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(1) L. Jeedoniana, f. E.W.J 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. t. 1738. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves green, afterwards changing to purplish- 

 brown : flowers tawny-coloured. 



Malabar mountains, on branches of trees. 



GENUS XXII. DENDKOBIUM. 



Oynandpla monandria. Sex: SysU 



Deriv. From Dendron, a tree, and Bios life; the species are 

 generally found upon trees. 



Gen. Chajk. Sepals membranaceous, erect or spreading, lateral 

 ones larger, oblique, connate with the base of the column : petals 

 usually larger than the uppermost sepal, sometimes smaller, always 

 membranaceous : lip articulated or connate with the foot of the 

 column, always sessile, undivided or 3-lobed, usually membrana- 

 ceous, sometimes appendiculate : . column half-terete, lengthened 

 out at the base : anther 2-ceIled : pollen masses 4, collateral in 

 pairs. — Epiphytous herbs, sometimes caulescent, sometimes with a 

 creeping pseudo-bulbiferous rhizome : leaves flat, usually veined : 

 flowers solitary, fascicled or racemose, showy. 



(1) D. PiEKAitDi. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 79. 



Engrwo. "Wight's Icon. t.'908. — Hook. ex. flora, t. 9.; — Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 1756.— Bot. Mag. t. 2584. 



Spec. Chae. Stems pendulous, glabrous : leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute : flowers in pairs, forming a spurious raceme : sepals acu- 

 minate, membranaceous: petals larger than the upper sepal, 

 acuminate : lip dilated, cucullate, somewhat truncated, ciliated : 

 flowers large, pale yellow. 



CMttagong, Soonderbunds, Silhet ; flowering in the hot season. 



(2) D. Hetneahttm. (Lindl.) 

 Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 90. 



Syn. D. chlorops. lAnd. in £ot. Reg. 1844. — Sah. Boml. 

 Aor. p. 261. 

 Mngrav. "Wight 1. c. t. 909. 



Spec. Chae. Stem erect, flexuose, clavate, clothed with the lax 

 sheaths of the leaves: leaves Hnear-lanceolate, acute: racemes axillary 



