365 



(6) D. ALBTTM. (R. W.J 



Ident. , Wight 1. o. t. 1645. 



Spec. Chab. Erect, jointed: stems enlargiag from the base to 

 the apex, intemodes much shorter than the leaves : leaves oblong, 

 elliptic, aciiminate : flowers axillary, paired, long peduneled : 

 sepals ovate, acute : lateral ones falcate : petals obovate-eUiptic, 

 obtuse, larger than the posterior sepal : Up 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 entire, obtuse, middle one oucuUate, ovate, swute, saccate at the 

 base, cUiate : flowers pure white. 



lyamullay hills, flowering in September. 



(7) D. EAMOsissimrM. fE. W.J 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1648. 



Spec. Chak. Erect, ramous, lower part of the stem naked, 

 smooth, dark, shining, brownish-coloured, ramuli leafy: leaves 

 narrow, Knear-lanceolate, acute : racemes terminal, short, few- 

 flowered: flowers small: sepals ovate, acute, lanceolate, broader 

 than the lanceolate acute, entire petals : lip oblong, obtuse, con- 

 tracted near the apex, formiag a sub-orbicular terminal lobe : 

 flowers yellow. 



Coorg Jungles. 



(8) D. GEAMiifiFOLnrsr. fE. W.J 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1649. 



Spec. Chae. Ehizome creeping, stems ascending, leafy: leaves 

 sheathing at the base, linear, lanceolate, acute: raceme terminal, 

 slender, 4 — 6-flowered, flexuose: bracts much shorter than the 

 pedicels, ovate, acute : flowers ealcarate : sepals and petals equal, 

 acute : petals narrow, lanceolate : lip oucullate, 3-lobed : lateral 

 lobes small, blunt, middle one orbicular, orenate, somewhat crisp on 

 the margin : claw united with the prolonged process of the column 

 forming a conical spur : flowers white. 



Courtallum, flowering in August and September. 



(9) D. La-wianttm. (lAndl.J 



Ident. Lindl. in proo. Linn. Soc. III. p. 10. — Dalz. Bomb, 

 flor. 260. 



8yn. Dendrobium roseum. Dak. in Sook. Jown. Bot. IV. 291. 



Spec. Chae.' Young stems fleshy, ascending: leaves membra- 

 naceous, lanceolate-acute : flowering stem leafless, concealed under 

 lax membranaceous sheaths : sepals and petals ovate, rather 

 obtuse : lip a little larger, of the same shape, concave : floWers 

 in pairs, of a beautiful shining rose-colour. 



On trees on the Southern Ghauts. 



