DENDROBIUM. 
ee of ge 10. D. pundatum. Sm. Exot. Bot. 
s radical, very fhort, imbricated. " spike 
pa “lowered. Lip three-lobed, acute, downy. Sent by 
branched, round, purple, clothed wit 
Ae only, and egy fix or eight fhort, imbricated, ovate, 
y leaves at the ach ftem terminates in a long 
Garis bradteated /pile, or dail ce of v 
le fl otted’ all over with red 
"The ie leaves and petals are lanceolate and 
{carcély equal to them in length, deeply ee lobed, yellow 
and ae above towards the bafe. 11. D. corniculatum. Sw. 
( Epidendrum earieulatums Sw. Prod. rie ) Stem very 
fhort. Leaf fo ge fhaped, ae | 
Flower Tolitary~ a ac ved: point’ A 
12. D ae. Sw. (Epidendsum 
Lanceola; Sw. Prod. 123.) ‘* Stem very fhort. Leaf io 
tle 
m about half an inch Se earing 
narrow, lanceolate, fta: oth, pale-green, ftraight leaf, 
ey two inches long, ae by its fide a flender, ” thorter 
have received c 
13. D. ee Sw. 
ender, 
flower. Sw. 19. D. anceps, Sw. Stem two-edged, 
fimple, Leaves in two ranks, lancet-fhaped, flat. Flower 
ftalks very fhort, in gle from the bafe of the fheaths.’’ 
A native of the Indies, known to us only by the 
above charaCters. 20. D. moniliforme. Bd, ( 
moniliforme; Linn. Sp. Pl. 1352. 
30. Fu Ran; Kempf. coe 
iw) 
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houfes, j in which fituation it will, acenrding to Kempfer, 
bear flowers and feed; and though it bloffoms no more, it 
will retain life for feveral years. ‘The roots creep by means 
of {cyons. Stems cluftered, ere&, fimple, of many ftriated 
joints. Leaves coming after the flowers, alias Pala 
acute, chicfly about the tops of ioe of the ftem w 
from the fummits of the leaflefs ftems, tw ue thee, or seule 
together, on Rigen ftalks about an ate ong. They 
white or era with a thick rounded bafe or fr. 
The lip is Gore purple. mpf. Thunb. 
. crumenatum. Sw ote recum ceumenatuen Rome 
Amb. v. 6. ro5.t 47. f.2.) “Stem fomewhat branched, 
flightly comprefied, tuberous at the bafe. Leaves ovato-lan- 
ceolate. Clutters ere€&t. Flowers in alternate diftant panes 
Spur acute. ” Sw. Native of Java; Sw boina; Rum 
creeping. 
ening (ical ftalked. Flowers folitary.” w. which mui be referved for fo future opportunity. Their 
A native iS 14. D.racemiflorum. Sw. (Epidendrum. flowers are generally large and handfome, often in pairs, with 
racemifloru rod. 125. tem elongated, ercét, a confiderably elongated f{pur-like bafe. Stems clothed with 
fheathed. Leaf oltary, elliptical, pee Clufter taller alternate /eaves, of a us texture whith numerous ribs. 
than the leaf. Fio leaning one fide, pointed, 22. D. polyfachyon. Sw. (Epidendrum minutum; Aubl. 
sa eee ag A native “of a. ” Dr. Swartz. Ithas Guian. v. 2. 824. Hele iy ramofa, floribus none 
fomewhat of the afpe& of the Linnean Hate ede 
but with fewer flowers in the clufter, and thofe flowers are 
alfo larger. The /eaf is obtufe, with one princtpal rib, and 
many {mallerones. Stem invefted with a few long, tubular, 
rown, ie as: sige : D. alge oe (Epi- 
dendrum alpe 125.) ‘Stem elongated. 
Leaf folitary, orate lanceolate 5 ane loots, Angles 
th aa muricated.””, Sw. A n of Hifpaniola. 
16. D m "Sw. (E idendrae a Sw. Prod. 
ac.) * pees elongated. 
Leaf ae oblong, bara 
Clufters loofe. An 
Capful-s naked.” f Ja- 
aica. Swartz as Plomicrs s Helleborine cali 
gloffo fimilis, Ic. t. 176. f. 3, may. be this {pecies, though 
quot y neus oe his pies See ere, 
a : : pidendeum Telit; 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1353. Jacq. Amer. 226. t.133.f. 
- Leat folitary, ovato-lanceolate. 
tered in the bofom of the leaf.’ Sw. Found 
Root fibrous. Stem folitary, fimple, a dle fcarcely a {pan 
high, ee one pale terminal /eaf, of a ovato-lanceolate, 
pointed form, with many mbs, from the infer tion of whofe 
ftalk {prings a tide tuft of greenifh white flowers. 
** Flowers reverfed. 
- D. biforum. Sw. (Epidendrum biflorum ;- Forft. 
Pr ns -) ‘Stem round, fimple. Leaves i 
linear- mapoar a flat. Flov 1 pairs, 
oppofite to the a Paper from the ale "of their 
Sw. Native of the Society iflands, in th 
South fea. The ém hen many /eaves, whofe esha are 
perforated by a pair of flower-ftalks, each bearing a fingle 
e 
of lanceolate, fpreading, rigid, 
which is 
luteis; Plum. Ic. 180. t. 185. f. 1 
dical, elliptic-lanceolate. Stem two-edged. 
rous, aleeraate: all leaning one way.”? Sw. Nat 
the We Indies, and, according to Swartz, of Africa and the 
s ter 
nating the ftem is otherwile fimple, in feveral alter 
nate, joofe, roughith {fpikes. Bradeas minute. Petals foal, 
yellowifh. Germen long. Cap/ules ae The flowers in 
Plumier’s plate are very incorre&. 23. D. cri/patum. Sw. 
(Epidendrum crifpatum; Forft. Prod. 60.) *‘ Stem 
a wand-like. Leaves thread- rele fomewhat in- 
curv lufters ibe fimpl-.”? ound’ in the 
Society ifles of the South fea. The m iddle friactt of the 
i is —— undulated uy crenate. Forfter. 24. D. jae 
bers out roots. Leaves ftalked, 
crett, "broad. laneol ate, ree Staiks many-flowered, 
= om the bafe he thething ‘footitalks.”? . 
ve of Fava. D. /peciofum. Sm 
ers fentese “Leaves nearly radical, elliptic. ieee. 
: 
Clutter Tolitery, terminal, many flowered. Li ip three-lobed. 
Grows on rocks and trees about Port Jackfon, New South 
Wales. Stem fhort and thi Leaves almoft entirely radi- 
cal, from fix to twelve i ng, more or Iefs recurved, 
ng or fomewhat elliptical, ribbed, very tough and rigid. 
Chifter folitary, on a termin ly ftatk; fimple, a foot or 
ore in length, fifti f eat number of alter 
ro na 
{cattered flowers, which are large and handfome, variegate 
with white, yellow, and pink, the lip dotted wirh purple. 
Capfule obovate, large. 26. D. linguiforme. Sm. E 
Bot. v. 1. 19+ t 12, Stem creeping. Leaves feflite, obo- 
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