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equal or smaller : petals smaller : lip dwarf, articulated with the 

 lengthened base of the column, fleshy, moveable, channelled, sub- 

 cordate at the base, sometimes increased by three short plates,_ 

 sometimes inappendioulate : column dwarf, half-terete, muticous, 

 produced at the base into a foot : stigma a pit excavated under the 

 beak: pollen masses 4, collateral, almost equal, waxy, altogether 

 free : anther 2-oelled. — Pseudo-bulbous epiphytes : leaves solitary, 

 coriaceous : flowers soHtaiy or few, eonspicuous, peduncles radical. 



(1) S. AMPLim. flAndl.) 



Ident. Lindl. m Past. &. gard: gleanings No. 199. — ^fol. orch. 

 1853. 



8ffn. Dendrobium amplum. Wall. — Idndl. gen. emd sp. p. 74. 



Miffrav. "Wall. pi. As. rar. L t. 29. Griff. Icon, t 304, 



Spec. Chae. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, scaly, 2-leaved : leaves oblong, 

 emarginate, petioled: peduncle much longer than the petaloid 

 bracts : sepals ovate, acuminate, obtuse : petals narrower : lip 

 cordate, sessile, 3-lobed, lamellate at the base : lateral lobes 

 shortened, round, middle one ovate, acute : flowers straw-coloured, 

 spotted internally, 3 inches wide : lip with 3 lamellse in the middle, 

 central one shorter, middle lobe deep purple. 



Pundua. Khasia hills. 



{2) S. FCSOESCENS. (ImM.J 



Ident. Lindl. fol. orch. 1853. 



Syn. Dendrobium fascescens, Ghriff. Icon. t. 309. 



Spec. Chae. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, acuminate, scaly, 2-leaved-. 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, emarginate, petioled, half-twisted at the 

 apex : peduncle much longer than the membranaceous biacts, sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, very acuminate, reflexed : petals very naiTow : 

 lip 3-lobed, sessile, lamellate at the base, lateral lobes oblong, 

 longer than the columnj intermediate one ovate, acuminate : sepals 

 and petals brownidi flesh-colour: lateral lobes of lip chestnut, 

 middle one purplish towards the base, crests white : column wilSi 

 two pale orange spots in front. 



Ehasia biUB. 



(3) S. siEiATUM. fZindl.J 



Ident. Lindl. fol. orch. I.e. p. 5. 



■Syn. Dendrobium striatum, 'Grriff. Notul. p. 318, 



Spec. Chae. Pseudo-bulbs sub-globose, 1-leaved : leaves oblong, 

 flat, emarginate, nearly equaUing the linear petiole : racemes few- 

 flowered, weak, prostrate, loosely bracteate: sepals ovate, nearly 



