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D END ROB I U M FIMBRIATUM. 



(Fringed Dendrobium.') 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. _ NATURAL ORDER. 



No. 109. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE/E ; TRIBE MAtAXIDE^E. 



§ DENDROBIEA 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Dendrobium. (Swartz.) Sepala membranacea, erecta vel patentia, lateralibus majoribus 

 obliquis cum basi producta columnae connatis. Petala sepalo supremo ssepius majora, nunc 

 minora, semper membranacea. Labellum cum pede columnae articulatum vel connatum, semper 

 sessile, indi visum vel trilobum, saepius membranaceum, nunc appendiculatum. Columna 

 semiteres, basi longe producta. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria collateralia. Herba? 

 epiphytes, nunc caulescentes, nunc rhizomate repente pseudobulbifero. Folia plana, sajpius 

 venosa. Flores solitarii, fasciculati vel racemosi, speciosi. (Lindley). 



Sepals membranaceous, erect, or spreading, the lateral ones larger, oblicpie, and connate 

 with the lengthened base of the column. Petals more frequently larger than the upper sepal, 

 sometimes smaller, always membranaceous. Lip articulated or connate with the foot of the 

 column, always sessile, undivided or 3-lobed, most commonly membranaceous, sometimes 

 appendiculate. Column semiterete, with a lengthened base. Anther 2-celled. Pollen-masses 

 4, collateral, in pairs. Epiphytic plants, sometimes caulescent, sometimes with a creeping 

 rhizoma bearing pseudo bulbs. Leaves plane, most commonly veined. Flowers solitary, 

 fasciculated or racemose, handsome. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



D. fimbriatum ; caulibus teretibus pendulis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis ; racemis lateralibus 

 multifloris; sepalis oblongis undulatis patentissimis ; petalis majoribus undulatis ciliatis; labello 

 indiviso cucullato rotundato fimbriate, fimbriis laceris. (Lindl.) 



Stems terete, pendulous; leaves ovate-lanceolate; racemes lateral, many-flowered; sepals 

 oblong, undulated, widely spreading ; petals larger, undulated, ciliated ; lip undivided, hooded, 

 rounded, fringed, fringe torn. 



Dendrobium fimbriatum.— Wall. MSS.— Hooker, Exot. Fl. — Lindley, Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 



Duscr.— Stems from two to three feet in length, pendulous; leaves striated, bifarious; 

 racemes lateral, arising near the extremities of the branches ; sepals and petals of a very dilute 

 brownish buff, striated, exceedingly thin and membranaceous; lip convolute, with a broad, 

 spreading limb, of an intense golden yellow. 



This elegant species of Dendrobium is a native of Nepal, in the East Indies, 

 whence it was imported some years ago. Though well known to the cultivators 

 of orchidaceous plants, we think it probable that many of our readers may not 

 have seen the plant, and on that account we give it a place in the Floral Cabinet, 



