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DENDROBIUM * Swartz 



DENDROBIUM CALCEOLUM Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 63, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 488. 

 Dendrobium roxburghii Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1859) 4. 

 Aporum roxburghii Griff, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 (1835) 370. 

 Herba supplex quinta Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 111, t. 51, f. 2. 



The citation of Rumphius by Roxburgh is incomplete, and as 

 to the figure is erroneous. 



DENDROBIUM AC 1 N AC I FORM E Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 63, nomen 

 nudum, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 487. 

 Dendrobium scalpelliforme T. & B. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 27 



(1864) 17; J. J. Sm. Orch. Amb. (1905) 111. 

 Herba supplex major prima s. Herba supplex femina Rumph. Herb. 

 Amb. 6: 111. 



Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxb. and D. scalpelliforme T. & B. 

 are undoubtedly synonymous, and I think that the reduction of 

 Herba supplex major prima to Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxb. 

 is the correct disposition of it. The yellow color of the flowers is 

 a character so uncommon in the group that it serves as a valuable 

 indication of the identity of the Rumphian species. However, 

 I have never seen specimens with stems as long as those de- 

 scribed by Rumphius. It is certainly not Dendrobium calceolum 

 Roxb., which is Herba supplex quinta. Rumphius's t. 51, f. 1, 

 can scarcely belong with the plant described as Herba supplex 

 prima, as he states that the leaves are in shape similar to those 

 of Herba supplex minor, while the figure presents a species with 

 flat, not laterally compressed, leaves ; I do not recognize it. 



DENDROBIUM PAPI LION I FERU M J. J. Sm. Orch. Amb. (1905) 42. 

 Dendrobium crumenatum Sw., fl. lilac. Miq. Choix. t. 22, f. 1. 

 Angraecum crumenatum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: t. U7 , f. 2. 



The figure of Angraecum crumenatum does not represent the 

 species generally regarded as Dendrobium crumenatum Sw., but 

 the form with purple flowers figured by Miquel and described 

 by me as Dendrobium papilioniferum. I have not seen the 

 original description of Dendrobium crumenatum Sw., but the 

 common Malayan species currently known as D. crumenatum is 

 certainly specifically distinct from Dendrobium papilioniferum 

 J. J. Sm. 



In the Herbarium Amboinense, explanation of 1. 1*7, it is stated 

 that Angraecum crumenatum is described in chapter 57 of the 

 Auctuarium. The only plant described in this chapter that 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Callista Lour. (1790) is older. 



