D. primulinum and D. crepidatum were found by Falconer in Garhwal, and 
they were no doubt cultivated in the Saharanpur Garden, and sent thence 
to Kew under one name. The supposition that D. primulinum was ever 
found wild in Sikkim is probably an error.” 
