214 ORCHIDS 



Dendrobium. 



of Moulmein, at an elevation of about 5000ft. (B. M., 



t. 5446.) 



Yar. Jamesianuin. — This has stouter pseudo-bulbs, and a 

 differently formed lip, the front of which is cinnabar-coloured. 

 This is accorded specific rank by some botanists. 



D. Jamesianum {Rchb. /.). — A variety of D. infundibidum 

 JamesianiDH. 



D. japonicum {Li/idL). — A synonym of D. moniliforme (of 



D. Jenkinsii ( Wall). — A dwarf species, with short, ovoid, 

 compressed pseudo-bulbs crowded into a mass, each bearing 

 an ovate leaf lin. long ; the whole plant scarcely attains more 

 than 2in. in height. The flowers appear in early spring, and 

 are mostly in pairs on thin, drooping peduncles ; they are 

 large, and bright orange-yellow in colour, darker in the throat. 

 A native of Northern India, and thriving in a stove, but it 

 requires ripening in a sunny, dry house for about two months 

 in winter. (B. R., 1839, t., 37.) 



D. Johnsonse {F. Mi/ell.). — Flowers 4in. to 5in. across ; 

 sepals and petals white, the former lanceolate, the latter 

 longer and broader, sub-rhomboidal, acuminate; lip nearly as 

 long as the petals, three-lobed, the side lobes white, with a 

 large purple spot at the anterior margin, the middle lobe 

 white, purple at base, as is the ligulate, furrowed callus ; coluiiin 

 white, bordered purple ; racemes ascending, nine to twelve or 

 more flowered. Leaves oblong, sub-acute, leathery, sin. to 

 4in. or more in length. Stems erect, sub-cylindric, 5in. to 

 Sin. high, usually two- or three-leaved. New Guinea, 1882. 



D. Linawianum {Rchh. f.). — In habit of growth this 

 species resembles D. nobile, yet is sufficiently distinct from that 

 species to be easily recognised, even when not in flower. It is 

 an erect-growing, evergreen, winter-flowering plant. The stems 

 are about ift. long, compressed, showing the distinct angles. 

 Leaves 3in. long. Flowers 2in. across, and produced freely 

 in pairs ; they are nearly white in the centre, the rest of the 

 se[)als and petals being pale rosy-lilac or cerise ; the lip is 

 small, white, with two purple blotches in front, wholly purple 

 in the throat. It is a native of China and Japan, where it is 

 reported as growing on walls and in hedges. It is not common 

 in cultivation, although introduced as early as 1824. Syn. 

 D. 7no?uIiforme. (B. M., t. 4153.) 



D. lituiflorum {Liiidl.). — This is a beautiful Orchid, 

 similar to D. nobile in habit, &c., but slenderer. The pseudo- 

 bull:)s are about 2ft. long, grey, and pendulous. Leaves 3in. 



